
date: March 6, 2011
Isabella Stewart Gardner built a Venetian palace, Fenway Court, in Boston to house her fabulous art collection, created with the help of John Singer Sargent and Bernard Berenson. On the main floor she designed a music room, inaugurated by the Boston Symphony and the scene of regular concerts. She befriended and supported, when necessary, many composers and performers, from whose music we created our programme. Particular attention was paid to her closest musical friend, Charles Martin Loeffler, some of whose songs with viola obbligatowe included. For this purpose, and in order to perform music by Gabriel Fauré, we were delighted to invite Barry Shiffman to join our fine singers. One of Sargent’s portraits of Mrs Gardner hung above our stage and reproductions of other pictures and views of the house were inserted in the programme.
SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
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I love, and the world is mine | Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Johns, Clayton | Coates, Florence Earl |
Tournament Galop | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | n/a |
An Old Rhyme | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Johns, Clayton | Herrick, Robert |
Night | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Lang, Margaret Ruthven | Moulton, Louise Chandler |
Narcissus | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Nevin, Ethelbert | n/a |
La regata veneziana (Soirées musicales) | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Rossini, Gioachino | Pepoli, Carlo |
Sérénade italienne, Op.2/5 | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Chausson, Ernest | Bourget, Paul |
Puisqu’ici-bas, Op.10/1 | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Hugo, Victor |
Andante (Sonata in A, Op.13) | Shiffman, Barry, violin; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
Madrigal (dans le style ancien), Op.4 | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Indy, Vincent d’ | Bonnières, Robert de |
Lied maritime, Op.43 | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Indy, Vincent d’ | Indy, Vincent d’ |
El pelele (Goyescas) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Granados, Enrique | n/a |
Take me out to the ball game | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tilzer, Albert von | Norworth, Jack |
The Hindoo Maiden, Op.21/1 | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | MacDowell, Edward | n/a |
Crépuscule | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Massenet, Jules | Silvestre, Armand |
Musique | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Debussy, Claude | Bourget, Paul |
Adieu pour jamais, Op.10/2 | Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loeffler, Charles Martin | Kahn, Gustave |
Dansons la gigue! Op.5/2 | Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Shiffman, Barry, viola; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loeffler, Charles Martin | Verlaine, Paul |
Sérénade, Op.5/4 | Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Shiffman, Barry, viola; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loeffler, Charles Martin | Verlaine, Paul |
I got a home in-a dat rock | Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | trad., arr. Burleigh, Henry T. | anon. |
Nymphes et sylvains (Valse chantée) | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Bemberg, Herman | Ocampo, Armand |
The Hosting of the Sidhe (The Wind among the Reeds) | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loeffler, Charles Martin | Yeats, William Butler |
La primavera (Venezia) | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Shiffmann, Barry, violin; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hahn, Reynaldo | Cicogna, Alvise |
Take me out to the ball game – ENCORE | Paulin, Nathalie, soprano; Szabó, Krisztina, mezzo; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tilzer, Albert von | Norworth, Jack |