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The Great Song Marathon: Morning Session | Walter Hall, Toronto
The Great Song Marathon: Morning Session | Walter Hall, Toronto
The first part of an all-day celebration of the artsong
date: January 19, 2002
Our 20th anniversary celebrations consisted of a celebrity recital, a gala afternoon – and this marathon. In the course of one day, we presented 23 singers, ranging from some of Canada’s leading international stars to young performers just emerging from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, many of them graduates of our Young Artists Recitals. In all, they performed 81 songs. Our choices were, necessarily, personal; but we also sought to give a hearing to all of the major periods and schools of artsong writing for voice and piano, including genuine, undisputed masterpieces from each. The three sessions focussed on the three different times of day. Beginning at 10:30 am, we included songs about the morning, also some songs of spring and those depicting the sorrows and joys of young love. An intriguing sequence was the Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques of Ravel, which Ariana Chris performed in the original Greek. The programme book quoted a line from Fauré’s La Chanson d’Eve: “C’est le premier matin du monde”.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradis, Op.95/1 (La Chanson d’Eve) | Robbin, Catherine, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Fauré, Gabriel | Van Lerberghe, Charles |
| Fussreise (Mörike-Lieder) | Clark, Jesse, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Wolf, Hugo | Mörike, Eduard |
| Anakreons Grab (Goethe-Lieder) | Clark, Jesse, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Wolf, Hugo | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Und steht ihr früh am Morgen auf (Italienisches Liederbuch) | Clark, Jesse, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Wolf, Hugo | anon. Italian, trans. Heyse, Paul |
| Geselle, woll’n wir uns in Kutten hüllen (Italienisches Liederbuch) | Clark, Jesse, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Wolf, Hugo | anon. Italian, trans. Heyse, Paul |
| Le Réveil de la mariée (Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques) | Chris, Ariana, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | anon. |
| Là-bas, vers l’église (Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques) | Chris, Ariana, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | anon. |
| Quel galant m’est comparable? (Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques) | Chris, Ariana, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | anon. |
| Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques) | Chris, Ariana, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | anon. |
| Tout gai! (Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques) | Chris, Ariana, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Ravel, Maurice | anon. |
| Oh, never sing to me again, Op.4/4 | Cleland, Rachel, soprano; Ralls. Stephen, piano | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Pushkin, Alexander |
| Lilacs, Op. 21/5 | Cleland, Rachel, soprano; Ralls. Stephen, piano | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Beketova, Ekaterina |
| Spring Waters, Op.14/11 | Cleland, Rachel, soprano; Ralls. Stephen, piano | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Tyuchev, Fyodor |
| La Maîtresse volage (Chansons gaillardes) | Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | anon. 17th cent. |
| Chanson à boire (Chansons gaillardes) | Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | anon. 17th cent. |
| Madrigal (Chansons gaillardes) | Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | anon. 17th cent. |
| C’est le joli printemps (Chansons villageoises) | Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | Fombeure, Maurice |
| Les gars qui vont à la fête (Chansons villageoises) | Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Poulenc, Francis | Fombeure, Maurice |
| Flickan kam ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op.4/1 | Ratcliffe, Glynis, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Stenhammar, Wilhelm | Runeberg, Johan Ludvig |
| I skogen | Ratcliffe, Glynis, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Stenhammar, Wilhelm | Gellerstedt, Albert Theodor |
| Flickan kam ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op.37/5 | Ratcliffe, Glynis, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Sibelius, Jean | Runeberg, Johan Ludvig |
| The Lord Mayor’s Table (A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table) | Atchison, Mehgan, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William | Jordan, Thomas |
| Holy Thursday (A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table) | Atchison, Mehgan, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William | Blake, William |
| The Contrast (A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table) | Atchison, Mehgan, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William | Morris, Charles |
| Rhyme (A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table) | Atchison, Mehgan, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Walton, Sir William | anon. 18th cent. |
| All mein Gedanken, Op.21/1 | Huhtanen, Carla, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dahn, Felix |
| Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21/2 | Huhtanen, Carla, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Strauss, Richard | Dahn, Felix |
| Das Rosenband, Op.36/1 | Huhtanen, Carla, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Strauss, Richard | Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb |
| Hat gesagt, Op.36/3 | Huhtanen, Carla, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano | Strauss, Richard | anon. (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) |
| Ganymed, D544 | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300 | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz von |
| Der Musensohn, D764 | Schade, Michael, tenor; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |