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Celebrity Recital: Lucia Cesaroni / Colin Ainsworth | Town Hall, Bayfield, ON
Celebrity Recital: Lucia Cesaroni / Colin Ainsworth | Town Hall, Bayfield, ON
A recital of duets and solos from the art-song and operatic repertoires
date: June 4, 2011
Having first appeared in Bayfield as emerging artists, Lucia Cesaroni and Colin Ainsworth returned as young celebrities, about to star in West Side Story in Vancouver. Their concert included Lieder, American songs, folksong arrangements and some operatic duets. Colin was joined in the ever popular duet from Les pêcheurs de perles by baritone Geoffrey Sirett, and the evening finished with the balcony scene from West Side Story as an encore.
| SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
|---|---|---|---|
| As steals the morn upon the night (L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Handel, George Frideric | Jennens, Charles |
| Der Musikant (Eichendorff-Lieder) | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Wolf, Hugo | Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von |
| Verschwiegene Liebe (Eichendorff-Lieder) | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Wolf, Hugo | Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von |
| Auf dem grünen Balkon (Spanisches Liederbuch) | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Wolf, Hugo | anon. Spanish, trans.Heyse, Paul |
| Der Tambour (Mörike-Lieder) | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Wolf, Hugo | Mörike, Eduard |
| Why do they shut me out of heaven? (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Copland, Aaron | Dickinson, Emily |
| Heart, we will forget him (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Copland, Aaron | Dickinson, Emily |
| Going to heaven! (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Copland, Aaron | Dickinson, Emily |
| The Chariot (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Copland, Aaron | Dickinson, Emily |
| Only make believe I love you (Show Boat) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Kern, Jerome | Hammerstein II, Oscar |
| The Salley Gardens | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Irish folksong, arr. Britten, Benjamin | Yeats, William Butler |
| Sally in our Alley | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | English folksong, arr. Britten, Benjamin | Carey, Henry |
| Chanson écossaise | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | trad., arr. Ravel, Maurice | Burns, Robert |
| Chanson française | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | trad., arr. Ravel, Maurice | anon. French |
| Soldier, won’t you marry me? | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Appalachian folksong, arr. Britten, Benjamin | anon. |
| Un di, felice (La traviata) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Verdi, Giuseppe | Piave, Francesco Maria |
| Au fond du temple saint (Les Pêcheurs de perles) | Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Sirett, Geoffrey, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Bizet, Georges | Cormon, Eugène / Carré, Michel |
| My dear Marquis (Die Fledermaus) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Sirett, Geoffrey, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss the younger, Johann | Haffner, Karl / Genée, Richard |
| Balcony Scene (West Side Story) – ENCORE | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ainsworth, Colin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Bernstein, Leonard | Sondheim, Stephen |