UMS Digital Presentation
UMS Live Session:
Nicholas Phan, tenor
with Martin Katz, piano, and the Calista Quartet
Recognized as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” (Boston Globe), lyric tenor and University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumnus Nicholas Phan leads a digital-exclusive recital of songs written by women composers.
Phan returns to his hometown and alma mater to perform alongside distinguished U-M professor of piano Martin Katz, and student ensemble Calista Quartet. This UMS Live Session was recorded at the University of Michigan’s Rackham Auditorium in December 2021.
Program
With Martin Katz, piano:
Margaret Bonds “Young Love in Spring” from Song of the Seasons
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel “Nachtwanderer”
Rebecca Clarke “The Cloths of Heaven”
Errollyn Wallen “My Feet May Take a Little While”
Pauline Viardot “Bonjour mon coeur!”
Lili Boulanger “Les lilas qui avaient fleuri” from Clairères dans le ciel
Nadia Boulanger “Les lilas sont en folie”
Undine Smith Moore “I want to die while you love me”
With the Calista Quartet:
Rebecca Clarke Daybreak
Caroline Shaw And So