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Recital: Susan Platts | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Recital: Susan Platts | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
A varied recital of German, Austrian, British and American songs
date: October 23, 2002
One of Canada’s most talented young mezzo-sopranos chose a varied programme of, mostly, very unfamiliar material. She began with four songs by Ignaz Brüll, a little-known contemporary of Brahms. After four favourites by the master and five by Mahler, the second half again moved into less charted territory. First, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of Stanford, then moved from Irish poetry to some translations of the Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, set by the American, John Alden Carpenter. Finally, a visit to the Outer Hebrides of Scotland brought us some of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s folksong arrangements, once the staples of any self-respecting British singer but now, alas, rarely heard.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Es schauen die Blumen alle | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brüll, Ignaz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Waldeinsamkeit | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brüll, Ignaz | Leuthold, Heinrich |
| Manch’ Bild vergess’ner Zeiten | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brüll, Ignaz | Heine, Heinrich |
| Ligurisches Volkslied | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brüll, Ignaz | Leuthold, Heinrich |
| Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op.105/1 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Groth, Klaus |
| Ständchen, Op.106/1 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Kugler, Franz |
| Dämmrung senkte sich von oben, Op.59/1 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Vergebliches Ständchen, Op.84/4 | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Brahms, Johannes | anon. |
| Liebst du um Schönheit | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mahler, Gustav | Rückert, Friedrich |
| Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mahler, Gustav | Rückert, Friedrich |
| Das irdische Leben (Lieder aus “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mahler, Gustav | Des Knaben Wunderhorn |
| Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Lieder aus “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mahler, Gustav | Des Knaben Wunderhorn |
| Scheiden und Meiden | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mahler, Gustav | Des Knaben Wunderhorn |
| A Soft Day, Op.140/3 (A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers | Letts, Winifred Mary |
| Cowslip Time, Op.139/3 (A Fire of Turf) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers | Letts, Winifred Mary |
| The Fairy Lough, Op.77/2 (An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers | O’Neill, Moira |
| La Belle Dame sans Merci | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers | Keats, John |
| When I bring you coloured toys (Gitanjali) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Carpenter, John Alden | Tagore, Rabindranath |
| On the day when death will knock at thy door (Gitanjali) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Carpenter, John Alden | Tagore, Rabindranath |
| The sleep that flits on baby’s eyes (Gitanjali) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Carpenter, John Alden | Tagore, Rabindranath |
| Light, my light (Gitanjali) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Carpenter, John Alden | Tagore, Rabindranath |
| A Wandering Shade (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Kishmul’s Galley (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| Hame oor bottachan (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| An Eriskay Love-Lilt (Songs of the Hebrides) | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Hebridean folksong, arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory | anon. |
| El Vito (Canciones clásicas españolas) – ENCORE | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Obradors, Fernando | anon. |
| Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op.3/2 – ENCORE | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Quilter, Roger | Tennyson, Alfred, Lord |
| Ae fond kiss – ENCORE | Platts, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Willan, Healey | Burns, Robert |