The Notables

Fall Concert

Songs of George and Ira Gershwin

September 26 & 27, 2014

El Segundo United Methodist Church

Program

• I Got Rhythm [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• Fascinating Rhythm [1924: from Lady Be Good]
• Embraceable You [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]
• (Our) Love Is Here to Stay [1938: from the film The Goldwyn Follies]
• Do, Do, Do [1926: from Oh, Kay!] {Jerry & Donna}
• Bidin’ My Time [1930: from Girl Crazy] {Mike}
• But Not for Me [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• (I’ll Build a) Stairway to Paradise [1922: from George White’s Scandals of 1922; lyric by Buddy De Sylva and Arthur Francis (a pseudonym used by Ira)]
• Nice Work If You Can Get It [1937: from the film A Damsel in Distress]
• Someone to Watch over Me [1926: from Oh, Kay!]
• The Man I Love [1924, 1927: originally from Lady, Be Good (1924) as "The Girl I Love" (cut); then Strike Up the Band as "The Man I Love" (cut), but published in 1927]
• Slap That Bass [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]
• Long Ago (and Far Away) [1944: from the film Cover Girl; music by Jerome Kern]
• The Saga of Jenny [1941: from Lady in the Dark; music by Kurt Weill]
• They Can’t Take That Away from Me [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]
• Strike up the Band [1927: from Strike Up the Band]

Program (Alphabetical)

• Bidin’ My Time [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• But Not for Me [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• Do, Do, Do [1926: from Oh, Kay!]
• Embraceable You [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• Fascinating Rhythm [1924: from Lady Be Good]
• I Got Rhythm [1930: from Girl Crazy]
• Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]
• Long Ago (and Far Away) [1944: from the film Cover Girl; music by Jerome Kern]
• (Our) Love Is Here to Stay [1938: from the film The Goldwyn Follies]
• Nice Work If You Can Get It [1937: from the film A Damsel in Distress]
• The Saga of Jenny [1941: from Lady in the Dark; music by Kurt Weill]
• Slap That Bass [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]
• Someone to Watch over Me [1926: from Oh, Kay!]
• (I’ll Build a) Stairway to Paradise [1922: from George White’s Scandals of 1922; lyric by Buddy De Sylva and Arthur Francis (a pseudonym used by Ira)]
• Strike up the Band [1927: from Strike Up the Band]
• They Can’t Take That Away from Me [1937: from the film Shall We Dance]

Chronological, by show or film

George White’s Scandals of 1922

• (I’ll Build a) Stairway to Paradise

Lady Be Good (1924)

• Oh, Lady Be Good
• Fascinating Rhythm

Oh, Kay! (1926)

• Oh, Kay
• Do, Do, Do
• Someone to Watch Over Me

Strike Up the Band (1927)

• Strike Up the Band
• (The Man I Love)

Girl Crazy (1930)

• Bidin’ My Time
• But Not For Me
• Embraceable You
• I Got Rhythm

Film: A Damsel in Distress (1937)

• Nice Work if You Can Get It

Film: Shall We Dance (1937)

• Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
• They Can’t Take That Away From Me
• They All Laughed (at Christopher Columbus)
• Slap that Bass

Film: The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

• Our Love Is Here to Stay
• Love Walked In

Lady in the Dark (1941)

• The Saga of Jenny [m. Kurt Weill]

Musical Film: Cover Girl (1944)

• Long Ago (and Far Away) [m. Jerome Kern]