Sunday, March 24, 2013

What Jessye Norman will sing at the Ordway on April 30

The Schubert Club has announced the program for its 130th Anniversary Celebratory Concert featuring the great American soprano Jessye Norman. Mark Markham will accompany her on piano. You know she'll wear something fabulous. Other than that, there will be no distractions: no set, no scenery changes, no cast. Just the diva (Norman inspired the character in the famous French film "Diva") and her pianist, alone on stage. Think about that. FYI and tickets.


PART 1: AMERICAN MASTERS
A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER

Falling in Love with Love – Rodgers & Hart
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Rodgers & Hammerstein
But Not for Me – George & Ira Gershwin
I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
The Man I Love – Gershwin
Oh, Lady, Be Good! – Gershwin
A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen
House of Flowers – Arlen
Climb Ev’ry Mountain – Rodgers & Hammerstein
Lonely Town – Leonard Bernstein
My Man’s Gone Now – Gershwin

PART 2: A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL MOSAIC
A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS

My Baby Just Cares for Me (for Nina Simone) – Donaldson/Kahn
Stormy Weather (for Lena Horne) – Harold Arlen
Another Man Done Gone (for Odetta) – Traditional
Mack the Knife (for Ella Fitzgerald) – Brecht/Weill
Meditation for piano (from Second Sacred Concert) – Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ellington
I’ve Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good – Ellington
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Ellington

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