The 4th Greta Kraus Schubertiad | Glenn Gould Studio

date: May 8, 2002

Another in our series of celebrations of Schubert in memory of our dear friend and mentor, Greta Kraus, brought together a number of themes from the composer’s output. Solo songs performed by our distinguished baritone, Brett Polegato, began by focussing on the influence on Schubert of classical mythology; later, a group of settings of Ernst Schulze and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rounded out the evening. Between these groups of songs, we were joined by the Elmer Iseler Singers under the baton of Lydia Adams. Varied partsongs included two psalm settings. One was the well-known 23rd Psalm but the other was the far from familiar setting of Psalm 92 in the original Hebrew, made for a newly-opened Viennese synagogue. The evening’s choral contributions concluded with the lively Cantata to celebrate the return to health of Irene Kiesewetter and, as an encore, Derek Holman’s arrangement of the beloved An die Musik.

Song	Artist	Composer	Poet
Overture in the Italian style in C, D597	Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano	Schubert, Franz	n/a
Die Götter Griechenlands, D677	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Schiller, Friedrich von
Heliopolis II, D754	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Mayrhofer, Johann
Memnon, D541	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Mayrhofer, Johann
Dithyrambe, D801	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Schiller, Friedrich von
Gondelfahrer, D809	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Mayrhofer, Johann
An den Frühling, D338	Elmer Iseler Singers; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Schiller, Friedrich von
Die Geselligkeit, D609	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Unger, Johann Karl
An die Sonne, D439	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Uz, Johann
INTERMISSION
Der Tanz, D826	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Meerau, Kolumban Schnitzer von ?
Sehnsucht, D656	Elmer Iseler Singers; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Gott ist mein Hirt (Psalm 23), D706	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Psalm 23, trans. Mendelssohn, Moses
Psalm 92, D953	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Elmer Iseler Singers; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	Psalm 92
Cantate zur Feier der Genesung der Irene Kiesewetter, D936	Elmer Iseler Singers; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz	anon.
Im Frühling, D882	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Schulze, Ernst
Wandrers Nachtlied (Der du von dem Himmel bist), D224	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Der Fischer, D225	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Erster Verlust, D226	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Auf der Bruck, D853	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano	Schubert, Franz	Schulze, Ernst
Marche militaire in D, D733/1 – ENCORE	Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano	Schubert, Franz	n/a
An die Musik, D547 – ENCORE	Polegato, Brett, baritone; Elmer Iseler Singers; Ralls, Stephen, piano; Adams, Lydia, conductor	Schubert, Franz, arr. Holman, Derek	Schober, Franz von