In Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom (2013–present), an opera singer approaches visitors and invites them to be serenaded with a song selected from Franz Schubert’s lieder (songs written for one voice). Lee Mingwei listened to these songs with his mother while caring for her after heart surgery in 2012, as she used to sing them to him as a child. Listen on to experience these powerful songs for yourself.

Song: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 “In the Middle of the Shimmer of the Reflecting Waves

Singer: Chea Young Kang

Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care is on view at the de Young from February 17 through July 7.

Learn more: https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/lee-mingwei