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Young Artists Recital – October 15, 2002 | Walter Hall, Toronto
Songs of Mystery and the Night

date: October 15, 2002

Four fine young singers from the University of Toronto’s Opera School presented a concert of some familiar French and German songs, interspersed with some much less well-known.  The programme was framed by decidedly rare partsongs  –  an aspect of the repertoire which we enjoyed presenting in our series, since we often had four singers on hand.  The concert began with one of Brahms’s ravishing quartets, establishing a mysterious, nocturnal mood.  To conclude, the second half consisted of a complete performance of Liza Lehmann’s cycle of settings from one of the 19th century’s most popular poetic collections:  Edward Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyám.  (By the way, Lehmann was the grandmother of one of our Honorary Patrons, Steuart Bedford.)

O schöne Nacht, Op.92/1Chang, Saemi, soprano; Black, Susan, mezzo; Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, pianoBrahms, JohannesDaumer, Georg Friedrich

Song Artist Composer Poet
Pantomime (Quatre Chansons de jeunesse) Chang, Saemi, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude Verlaine, Paul
En sourdine (Recueil Vasnier) Chang, Saemi, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude Verlaine, Paul
Mandoline Chang, Saemi, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude Verlaine, Paul
Clair de lune (Quatre Chansons de jeunesse) Chang, Saemi, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude Verlaine, Paul
Fantoches (Recueil Vasnier) Chang, Saemi, soprano; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Debussy, Claude Verlaine, Paul
Cygne sur l’eau, Op.113/1 (Mirages) Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Fauré, Gabriel Brimont, Renée de
Reflets dans l’eau, Op.113/2 (Mirages) Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Fauré, Gabriel Brimont, Renée de
Jardin nocturne, Op.113/3 (Mirages) Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Fauré, Gabriel Brimont, Renée de
Danseuse, Op.113/4 (Mirages) Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Fauré, Gabriel Brimont, Renée de
All mein Gedanken, Op.21/1 Black, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Strauss, Richard Dahn, Felix
Die Nacht, Op.10/3 Black, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Strauss, Richard Gilm, Hermann von
Ständchen, Op.17/2 Black, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Strauss, Richard Schack, Adolf Friedrich von
Morgen! Op.27/4 Black, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Strauss, Richard Mackay, John Henry
Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27/3 Black, Susan, mezzo; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Strauss, Richard Mackay, John Henry
Menschenbeifall, Op.61/1 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
Die Heimat, Op.61/2 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
Sokrates und Alcibiades, Op.61/3 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
Die Jugend, Op.61/4 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
Hälfte des Lebens, Op.61/5 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
Die Linien des Lebens, Op.61/6 (Six Hölderlin Fragments) Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Britten, Benjamin Hölderlin, Friedrich
INTERMISSION
In a Persian Garden Chang, Saemi, soprano; Black, Susan, mezzo; Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Lehmann, Liza Fitzgerald, Edward
Will you walk a little faster? – ENCORE Chang, Saemi, soprano; Black, Susan, mezzo; Erickson, Stephen, tenor; Patenaude, Julien, baritone; Ubukata, Bruce, piano Lehmann, Liza Carroll, Lewis