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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 |
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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 |
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 |