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Thé chantant – April 26, 2009 | Walter Hall
Music associated with the act of tea-drinking, and the time of day (afternoon) when it occurs

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
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
INTERMISSION
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