Nicholas Phan, tenor & Jake Heggie, piano
Recorded on July 2, 2020
When Nicholas Phan contacted me to ask about doing a special video concert for SFP, it was pure serendipity. We had just begun putting together ideas for our online Sanctuary series, and I was delighted to be able to include this beautiful and profound program. The collaboration between Nick and Jake Heggie made it even more special. From the prescient observations of Emily Dickinson, as set by Jake Heggie, to the bittersweet humor of Leonard Bernstein, this meditation on our times fits the moment perfectly, while looking ahead towards better days.
Program
TIME
Songs which touch on the subject of time—how it can be fleeting, feel suspended, how finite our time is, etc. Also, a meditation on this moment of paused performances.
I.
CHARLES IVES
Memories
A. Very Pleasant
B.Rather Sad
JOHN DOWLAND
Time Stands Still
II.
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Le temps des lilas
LILI BOULANGER
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri from Clairères dans le ciel
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Mandoline
III.
NED ROREM
Early in the Morning
R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Silent Noon
IV.
NADIA BOULANGER
Heures ternes
LILI BOULANGER
Attente
HOWARD SWANSON
I Will Lie Down in Autumn
V.
JAKE HEGGIE
By the Spring, at Sunset from Of Laughter and Farewell
The Sun Kept Setting from How Well I Knew the Light
VI.
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
If It’s Ever Spring Again
Before Life and After from Winter Words
GERALD FINZI
In Years Defaced from Til Earth Outwears
VII.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Some Other Time from On the Town
Produced, engineered and mastered by Matt Carr