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Harry Heine & Company | Walter Hall, Toronto
Harry Heine & Company | Walter Hall, Toronto
Settings of the poetry of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
date: November 2, 1997
Our concert attempted to provide an overview of the almost incredible contribution made by the poetry of Heine to the art-song repertoire – according to the Heine Institute in Düsseldorf, a total of 6,533 compositions. In our programme, the earliest (by Loewe) dated from the 1820s and was followed by settings by the great Lieder composers: Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms. More unusual examples were in French, Italian, Russian and English translations, while other rarely-heard music came in the form of settings for male-voice ensemble by Schumann, Mendelssohn and Cornelius. Heine’s own autobiographical words, detailing his unpredictable and ultimately tragic life, were read by Andrew Gillies.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op.34/2 | Bella, Mary, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Heine, Heinrich |
| Die Lotosblume, Op.9 Book 1/1 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Loewe, Carl | Heine, Heinrich |
| Ich wollt’ meine Lieb’ ergösse sich, Op.63/1 | Bella, Mary, soprano; Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Heine, Heinrich |
| Die Lotosblume, Op.25/7 (Myrthen) | Bella, Mary, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Tragödie, Op.64/3 | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Colvin, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden, Op.24/5 (Heine-Liederkreis) | Colvin, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Es war ein alter König | Shaw, Eric / Rainey, Mark / Lambie, Jay, tenors; Roche, Colin / Jefferies, David / Dobson, Alexander, baritones; Ralls, Stephen, conductor | Cornelius, Peter | Heine, Heinrich |
| Wasserfahrt, Op.50/4 | Shaw, Eric / Rainey, Mark / Lambie, Jay, tenors; Roche, Colin / Jefferies, David / Dobson, Alexander, baritones; Ralls, Stephen, conductor | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Heine, Heinrich |
| Wasserfahrt (Drei Volkslieder) | Colvin, Michael, tenor; Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Heine, Heinrich |
| Die Minnesänger, Op.33/2 | Shaw, Eric / Rainey, Mark / Lambie, Jay, tenors; Roche, Colin / Jefferies, David / Dobson, Alexander, baritones; Ralls, Stephen, conductor | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Die Lotosblume, Op.33/3 | Shaw, Eric / Rainey, Mark / Lambie, Jay, tenors; Roche, Colin / Jefferies, David / Dobson, Alexander, baritones; Ralls, Stephen, conductor | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Die Loreley | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Liszt, Franz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Das Fischermädchen, D957/10 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Am Meer, D957/12 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Der Doppelgänger, D957/13 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Un Bal (Symphonie fantastique, Op.14) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Berlioz, Hector, arr. Singer, Otto | n/a |
| Guide au bord ta nacelle | Colvin, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | Heine, Heinrich, trans. Deschamps, Emile |
| Die beiden Grenadiere, Op.49/1 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | Heine, Heinrich |
| Lungi | Colvin, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tosti, Sir Paolo | Heine, Heinrich, trans. Carducci, Giosuè |
| Why? Op.6/5 | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Heine, Heinrich, trans. Mey, Lev |
| Schlechtes Wetter, Op.69/5 | Bella, Mary, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Heine, Heinrich |
| Night lies on the silent highways | Turnbull, Elizabeth, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Willan, Healey | Heine, Heinrich, trans. Freiligrath-Kroeker, Kate |
| Meerfahrt, Op.96/4 | Colvin, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Heine, Heinrich |
| A Dream, Op.8/5 | Bella, Mary, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Heine, Heinrich, trans. Pleshcheyev, Alexey |
| Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op.96/1 | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Heine, Heinrich |
| Neue Liebe, Op.19a/4 – ENCORE | Braun, Russell, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | Heine, Heinrich |