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date: April 26, 2009
Mostly English and French songs evoked the traditional act and time of tea-drinking – the afternoon. Consideration of that time of day also led into more exotic French and German realms, into one of Schoenberg’s Cabaret Songs – and the inevitable favourite from No, No, Nanette. Our “thé chantant” expanded at several moments into a “thé dansant”, for which we had expert choreography by Christina Gordon and staging by Michael Patrick Albano. The concert was an expanded version of one commissioned for the 45th Convention of the National Association of Teachers of Singing at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, in July 1998.
SONG | ARTIST | COMPOSER | POET |
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Buckingham Palace | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Fraser-Simson, Harold | Milne, Alan Alexander |
Old Sir Faulk (Façade) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William, arr. Lambert, Constant | Sitwell, Dame Edith |
Tea for two (No, No, Nanette) | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Youmans, Vincent | n/a |
Le Thé, Op.1/3 (Rondels, Set I) | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Koechlin, Charles | Banville, Théodore de |
Placet futile (Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Debussy, Claude | Mallarmé, Stéphane |
Réponse d’une épouse sage, Op.35/2 (Deux Poèmes chinois) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Roussel, Albert | Roché, Henri Pierre |
Five o’clock, Foxtrot (L’Enfant et les sortilèges) | Huang, Erica Iris, mezzo; Mutya, Frank, tenor; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | Colette |
Le Colibri, Op.2/7 | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Chausson, Ernest | Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-René |
Les Papillons, Op.2/3 | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Chausson, Ernest | Gautier, Théophile |
Dayton, Ohio – 1903 | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; 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) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Satie, Erik | Chalupt, René |
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune | Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Debussy, Claude, arr. Ravel, Maurice | n/a |
Gigerlette (Brettl-Lieder) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schoenberg, Arnold | Bierbaum, Otto Julius |
Erlafsee, D586 | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Schubert, Franz | Mayrhofer, Johann |
The Trellis | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ireland, John | Huxley, Aldous |
Have some Madeira, m’dear! | Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Swann, Donald | Flanders, Michael |
Tea for two (No, No, Nanette) | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Huang, Erica Iris, mezzo; Mutya, Frank, tenor; Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Youmans, Vincent | Caesar, Irving |
Tea for two (No, No, Nanette) reprise) – ENCORE | Angelo, Allison, soprano; Huang, Erica Iris, mezzo; Mutya, Frank, tenor; Nedecky, Jason, baritone; Ralls, Stephen / Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Youmans, Vincent | Caesar, Irving |