EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC - BAHRAIN - |
PROGRAMME FOR 6 FEBRUARY 2002 |
A VALENTINE CELEBRATION Romantic Vocal Gems |
The Origins of Love Cupid kissed God, and that got the ball rollin'. -- Julio, age 9 One of the Greek lady gods got a crush on one of the Greek man gods. He tried to hit her with lightning and thunderbolts, but he just couldn't get her away from him ... After a while, they became the first married gods. -- Robbie, age 8 1 RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: SOUTH PACIFIC Some Enchanted Evening Emile de Becque - Bryn Terfel (Bass-baritone) English Northern Philharmonia cond. by Paul Daniel Love is like crayons, because it comes in all colours. -- Janet, age 10 2 RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: CAROUSEL If I Loved You Billy Bigelow - Thomas Allen (Baritone) Julie Jordan - Valerie Masterson (Soprano) The Philharmonia Orchestra cond. by John Owen Edwards It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry yet. -- Brian, age 7 3 MAURICE YVAIN: TA BOUCHE Je m'étais promis à moi-même ...Ta bouche a des baisers si bons Eva - Barbara Hendricks (Soprano) Bastien - Gino Quilico (Baritone) Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon cond. by Lawrence Foster When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down and they don't get up for at least an hour. -- Wendy, age 8 4 JOHANN STRAUSS: DER ZIGEUNERBARON Wer uns getraut Sándor Barinkay - Werner Krenn (Tenor) Saffi - Renate Holm (Soprano) Wiener Volksoper Orchestra cond. by Anton Paulik I am in favour of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Dinosaurs' is on television. -- Jill, age 6 5 FRANZ LEHÁR: DIE LUSITGE WITWE Lippen schweigen Danilo Danilowitsch - Karl Terkal (Tenor) Hanna Galawari - Mimi Coertse (Soprano) Vienna State Opera Orchestra cond. by Hans Hagen Holding Hands The main reason that I've seen for why they hold hands is that their parents make them do it. -- Douglas, age 5 They are just practising for when they might have to walk down the aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing. -- John, age 9 6 GEORG FRIDRIC HANDEL: GIULIO CESARE Taci! - che fia? ... V'adoro, pupille ... Non ha in cielo ... Più amabile beltà Giulio Cesare - Norman Treigle (Bass) Nireno - Michael Devlin (Bass-baritone) Cleopatra - Beverly Sills (Soprano) New York City Opera Orchestra cond. by Julius Rudel Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I've been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me. -- Dave, age 8 7 HECTOR BERLIOZ: LES TROYENS Nuit d'ivresse Didon - Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano) Énée - Roberto Alagna (Tenor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden cond. by Richard Armstrong Kissing was invented as a way to get things going - otherwise the men would never agree to get married. -- Anita, age 9 8 RICHARD WAGNER: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE O sink hernieder, Nacht der liebe Tristan - Placido Domingo (Tenor) Isolde - Deborah Voigt (Soprano) Brangäne - Violeta Urmana (Mezzo-soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden cond. by Antonio Pappano Romeo & Juliet - The Real Story I heard he had another lover, but then it got covered up and you don't hear much about it. -- Sandra, age 7 I think Juliet is my cousin, but I'm not sure. -- Bill, age 6 9 EDVARD GRIEG: Jeg elsker dig, Op. 5/3 Barbara Bonney (Soprano) Antonio Pappano (Piano) You know love is real when you've been married for thirty-seven and a half years ... That's the test. -- Dave, age 8 10 GEORGES BIZET: Ouvre to coeur Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-soprano) Myung-Whun Chung (Piano) Don't forget your wife's name ... That will mess up the love. -- Erin, age 8 11 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Widmung, Op. 25/1 Elly Ameling (Soprano) Jörg Demus (Piano) Love means never calling your husband 'Tubs'. -- Melinda, age 10 12 FERNANDO OBRADORS: Del cabello más sutil Arleen Auger (Soprano) Dalton Baldwin (Piano) The purpose of Valentine's Day is to show love and eat chocolates. Believe it or not, I like the love part as much as the chocolate part. -- Carey, age 7 13 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Une flûte invisible Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-oprano) Bengt Forsberg (Piano) Andreas Alin (Flute) If it means you never have time to go fishing, then love ain't for me. -- Danny, age 6 14 RICHARD STRAUSS: Ständchen, Op. 17/2 Margaret Price (Soprano) Wolfgang Sawallisch (Piano) You can never have too much love. We should keep making it as fast as we can. -- Jimmy, age 7 15 ROGER QUILTER: Love's Philosophy Arleen Auger (Soprano) Dalton Baldwin (Piano) Love is nice ... So people will always pick it when they need to find something to do. -- Brian, age 7 16 VINCENZO BELLINI: La farfalletta Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-soprano) James Levine (Piano) I bet they sell popsicles at Lovers' Lane. Lovers always need to cool off. -- Marv, age 8 17 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Männer suchen stets zu naschen, KV 433 (416c) Barbara Bonney (Soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (Piano) Love is pretty much the same all over the world. But I don't know if everybody kisses. Some wild tribes might rub their backsides together or something like that. -- Sean, age 9 18 ERIK SATIE: Je te veux Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano) Malcolm Martineau (Piano) I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful. -- Manuel, age 8 19 ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: Liebesbriefchen, Op. 9/4 Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-soprano) Bengt Forsberg (Piano) Falling in love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life. -- John, age 9 20 TRADITIONAL 18th CENTURY FRENCH FOLKSONGS: 4 Bergerettes - Jeunes Fillettes - Que ne suis-je la fougère - L'amour s'envole - Maman, dites-moi Susanne Mentzer (Mezzo-soprano) Sharon Isbin (Guitar) If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long. -- Glenn, age 7 21 JAYME OVALLE: Azulão Arleen Auger (Soprano) Dalton Baldwin (Piano) As soon as you say 'I Love You' it gets marked down in heaven and they check up on you to make sure you are behaving yourself. -- Julio, age 9 22 FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34/2 Barbara Bonney (Soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (Piano) Oh my gosh, I'm in love ... What will my mother say? -- Sharon, age 9 23 ENRICO MEZZETTI: Cântec de sirena Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano) Malcolm Martineau (Piano) It went like this. The first people had a big argument and they started wrestling, and then they kind of bumped into each other ... in the face ... That's how kissing started. -- Jeremy, age 8 24 GEORGES BIZET: La Coccinelle Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-soprano) Myung-Whun Chung (Piano) Love means never saying no ...You can just say: 'Later, dear.' -- Melinda, age 10 25 ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Dobrú noc, má milá, (from "In Folk Tune", Op. 73) Magdalena Kozená (Mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (Piano) |
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