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Thé chantant – July 5, 1998 | Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel, Toronto
Thé chantant – July 5, 1998 | Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel, Toronto
Music associated with the act of tea-drinking, and the time of day (afternoon) when it occurs
date: July 5, 1998
Commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing for their annual conference, our concert followed a theme which had often suggested itself to us, but never been taken up: the music associated with teatime (the time of day when our concerts normally took place). A very wide selection from the French, German and English repertoires resulted in a programme which took us from the act of drinking tea to the wider implications and events of the afternoon when tea-drinking takes place. Schubert, Debussy, Ireland, Youmans and Randy Newman show how varied was the repertoire.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Palace | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fraser-Simson, Harold | Milne, Alan Alexander |
| Old Sir Faulk (Façade) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant | Sitwell, Dame Edith |
| Le Thé, Op.1/3 (Rondels, Set I) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Koechlin, Charles | Banville, Théodore de |
| Placet futile (Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Debussy, Claude | Mallarmé, Stéphane |
| Réponse d’une épouse sage, Op.35/2 (Deux Poèmes chinois) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Roussel, Albert | Roché, Henri Pierre |
| Five o’clock, Foxtrot (L’Enfant et les sortilèges) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | Colette |
| Dayton, Ohio – 1903 | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Newman, Randy | Newman, Randy |
| Hesitation-Tango, Op.28/5 (Souvenirs) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Barber, Samuel | n/a |
| Le Chapelier (Trois Mélodies de 1916) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Satie, Erik | Chalupt, René |
| Gigerlette (Brettl-Lieder) | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schoenberg, Arnold | Bierbaum, Otto Julius |
| Erlafsee, D586 | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Mayrhofer, Johann |
| The Trellis | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ireland, John | Huxley, Aldous |
| Have some Madeira, m’dear! | Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Swann, Donald | Flanders, Michael |
| Tea for two (No, No, Nanette) | Whicher, Monica, soprano; Butterfield, Benjamin, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Youmans, Vincent | Caesar, Irving |