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date: June 11, 2011
This second Saturday night of the fifth Bayfield Festival of Song featured two versatile singers, a husband and wife team, in the music of Ivor Novello and Sir Noël Coward, with some interpolations by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir William Walton and George Gershwin.
SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
---|---|---|---|
Glamorous night (Glamorous Night) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Novello, Ivor | Hassall, Christopher |
Prithee, pretty maiden (Patience) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Sullivan, Sir Arthur | Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck |
Keep the home fires burning | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Novello, Ivor | Ford, Lena Guilbert |
The real American folksong | Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Gershwin, George | Gershwin, Ira |
Old Sir Faulk (Façade) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant | n/a |
Rose of England (Crest of the Wave) | Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Novello, Ivor | Hassall, Christopher |
Leap-Year Waltz (The Dancing Years) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Novello, Ivor | n/a |
My dearest dear (The Dancing Years) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Novello, Ivor | Novello, Ivor |
And her mother came too (A to Z) | Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Novello, Ivor | Dion Titheradge |
Some day my heart will awake (King’s Rhapsody) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Novello, Ivor | Hassall, Christopher |
We’ll gather lilacs in the spring again (Perchance to Dream) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Novello, Ivor | Novello, Ivor |
Nina (Sigh No More) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
I’ve been to a marvellous party (Set to Music) | Ubukata, Bruce, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
Some day I’ll find you (Private Lives) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
A bar on the Piccola Marina | Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
I’ll see you again (Bitter Sweet) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
Mad dogs and Englishmen (Words and Music) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
If love were all (Bitter Sweet) | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
Mad dogs and Englishmen (Words and Music) – ENCORE | Barrett, Lindsay, soprano; Barrett, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |