NAC-CBC Debut Series features soprano Martha Guth in recital on May 16
May 13, 2002 -
Ottawa, Canada -- The Debut Series, co-presented by the National
Arts Centre and CBC Radio Two, will feature soprano Martha Guth,
winner of the 2001 Jeunesse Musicales Competition, in recital with
pianist Martin Dubé. The hour-long concert will take place on
Thursday, May 16 in the NAC Studio at 12:00 noon. These recitals give
young Canadian musicians the opportunity to perform at the National
Arts Centre and to have their recitals recorded and broadcast
nationally on CBC Radio Two. Admission is $2.00 with all proceeds
going to the NAC Orchestra Bursary Trust Fund. Additional donations
to the Fund are greatly appreciated.
The programme to be performed by Martha Guth and Martin
Dubé consists of three songs by Fauré, seven songs by
Ned Rorem, seven Quatrains by J. Papineau-Couture to poetry by
Francis Jammes, and Haugtussa by Grieg to poetry by Arne
Garborg. (Complete programme listing follows.)
In her career, Canadian soprano Martha Guth has sung under the
batons of Maestros Seiji Ozawa, Richard Bradshaw, Robert Spano and
Timothy Vernon. Equally comfortable with opera, oratorio and artsong,
Guth has a busy performance schedule. She will be recording her first
CD as the winner of the Jeunesse Musicales Competition. Recitals this
season have included Toledo, Cincinnati, Toronto, and Montreal,
including recorded concerts for the CBC and Radio Canada. Currently
she is under contract with the prestigious ensemble for young artists
at the Canadian Opera Company, and with which she will be singing
Cornelia in Sartorio's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, and
understudying lead roles in Rossini's Il Viaggio a
Rheims, and Handel's Julius Caesar. Other opera
credits include Alcina in Handel's Alcina, Micaela in
Bizet's Carmen, and Poulenc's La voix Humaine
for solo voice.
PROGRAMME:
FAURÉ
"Fleur Jetée" (Armand Silvestre)
"Apres un Reve" (Roman Bussine)
"En sourdine" (Paul Verlaine)
NED ROREM
"What Sparks and Wiry Cries" (Paul Goodman)
"See how they love me" (Howard Moss)
"Little elegy" (Elinor Wylie)
"Youth, Day, old age, and Night" (Walt Whitman)
"Love" (Thomas Lodge)
"I will always love you" (Frank O'Hara)
"Now is the dreadful midnight" (Paul Goodman)
J. PAPINEAU-COUTURE Quatrains (poetry by Francis Jamme)
1. Pénitente
2. La digitale
3. La Joueuse
4. Vol d'oiseau dans la matinée
5. Espace
6. Partie Liée
7. Discrétion
GRIEG Haugtussa (poetry by Arne Garborg)
I- Det Syng
II- Veslemøy
III- Blåbaer-li
IV- Møte
V- Elsk
VI- Killingdans
VII- Vond dag
VIII- Vad Gjætle-Bekken
The final Debut Series concert of the year featuring pianist
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre will take place on Wednesday, June 19 at
12:00 noon in the NAC Studio.
