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Scenes from Childhood – November 27, 1988 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Scenes from Childhood – November 27, 1988 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Music from, or about, childhood
date: November 27, 1988
This concert was created in August 1988 for Music at Sharon and was now repeated (slightly abbreviated) in Walter Hall with one change of soloist, the first appearance of Adrianne Pieczonka with the Aldeburgh Connection; 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.
| 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) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, 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 |
| In the Corner (The Nursery) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, 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 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Bürger, Gottfried August |
| Meinem Kinde, Op.37/3 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, 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) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Francis Poulenc | Carême, Maurice |
| Le Carafon (La Courte paille) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Francis Poulenc | Carême, Maurice |
| Lune d’avril (La Courte paille) | Pieczonka, Adrianne, 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 | Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dehmel, Richard |
| Le Jardin féerique (Ma Mère l’Oye) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | n/a |
| 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 |
| The Plough boy | Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Shield, William, arr. Britten, Benjamin | anon. |
| Nicholas Knock | Clark, Jesse, treble; Pieczonka, Adrianne, soprano; Evans, Glyn, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Holman, Derek | Lee, Dennis |