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Scenes from Childhood – July 23, 1988 | Sharon Temple, Sharon, ON
Scenes from Childhood – July 23, 1988 | Sharon Temple, Sharon, ON
Music from, or about, childhood
date: July 23, 1988
This concert was created for Music at Sharon (at that time, a festival taking place in the historic Sharon Temple, 50 km north of Toronto); it incorporated some widely diverse music from Germany, Russia, France, England and Canada. The soloists included a talented boy treble, Jesse Clark. A variety of literary and poetic readings linked the musical items. The first half concluded with Britten’s Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, and as a balancing (and secular) conclusion, we commissioned a new work, Nicholas Knock, from Derek Holman, setting an intriguing narrative poem by Dennis Lee. The programme was repeated (with one change of soloist) in Walter Hall, November 1988.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück (Heimweh II), Op.63/8 | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Groth, Klaus |
| Les Chevaux de bois – Scherzo, Op.22/4 (Jeux d’enfants) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Bizet, Georges | n/a |
| Riding the Wooden Horse (The Nursery) | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Mussorgsky, Modest | Mussorgsky, Modest |
| Fishing Song, Op.7/8 (Friday Afternoons) | Clark, Jesse, treble; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Chalkhill, John |
| Gregory Griggs (Ten English Rhymes) | Clark, Jesse, treble; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Beckwith, John | anon. |
| La Poupée – Berceuse, Op.22/3 (Jeux d’enfants) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Bizet, Georges | n/a |
| In the Corner (The Nursery) | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Mussorgsky, Modest | Mussorgsky, Modest |
| Der Vater mit dem Kind, D906 | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Bauernfeld, Eduard von |
| Muttertändelei, Op.43/2 | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Bürger, Gottfried August |
| Meinem Kinde, Op.37/3 | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Falke, Gustav |
| Berceuse, Op.56/1 (Dolly) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | n/a |
| Le Sommeil (La Courte paille) | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Francis Poulenc | Carême, Maurice |
| Le Carafon (La Courte paille) | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Francis Poulenc | Carême, Maurice |
| Lune d’avril (La Courte paille) | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Francis Poulenc | Carême, Maurice |
| Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op.51 | Clark, Jesse, treble; Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Chester Miracle Play |
| Träumerei, Op.15/7 (Kinderszenen) | Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schumann, Robert | n/a |
| How many miles to Babylon? (Ten English Rhymes) | Clark, Jesse, treble; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Beckwith, John | anon. |
| Erlkönig, D328 | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Wiegenlied, Op.41/1 | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dehmel, Richard |
| Le Jardin féerique (Ma Mère l’Oye) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | n/a |
| The Plough Boy | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Shield, William, arr. Britten, Benjamin | anon. |
| The Minstrel Boy | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Irish folksong, arr. Britten, Benjamin | Moore, Thomas |
| I mun be married on Sunday, Op.7/6 (Friday Afternoons) | Clark, Jesse, treble; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Udall, Nicholas |
| O that I had ne’er been married | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Burns, Robert |
| Wedding March | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Strathy, George | n/a |
| The north wind doth blow (Ten English Rhymes) | Clark, Jesse, treble; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Beckwith, John | anon. |
| The Canadian Herd-Boy | Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Moodie, J.W.Dunbar / Jarvis, Charles | Moodie, Susanna |
| Nicholas Knock | Clark, Jesse, treble; Jones, Gaynor, soprano; Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Lee, Dennis |