The music of the sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger has begun to surface after decades of neglect, even as both sisters were recognized in their own time; Nadia was the first woman to place in the Prix de Rome competition, and Lili the first to win the first prize. Tenor Nicholas Phan does a major service here with a full program featuring music of both sisters, superbly performed. The centerpiece of the program is a large (13-song) cycle by Lili Boulanger, Clairières dans le ciel (Clearings in the Sky), whose text by Francis ...
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The music of the sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger has begun to surface after decades of neglect, even as both sisters were recognized in their own time; Nadia was the first woman to place in the Prix de Rome competition, and Lili the first to win the first prize. Tenor Nicholas Phan does a major service here with a full program featuring music of both sisters, superbly performed. The centerpiece of the program is a large (13-song) cycle by Lili Boulanger, Clairières dans le ciel (Clearings in the Sky), whose text by Francis Jammes the composer imbues with a unique structure. The poems consist of a protagonist's fragmentary recollections of a love affair that the listener gradually realizes has ended. Then, in the extraordinary final song, Demain fera un an (Tomorrow Will Be One Year), the emotional impact bursts through as Boulanger quotes earlier songs from the cycle as if to represent a coming-to-terms with what has happened. Phan follows that course of this journey with impressive subtlety, aided...
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