The HESEA Notables

present

Songs of the River

June 14, 15, 16, 1989

R1 Auditorium


Program

  1. The Water Is Wide (arr. Mac Huff) [with Jim Heard, violin]
  2. The Harlem River Chantey (from Tip Toes) (George Gershwin) [with the Jerry Bennett Dancers]
  3. Shenandoah (c. 1826; trad. Am. sea shanty; arr. Ed Lojeski)
  4. Medley from Big River (Roger Miller) [Jay Colacecchi, banjo; Jim Heard, violin; Steve Tarnowsky, guitar; Soloists: Steve Tarnowsky, tenor; Doug Carlson, bass; Lorraine Doolin, soprano; Nick Hrobak, bass; Steve Conner, bass; Caryn Finhill, contralto; Lee Morris, soprano; Scott Hutton, tenor; Mike De Bartolo, bass; Tom Lee, bass]
  5. Deep River (arr. Roy Ringwald)
  6. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (Lewis Muir) [with the Jerry Bennett Dancers]
  7. Ol' Man River (1927; w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Jerome Kern; from Show Boat) [Steve Siewertsen, bass]