This is a junior duet recital that will include various works in English, German, French and Italian from composers such as Margaret Bonds, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Franz Schubert and many more!

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Student Degree Recital: Nicholas Mathew and Mark Turner B.M. voice junior recital

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

In this engrossing presentation, baritone and musicologist Jean Bernard Cerin explores the tale—across centuries and continents—of “Lisette quitté la plaine,” a enduringly popular folk tune from Cerin’s native Haiti. From France and Pennsylvania, to Louisiana and back to Haiti, the remarkable journey of “Lisette” over two centuries is a testament to the connecting power of music, as well as to the complicated legacies of empire and enslavement.

This program will feature a showing of “Lisette,” a feature-length documentary by Cerin and Brandi Berry, as well as performances from Cerin, who will be joined by Bay Area-based soprano Michele Kennedy, as well as pianist and musicologist Nicholas Mathew.

Lisette—A Song’s Journey From Haiti and Back

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

In this intimate and imaginative recital, soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon (“dazzling, virtuoso singing,” Boston Globe) and fortepianist Nicholas Mathew explore female figures on the boundaries of society, from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Mignon,” as seen through the eyes of Robert Schumann; to Franz Schubert’s monumental “Viola” (Blumenballade; D. 786) and “Vergissmeinnicht” (“Forget-me-not,” D. 792), which explore female sexuality and desire in utterly contrasting ways.Fitz Gibbon and Mathew will also present Clara Schumann’s Sechs Lieder, Op. 13; despite her lifelong reputation as a celebrity pianist, Clara’s modern-day fame has more often than not unjustly focused on her role as Robert’s champion, rather than for her considerable compositional talents.This concert will be presented on a replica of an 1820 Viennese piano by Conrad Graf, whose instruments were favored by all three composers.

Nicholas Mathew

Events

Past events

Apr 15, 2025

Student Degree Recital: Nicholas Mathew and Mark Turner B.M. voice junior recital · University of Maryland School of Music

Jun 10, 2022

Lisette—A Song’s Journey From Haiti and Back · Berkeley Festival & Exhibition

Future and recently performed repertoire

Voice in Three Dream Portraits by Bonds

University of Maryland School of Music

Voice in Porgy and Bess by Gershwin

University of Maryland School of Music

Voice in Ruddigore by Sullivan

University of Maryland School of Music

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