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Brush up your Shakespeare! – November 21, 1993 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Brush up your Shakespeare! – November 21, 1993 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Settings of Shakespeare, or music connected with his plays
date: November 21, 1993
From the vast body of available repertoire, we chose solo songs dating from 1599 to 1979, together with examples of incidental music, some fragments of opera and excerpts from a Broadway musical which ended the concert in ebullient style. Some dialogue from the plays interspersed the musical items. The concert had first been performed in Walter Hall in May 1987 and was to be adapted as a new touring programme, “The Food of Love”, in July 2005.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| O mistress mine | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Walton, Bradley, lute | Morley, Thomas | Shakespeare, William |
| O mistress mine, Op.6/2 (Three Shakespeare Songs) | Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Quilter, Roger | Shakespeare, William |
| An Sylvia, D891 | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Shakespeare, William, trans. Bauernfeld, Eduard von |
| Who is Sylvia? Op.18/2 (Let us Garlands Bring) | Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Finzi, Gerald | Shakespeare, William |
| Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Four Sonnets of Shakespeare) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings | Shakespeare, William |
| When Orpheus played | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hundley, Richard | Shakespeare, William |
| Spring (When daisies pied) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hundley, Richard | Shakespeare, William |
| It was a lover and his lass, Op.23/3 (Five Shakespeare Songs) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Quilter, Roger | Shakespeare, William |
| Pretty Ring Time | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Warlock, Peter | Shakespeare, William |
| Greensleeves (Sir John in Love) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | n/a |
| She never told her love | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Haydn, Franz Joseph | Shakespeare, William |
| La Mort d’Ophélie, Op.18/2 | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Berlioz, Hector | Shakespeare, William, trans. Legouvé, Ernest |
| Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, Op.18/3 (Let us Garlands Bring) | Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Finzi, Gerald | Shakespeare, William |
| Sigh no more, ladies, Op.30/4 (Four Shakespeare Songs) | Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Quilter, Roger | Shakespeare, William |
| Come unto these yellow sands (Songs for Ariel) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tippett, Sir Michael | Shakespeare, William |
| Full fathom five (Songs for Ariel) | Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tippett, Sir Michael | Shakespeare, William |
| Where the bee sucks (Songs for Ariel) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tippett, Sir Michael | Shakespeare, William |
| Fancie | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Shakespeare, William |
| Entr’acte, Op.57/2 (Shylock) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Madrigal, Op.57/3 (Shylock) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Haraucourt, Edmond |
| Fancy | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Poulenc, Francis | Shakespeare, William |
| Nocturne, Op.57/5 (Shylock) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| L’Amour qui pourtant n’est pas bête (Le Marchand de Venise) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hahn, Reynaldo | Zamacoïs, Miguel |
| I hate men! (Kiss me, Kate) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| I’ve come to wive it wealthily in Padua (Kiss me, Kate) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| Tom, Dick or Harry (Kiss me, Kate) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss me, Kate) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| I am ashamed that women are so simple (Kiss me, Kate) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| Finale (Kiss me, Kate) | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss me, Kate) – ENCORE | Stilwell, Jean, mezzo; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |