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Celebrity Recital: Susan Platts | Town Hall, Bayfield, ON
Celebrity Recital: Susan Platts | Town Hall, Bayfield, ON
The Bayfield debut of distinguished mezzo, Susan Platts
date: June 12, 2010
Distinguished mezzo, Susan Platts, who had sung several times with us in Toronto, presented a concert of Lieder by Robert and Clara Schumann, songs of the Hebrides and a variety of other songs by English and American composers. The concert was affectionately dedicated to the memory of Clare Mazzoleni Piller, an enthusiast for the Bayfield Festival of Song.
| SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die gute Nacht | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Clara | Rückert, Friedrich |
| Was weinst du, Blümlein in Morgenschein? Op.23/1 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Clara | Rollett, Herman |
| Mein Stern | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Clara | Rolle, Friedrich |
| Liebst du um Schönheit, Op.12/4 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Clara | Rückert, Friedrich |
| Seit ich ihm gesehen, Op.42/1 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Er, der Herrlichste von allen, Op.42/2 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Ich kann’s nicht fassen, Op.42/3 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Du Ring an meinem Finger, Op.42/4 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Helft mir, ihr Schwestern, Op.42/5 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Süsser Freund, Op.42/6 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| An meinem Herzen, Op.42/7 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan, Op.42/8 (Frauenliebe und -leben) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Chamisso, Adelbert von |
| A Wandering Shade (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Kishmul’s Galley (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Hame oor bottachan (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Eriskay Love Lilt (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Early one morning | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | English folksong, arr. Perry, Douglas | anon. |
| Silent Noon (The House of Life) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Rossetti, Dante Gabriel |
| In the still of the night (Rosalie) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| Drink to me only with thine eyes | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | trad., arr. Quilter, Roger | Jonson, Ben |
| Over the mountains | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | trad., arr. Quilter, Roger | anon. (Percy’s Reliques) |
| Now sleeps the crimson petal | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Quilter, Roger | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Love’s Philosophy | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Quilter, Roger | Shelley, Percy Bysshe |
| Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) – ENCORE | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Gluck, Christoph Willibald von | Calzabigi, Ranieri de’ |