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Clair de lune – October 16, 2011 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Clair de lune – October 16, 2011 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Music by Gabriel Fauré
date: October 16, 2011
As the opening concert of our 30th Anniversary Season, we presented a survey of one of our favourite composers, Gabriel Fauré. Our choice, taken from his 60 years of song-writing, included a complete performance of the Cinq mélodies de Venise to poems of Paul Verlaine, shared among our four singers, and was framed by the six piano-duets of Dolly. We also performed some partsongs and a scene from Fauré’s last, great, opera: Pénélope.
| SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berceuse, Op.56/1 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Le Papillon et la fleur, Op.1/1 | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Hugo, Victor |
| Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11 | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Krause, Anita, mezzo; Haji, Andrew, tenor; Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Racine, Jean (trans. From the Roman breviary) |
| Lydia, Op.4/2 | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-René |
| Mi-a-ou, Op.56/2 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Chanson du pêcheur (Lamento), Op. 4/1 | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Gautier, Théophile |
| Puisqu’ici-bas, Op.10/1 | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Hugo, Victor |
| Fleur jetée, Op.39/2 | Haji, Andrew, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |
| Adieu, Op.21/3 (Poème d’un jour) | Haji, Andrew, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Grandmougin, Charles |
| Automne, Op.18/3 | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |
| Clair de lune, Op.46/2 | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| La Rose (Ode anacréontique), Op.51/4 | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-René |
| Souvenirs de Bayreuth (excerpt) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel / Messager, André | n/a |
| Mandoline, Op.58/1 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| En sourdine, Op.58/2 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| Tendresse, Op.56/5 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Green, Op.58/3 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| A Clymène, Op.58/4 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Haji, Andrew, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| C’est l’extase, Op.58/5 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| Kitty valse, Op.56/4 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| La lune blanche, Op.61/3 (La Bonne chanson) | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| Prison, Op.83/1 | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
| Pleurs d’or, Op. 72 | Krause, Anita, mezzo; Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Samain, Albert |
| Le Jardin de Dolly, Op.56/3 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Le Pas espagnol, Op.56/6 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Dans le forêt de septembre, Op.85/1 | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Mendès, Catulle |
| Je me plaignais du sort (Pénélope) | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Krause, Anita, mezzo; Haji, Andrew, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Fauchois, René |
| Danseuse, Op.113/4 (Mirages) | Haji, Andrew, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Brimont, Renée de |
| Diane, Séléné…, Op.118/3 (L’Horizon chimérique) | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | La Ville de Mirmont, Jean de |
| Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés…, Op.118/4 (L’Horizon chimérique) | Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | La Ville de Mirmont, Jean de |
| Madrigal, Op.35 | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Krause, Anita, mezzo; Haji, Andrew, tenor; Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |
| Pavane, Op.50 – ENCORE | Mercer, Shannon, soprano; Krause, Anita, mezzo; Haji, Andrew, tenor; Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Montesquiou, Robert de |