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On Wings of Song – February 5, 1986 | Central Collegiate Auditorium, Barrie, ON
On Wings of Song – February 5, 1986 | Central Collegiate Auditorium, Barrie, ON
Songs of travel - to many times and countries
date: February 5, 1986
To cast a wider net for our new performing group, we developed this programme specifically for touring. The repertoire was deliberately diverse and in a number of languages. Narrative links were provided from the letters or memoirs of writers or composers, or by other figures such as Queen Victoria. After we took part in the Ontario Arts Council’s “Contact” event in October 1985, a number of appearances across the province materialised. As personnel varied, the programme would be adapted from date to date.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why do the wrong people travel? (Sail Away) | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
| World Weary (This Year of Grace) | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Coward, Sir Noël | Coward, Sir Noël |
| Das Wandern, D795/1 (Die schöne Müllerin) | Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Müller, Wilhelm |
| Frühlingsglaube, D686 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Uhland, Ludwig |
| Quel sguardo sdegnosetto (Scherzi musicali) | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Monteverdi, Claudio | Magni, Bartholomeo |
| The Tale of the Oyster | Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Porter, Cole | Porter, Cole |
| En svane, Op.25/2 | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Grieg, Edvard | Ibsen, Henrik |
| Cortège burlesque | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Chabrier, Emmanuel | n/a |
| Les Chemins de l’amour (Léocadia) | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | Anouilh, Jean |
| Marche écossaise | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Debussy, Claude | n/a |
| Ca’ the yowes | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Scottish folksong, arr. Quilter, Roger | Burns, Robert |
| The Mermaid | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | English folksong, arr. Vignoles, Roger | anon. |
| The Vagabond (Songs of Travel) | Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| The Warthog | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Swann, Donald | Flanders, Michael |
| My Own Country | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Warlock, Peter | Belloc, Hilaire |
| Un Canadien errant | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | French-Canadian folksong, arr. Greer, John | Gérin-Lajoie, Antoine |
| Vive la Canadienne! – quodlibet | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Barnes, Peter, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Voyageur songs, arr. Greer, John | anon. |