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Recital: Adrianne Pieczonka | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Recital: Adrianne Pieczonka | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
A varied recital, including the premiere performance of John Greer's Allegory of Sweet Desire
date: March 9, 1998
Already well-launched on what was to be a starry career as one of Canada’s foremost operatic divas, Adrianne Pieczonka provided a generous recital of songs by some of her favourite composers – Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss – alongside the rare Walzergesänge of Zemlinsky. In her second half, she gave the first performance of John Greer’s Allegory of Sweet Desire (after Agnolo Bronzino), settings of classical Greek and Latin love poetry in English translation. This cycle was commissioned for her and, in 2008, a fine recording by the same artists was released on our CD “Our Own Songs”.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| L’Année en vain chasse l’année (L’Enfant prodigue) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Debussy, Claude | Guinand, Edouard |
| Liebe Schwalbe, Op.6/1 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Klagen ist der Mond gekommen, Op.6/2 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu, Op.6/3 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Ich geh’ des Nachts, Op.6/4 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Blaues Sternlein, Op.6/5 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Briefchen schrieb ich, Op.6/6 (Sechs Walzergesänge) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Zemlinsky, Alexander | anon. Tuscan, trans. Gregorovius, Ferdinand |
| Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op.21/2 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dahn, Felix |
| Nichts, Op.10/2 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Gilm, Hermann von |
| Die Nacht, Op.10/3 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Gilm, Hermann von |
| Das Rosenband, Op.36/1 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb |
| Wiegenlied, Op.41/1 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dehmel, Richard |
| Cäcilie, Op.27/2 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Hart, Heinrich |
| Dedication to Aphrodite (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | anon. / Longus, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Bells of Child Folly (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Horace, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Eros Consumed (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | anon., trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Masks and Desires of Night (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Ovid, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Presentation of the Golden Apple of Eris (Polyphemus to Galatea) (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Theokritos, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Aphrodite Guides the Arrow of Eros (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | anon., trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Honey of Deceit (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Theokritos / Longus / Paulos Silentarius, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Sting of Deceit (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Horace, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Lecherous Dove (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Horace, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| The Torment of Jealousy (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Ovid, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Time Reveals, Time Heals (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | Sappho, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Truth Appeased (Allegory of Sweet Desire) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Greer, John | anon. / Propertius, trans. Lovric, Michelle / Mardas, Nikiforos Doxiadis |
| Believe it not, Op.6/1 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Tolstoy, Alexey |
| Behind the window, Op.60/10 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Polonsky, Yakov Petrovich |
| If I’d only known, Op.47/1 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Tolstoy, Alexey |
| Does the day reign, Op.47/6 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | Apukhtin, Alexey Nikolayevich |
| The Daisies, Op.2/1 – ENCORE | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Barber, Samuel | Stephens, James |
| Zueignung, Op.10/1 – ENCORE | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Gilm, Hermann von |
| I have a bonnet trimmed with blue – ENCORE | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Irish folksong, arr. Hughes, Herbert | anon. |