Music Mondays - Brooklyn Rider & Nicholas Phan, tenor

2504 Broadway,New York NY 10025

20 September, 2021

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String quartet Brooklyn Rider joins tenor Nicholas Phan for an evening of lyrical, transporting music for voice and quartet. Genre-bending string quartet Brooklyn Rider joins tenor Nicholas Phan (“one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” Boston Globe) for an evening of lyrical, transporting works for voice and string quartet. Works by English composers Thomas Campion and Rebecca Clarke accompany Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet and the New York Premiere of Stranger, a new song cycle by Nico Muhly that speaks to disparate challenges faced by immigrants to the United States. Hear how Brooklyn Rider is “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.” (NPR) Admission is FREE. PROGRAM Nico Muhly - Stranger (for voice and string quartet) New York Premiere Franz Schubert - String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 (“Death and the Maiden”) Rebecca Clarke – Daybreak (for voice and string quartet) Thomas Campion – “Never weather-beaten sail” MUSIC MONDAYS Aaron Wunsch, Artistic Director Now in its 16th season, Music Mondays brings you free, innovative monthly performances by today's most exciting ensembles. Meet the performers and your fellow audience members at a casual, free wine reception after every performance.