The Notables
New Horizons program
September 29, 2013
Celebrate the Seasons!
- We Celebrate the Birth of Spring! (2008: w. John Parker;
m. Vicki Tucker Courtney)
- Wintersong (1998: wm, Carl J. Nygard, Jr)
- June is bustin’ out all over (1945: w. Oscar Hammerstein
II; m. Richard Rodgers; from Carousel; arr. William
Stickles)
- Autumn Leaves (1945: French lyric by Jacques Prévert:
“Les feuilles mortes” [literally “The Dead Leaves”]; music: Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma;
the Hungarian title is “Hulló levelek” [Falling
Leaves];
English lyric by Johnny Mercer; introduced in 1946 in the film
Les Portes de la Nuit.) [solo: Pamela Wrona]
- Another Spring (2002: w. Christina Rossetti, from “Another Spring”; m. Howard
Helvey)
- Summer: The Dancer (1989: wm. Linda Steen Spevacek)
- Estate (Summer) (1960: w. Jon Hendricks; m Bruno
Martino; arr. Paris Rutherford)
- Blow, Winds of Fall (2007: w. John Parker; m. Greg
Gilpin)
- Excerpt from The Seasonings (m.
P. D. Q. Bach, S. 1˝ tsp.; humbly edited
by Prof. Peter Schickele) [Michael Thorpe, Pamela Wrona,
Paula Kelley]
- Summertime Blues (1958: wm. Eddie Cochran & Jerry
Capehart; arr. Teena Chinn) [solo: Jerry Bennett]
- Autumn (2004: wm. Andy Beck)
- In Winter (1998: w. Emily Dickinson; m. Ruth Elaine
Schram) [solo: Melissa Albers]
- The Fall (2007: w. Russell Edson, from The Tunnel:
selected poems; m. Jonathan Miller)
- Spring Fever (2004: w. Linda Marcus; m. David Lantz III)
- Spring: The Romantic (1989: wm. Linda Steen Spevacek)
INTERMISSION
History of the World, Part 1.5--A Pastiche based on the Mel Brooks film
Genesis
Stone Age
- Walk Like a Man (men) (1963: wm. Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio) [solo: Mike]
- Man Is for the Woman Made (1695: w. anonymous; m. Henry Purcell; from The
Mock Marriage)
Moses
- Ten Commandments of Love (1958: wm. Marshall Paul; arr. Kirby Shaw) [solo:
Mike]
Roman
- Banquet Fugue (1984: w. David Grant; m. John Rutter; from “The
Reluctant Dragon”)
Shakespeare
- Hey, Nonny, Nonny (2004: m. Carl J. Nygard Jr; w. Wm Shakespeare, from Much
Ado About Nothing, II, iii, 64-76) [solo: Pamela]
- Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1948: wm. Cole Porter, from Kiss Me Kate)
[Jerry and Mike]
French Revolution
- Master of the House [Donna]
- Do You Hear the People Sing (1980, 1986: w. Herbert Kretzmer; m.
Claude-Michel Schönberg; from Les Misérables) [solos: Jerry, Mike]
Updated 10/1/2013 & 01/06/2017.
Director: Paula Kelley
Singers
- Melissa Albers*
- Jerry Bennett
- Julie Bergeron*
- Nancy Brennan
- Sue Brennan
- Kathy Gardner
- Carol Gogan
- Tricia Guest*
- Tony McQuilkin
- Peter Palmer
- Donna Stogryn
- Michael Thorpe
- Pamela Wrona
Piano: Susan Leilua
Special Thanks
- Michael Thorpe, vocal learning tracks
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