Reid Lunch-hour Concert
Amalie Trio
Catherine Backhouse - mezzo-soprano
Alea Beattie - viola
Elspeth Wyllie - piano
Programme
Three Sonnets by Edna St Vincent Millay ... John Duke (1899-1984)
1. Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music
2. Time does not bring relief
3. Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yet
From 'Quatre Poèmes' op. 5 ... Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935)
1. La cloche felée (Charles Bauderlaire 1821-1867)
2. Dansons la gigue (Paul Verlaine 1844-1896)
Gestillte Sehnsucht op. 91 (Friedrich Ruckert 1788-1866) ... Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
The Parting Kiss (Robert Burns 1759-1796) ... Oliver Iredale Searle (b. 1977)
Scots Song (William Soutar 1898-1943) ... James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Ae Fond Kiss ... Robert Burns
Trad. arr. Peter Backhouse)
Dream with me (from 'Peter Pan') ... Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
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No programme notes. Texts provided for songs by Duke, Loeffler and Brahms.
