Nov 13, 2017
Okay drop everything. Wonderful Nick Phan sings an encore.
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Okay drop everything. Wonderful Nick Phan sings an encore.
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Down by the Salley Gardens
"An Old Song Re-Sung"– inspired by the folk song “The Rambling Boys of Pleasure”
William Butler Yeats (1865 in Sandymount, County Dublin; † 28. Januar 1939 in Menton, Frankreich)
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs; But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears
One of the most famous settings is by Sir Herbert Hughes. Here it is the famous arrangement by Benjamin Britten:
NOTE: This is the first in a series of posts about Vaughan Williams' Ten Blake Songs for tenor and oboe that I will be writing over the coming weeks.
INFANT JOY
by Nicholas Phan
Olim lacus colueram Carl Orff, Carmina Burana The Danish National Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Nicholas Phan, tenor
Olim lacus colueram, olim pulcher exstiteram, dum cygnus ego fueram. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter!
Girat, regirat garcifer; me rogus urit fortiter; propinat me nunc dapifer. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter!
Nunc in scutella iaceo, et volitare nequeo; dentes frendentes video. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter! ~ Once I had dwelt on lakes, once I had been beautiful, when I was a swan. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
The cook turns me back and forth; I am roasted to a turn on my pyre; now the waiter serves me. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
Now I lie on the dish, and I cannot fly; I see the gnashing teeth. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted! Source: [x]
Tenor Nicholas Phan steps into The Greene Space at WQXR with a baroque ensemble and presents a program featuring works by Henry Purcell, John Dowland and country legend Dolly Parton.
Lovely Nick Phan sings Purcell, Dowland, and more at The Greene Space at WQXR
“And I ......”
OLIM LACUS COLUERAM Carl Orff, Carmina Burana Nick Phan, tenor Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional Dinamarquesa Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir dir: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Olim lacus colueram, olim pulcher exstiteram, dum cygnus ego fueram. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter!
Once I had dwelt on lakes, once I had been beautiful, when I was a swan. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
Girat, regirat garcifer; me rogus urit fortiter; propinat me nunc dapifer. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter!
The cook turns me back and forth; I am roasted to a turn on my pyre; now the waiter serves me. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
Nunc in scutella iaceo, et volitare nequeo; dentes frendentes video. Miser, miser! modo niger et ustus fortiter!
Now I lie on the dish, and I cannot fly; I see the gnashing teeth. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
Text and translation via: [x]
“Anon. in Love” William Walton (1902–1983) Libretto: [x]
Eliot Fisk, guitar Nicholas Phan, tenor Boston Guitarfest 2013 Saturday, June 22, 2013 Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory
- Fain would I change that note - O stay, sweet love - lady, when i behold the roses - My love in her attire - I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale - To couple is a custom