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.
-Melanie Smith
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
6 сен 2024
