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date: March 8, 1992
As part of our 10th 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 |
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Berceuse, Op.56/1 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
Le Papillon et la fleur, Op.1/1 | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Hugo, Victor |
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11 | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Schade, Michael, tenor; Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Racine, Jean (trans. from the Roman breviary) |
Lydia, Op.4/2 | Braun, Russell, 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 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Gautier, Théophile |
Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme, Op.10/1 | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Hugo, Victor |
Fleur jetée, Op.39/2 | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |
Adieu, Op.21/3 (Poème d’un jour) | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Grandmougin, Charles |
Automne, Op.18/3 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |
Clair de lune, Op.46/2 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
La Rose (Ode anacréontique), Op.51/4 | Landry, Rosemarie, 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) | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
En sourdine, Op.58/2 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; 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) | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
A Clymène, Op.58/4 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
C’est l’extase, Op.58/5 (Cinq Mélodies de Venise) | Robbin, Catherine, 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) | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
Prison, Op.83/1 | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Verlaine, Paul |
Pleurs d’or, Op. 72 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Braun, Russell, 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 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Mendès, Catulle |
Je me plaignais du sort (Pénélope) | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Fauchois, René |
Danseuse, Op.113/4 (Mirages) | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Brimont, Renée de |
Diane, Séléné, Op.118/3 (L’Horizon chimérique) | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | La Ville de Mirmont, Jean de |
Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés, Op.118/4 (L’Horizon chimérique) | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | La Ville de Mirmont, Jean de |
Madrigal, Op.35 | Landry, Rosemarie, soprano; Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Schade, Michael, tenor; Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Silvestre, Armand |