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Lorelei | Walter Hall, Toronto
The femme fatale in song

date: May 8, 1988

Literary extracts were of prime importance in this afternoon’s presentation. They ranged from the letters of Héloïse and Abelard and of Pietro Bembo and Lucrezia Borgia, through the poetry of Brentano, Swinburne, Apollinaire and Dorothy Parker. On the way, we included extracts from Mérimée’s Carmen and from the correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Most of this material was exquisitely read by Kate Trotter. Music was similarly varied: from a Monteverdi madrigal, through German and French romantic song, to Britten, Gershwin, Porter and Coward.

Song Artist Composer Poet
Beware! Kerckhove, Charles de, treble; Ralls, Stephen, piano Britten, Benjamin Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Lorelei (Pardon my English) Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano Gershwin, George Gershwin, Ira
Loreley, Op.53/2 Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano Schumann, Robert Lorenz, Wilhelmine
Berg’ und Burgen, Op.24/7 (Heine-Liederkreis) Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Schumann, Robert Heine, Heinrich
Waldesgespräch, Op.39/3 (Eichendorff-Liederkreis) Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Schumann, Robert Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von
Die Loreley Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano Liszt, Franz Heine, Heinrich
Pour l’Egyptienne (Six Epigraphes antiques) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude n/a
Pavane (Capriol Suite) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Warlock, Peter n/a
L’Amour de moi Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano French melody, arr. Quilter, Roger anon.
Basse-Danse (Capriol Suite) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Warlock, Peter n/a
Tornate, o cari baci (Madrigali: Libro VII) Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano Monteverdi, Claudio Marino, Giambattista
Guitare Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Lalo, Edouard Hugo, Victor
Séguidille Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Falla, Manuel de Gautier, Théophile
Tarantella Sevillana (Façade) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant n/a
Fleur jetée, Op.39/2 Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano Fauré, Gabriel Silvestre, Armand
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Let’s do it (Paris) Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Porter, Cole Porter, Cole
Foxtrot (Façade) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant n/a
I’ve got you under my skin (Born to Dance) Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano Porter, Cole Porter, Cole
Popular Song (Façade) Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant n/a
The Trellis Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Ireland, John Huxley, Aldous
So Perverse Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Bridge, Frank Bridges, Robert
La Belle Dame sans Merci Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers Keats, John
Most gentlemen don’t like love (Leave It to Me!) Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano Porter, Cole Porter, Cole
Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen, Op.138/9 (Spanische Liebeslieder) Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Schumann, Robert anon. Spanish, trans. Geibel, Emanuel
Vergebliches Ständchen, Op.84/4 Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano Brahms, Johannes anon.
Lorelei (This Year of Grace) Milsom, Deborah, mezzo; Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano Coward, Sir Noël Coward, Sir Noël
Lorelei (Pardon my English) – ENCORE Milsom, Deborah / Trotter, Kate, mezzo; Boutet, Benoît, tenor; Neff, Daniel, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano Gershwin, George Gershwin, Ira