Germany-based Taiwanese opera singer I-Chiao Shih, joined by Cornell music faculty member Vera Hsu, presents a heartfelt program featuring Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, and Urlicht from his Symphony No. 2. This special concert also features contemporary Taiwanese art songs, including the North American premiere of a work by Ming-Hsiu Yen, performed with violist Nicolas Guerra, alongside beautifully rearranged Taiwanese folk songs, performed in Mandarin, Hakka, and Taiwanese Hokkien. The early 21st-century East and early 20th-century West both sing of life's enduring cycles.