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date: May 3, 1992
Three concerted works for voices and piano(s) were interspersed with solo songs by various Canadian composers, in French and in English. The climax of the concert was the premiere of our tenth anniversary commission, Derek Holman’s Contrasts for vocal quartet and piano-duet, which utilised various Canadian poets and climaxed with an uproarious setting of Duke Rainbird’s I am a Canadian. Music was framed by Kate Trotter’s characterful readings from the writings of various 18th and 19th century ladies in Canada.
Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
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Sigh no more, ladies (Songs from Shakespeare) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Freedman, Harry | Shakespeare, William |
Come away, death (Songs from Shakespeare) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Freedman, Harry | Shakespeare, William |
It was a lover and his lass (Songs from Shakespeare) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Freedman, Harry | Shakespeare, William |
Brigg Fair | Houtman, Martin, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Lincolnshire folksong, arr. Willan, Healey | anon. |
Serenade | Houtman, Martin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Beckwith, John | Thibaudeau, Colleen |
Polka (Music for Dancing) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Beckwith, John | n/a |
The Trusting Heart | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fleming, Robert | Parker, Dorothy |
The Lake Isle of Innisfree | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Willan, Healey | Yeats, William Butler |
When the ice worms nest again (All Around the Circle) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Folksong from the Arctic, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
The Alberta Homestead (All Around the Circle) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Alberta folksong, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
Old Grandma (All Around the Circle) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Prairie folksong, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
Rattle on the Stovepipe (All Around the Circle) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Ontario folksong, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
Do you see that there bird? (All Around the Circle) | Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Nova Scotia folksong, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
The Morning Dew (All Around the Circle) | Robbin, Catherine; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Newfoundland folksong, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
Quodlibet (All Around the Circle) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, 2 pianos | Newfoundland folksongs, arr. Greer, John | anon. |
Andalouse: Boléro, Op.38 | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Lavallée, Calixa | Musset, Alfred de |
Mon Bouquet | Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fortier, Achille | Fréchette, Louis |
Impromptu | Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fortier, Achille | Gill, Charles |
Dear old Donegal | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo | Irish song | anon. |
Oh! can you leave your native land? – A Canadian Song (Contrasts) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Moodie, Susanna |
My jolly shantyboy – Ontario lumbermen’s song (Contrasts) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | anon. |
Le Cloître noir (Contrasts) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Nelligan, Emile |
Autumn (Contrasts) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Scott, Duncan Campbell |
I am a Canadian (Contrasts) | Hermiston, Nancy, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Houtman, Martin, tenor; Oland, Erik, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Redbird, Duke |