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date: May 2, 2010
The music for this concert was selected to bear witness to the various “villages” which still make up the city of Toronto – some obvious, like Forest Hill, Chinatown, the Annex; others more elusive in definition. But we ended up with a very varied programme, including some genuine Chinese music performed by the Yellow River Ensemble. Throughout the afternoon, there were scattered some pieces from Bruce’s Clavier-Book – keyboard pieces commissioned from Derek Holman in memory of various Torontonians who have been significant in musical activities.
SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
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Toronto (Studies and Rambles of Wasgewanoqua) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Jameson, Anna |
The Vagabond (Songs of Travel) | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Stevenson, Robert Louis |
The Irish Emigrant | Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Barker, George | Dufferin, Helen, Lady |
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hewlett, William H. | Psalm V |
C’est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses) | McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Poulenc, Francis | Vilmorin, Louise de |
A Man and his Flute | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Beckwith, John | Waddington, Miriam |
The Judge’s Song (Trial by Jury) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Sullivan, Sir Arthur | Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck |
Remembering the First Master of Massey College (Bruce’s Clavier-Book) | Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | n/a |
Non ti scordar di me | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Curtis, Ernesto de | Curtis, Ernesto de |
Jamaican Rumba | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Benjamin, Arthur | n/a |
Agua do rio que la vai (Seis canciones portuguesas) | McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Halffter, Ernesto | anon. |
Recollections of Rosedale Heights (Bruce’s Clavier-Book) | Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | n/a |
Stillness | Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Somers, Harry | Somers, Harry |
In Memory of Greta (Bruce’s Clavier-Book) | Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | n/a |
Come to the vale of the beautiful Don: An Invocation | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Gilbert, Mrs G.A. | Gilbert, G.A. |
Racing Horses | Yellow River Ensemble: Chow-Morris, Kim, bangi; Chan, Patty, erhu; Xiaoyun, Miao, daruan | anon. | anon. |
Busily Carting Public Grains | Yellow River Ensemble: Chow-Morris, Kim, bangi; Chan, Patty, erhu; Xiaoyun, Miao, daruan | anon. | anon. |
Towered Camelot (The Four Seasons) | Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Holman, Derek | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
Der Engel (Wesendonck-Lieder) | McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Wagner, Richard | Wesendonck, Mathilde |
Christ is risen, Op.26/6 | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Sergeyevich |
Brunswick Avenue | McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Ross, Erik | Lee, Dennis |
For Ruby, con amore (Bruce’s Clavier-Book) | Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | n/a |
Le Parfum impérissable, Op.76/1 | Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-René |
The Resurrection of Nature (Studies and Rambles of Wasagewanoqua) | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Greer, John | Jameson, Anna |
The Humber “Fairy” | Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Johnstone, John Francis | Imrie, John |
Oh! you Canadian town | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Allan, Norman Fraser | Bennett, Stanley |
Won’t you meet me at Murray’s? – ENCORE | Cesaroni, Lucia, soprano; McHardy, Allyson, mezzo; Wiliford, Lawrence, tenor; Covey, Benjamin, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Eckstein, Willie | Eckstein, Willie |