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Come into the Parlour, Maud – September 28, 1997 | Opera House, Orillia, ON
Come into the Parlour, Maud – September 28, 1997 | Opera House, Orillia, ON
English song in the Victorian era
date: September 28, 1997
Our first Walter Hall season had opened with this concert, back in January 1985 – then, it initiated three “English Afternoons” which, between them, presented English songs from early Victorian times through to the Second World War. This programme included a number of popular favourites, but also some genuine examples of artsong. A section after the intermission depicted life at Buckingham Palace and a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert by Mendelssohn. Songs from the later 19th century by Stanford, Somervell and Elgar then led to our conclusion: Vaughan Williams’s “Linden Lea”, written in the year of Queen Victoria’s death. (With a slight change of cast, this out-of-town concert was a repeat of that performed on March 16, 1997.)
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| O that we two were maying | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Pomeroy, David, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Smith, Alice Mary | Kingsley, Charles |
| To Anthea, who may command him anything | Westman, James, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hatton, John Liptrott | Herrick, Robert |
| Indian Love, Op.35/1 | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Uubukata, Bruce, piano | Bennett, Sir William Sterndale | Cornwall, Barry |
| I heard a brooklet gushing | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loder, Edward James | Müller, Wilhelm, trans. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
| Spanish Dance, Op.12/3 | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Moszkowski, Moritz | n/a |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Hatton, John Liptrott | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
| Come into the garden, Maud | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Balfe, Michael | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Excelsior! | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Westman, James, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Balfe, Michael | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
| Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.21 | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | n/a |
| Italien, Op.8/3 | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mendelssohn, Fanny | Grillparzer, Franz |
| Der Ungeliebte | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Albert, Prince Consort | Rückert, Friedrich |
| The moon has raised her lamp above (The Lily of Killarney) | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Westman, James, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Benedict, Sir Julius | Oxenford, John |
| La Belle Dame sans Merci | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers | Keats, John |
| The Day-Dream: The Departure (Songbook of 1879) | Pomeroy, David, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Scharwenka, Xaver | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Go not, happy day (Cycle of Songs from Tennyson’s Maud) | Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Somervell, Sir Arthur | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| I have led her home (Cycle of Songs from Tennyson’s Maud) | Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Somervell, Sir Arthur | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Come into the garden, Maud (Cycle of Songs from Tennyson’s Maud) | Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Somervell, Sir Arthur | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Come, gentle night | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Elgar, Sir Edward | Bingham, Graham Clifton |
| Linden Lea | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Pomeroy, David, tenor; Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Barnes, William |
| Excelsior! (reprise) – ENCORE | Turnbull, ELizabeth, mezzo; Pomeroy, David, tenor; Westman, James, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Balfe, Michael | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |