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C’est mon plaisir | Walter Hall, Toronto
Music in the Boston palazzo of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924)

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
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
INTERMISSION
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