Music performed on A Praire Home Companion, January 27, 1996
The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Chris Forth, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Pat Donohue, guit ar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion.
Guests:
The Lake Wobegon String Quartet: Andy Stein, violin; Elsa Nilsson, violin; Jenny Nilsson, viola; Rebecca Arons, cello.
Rosemary Clooney, vocal; with John Oddo, piano.
Helen Bonchek Schneyer, vocal, piano.
Vern Sutton, tenor.
Janis Hardy, mezzo-soprano.
Maria Jette, soprano.
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle.
soprano: Jane Anderson, Lisa Habeck, Kathleen Hanson, Barbara Nelson, Ruth Spiegel, Linda Zelig;
alto: Rosita Elhardt, Barbara Kastens, Marita J. Link, Anna Mooy, Mary Jo Oldakowski, Patricia Thompson;
tenor: Claude Cassagne, Gary Costello, David Henderson, Thomas Larson, David Moore, Rick Penning;
bass: Steve Burger, Michael Jorgenson, Brad Runyan, Douglas Shambo, Frank Steen, Scott Toperzer.
See below for Albums by Guest Artists.
TISHOMINGO BLUES
Garrison Keillor, RD, AS, PD, GH, AK w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
©1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.
BLUE SKIRT WALTZ/DU, DU, LIEGST MIR EN HERZEN
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, The Lake Wobegon String Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Mitchell Parish, V. Blaha/traditional German
arr: Dan Kallman, Andy Stein
ANOKA, THE HOME OF MY DREAMS (VIENNA, CITY OF MY DREAMS)
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, The Lake Wobegon String Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Rudolf Sieczynski, new words by Garrison Keillor
arr: Tom Kennedy
©1992 Edwin F. Kalmus/1995 Garrison Keillor
MOZART STRING QUARTET #11 IN D, K155, 3rd mvmt.(molto allegro)
The Lake Wobegon String Quartet
m: W.A. Mozart
LONESOME ROBIN
Helen Bonchek Schneyer
w/m: Bob Coltman
©1972 Bob Coltman (BMI)
album: "Somber, Sacred & Silly," Straight Arrow Recordings, SAR9104
contact PRMS, or write to:
Wally Macnow
Camsco Music
PO Box 160
E. Montpelier, VT. 05651
1-800-548-3655
PLAISIR D'AMOR
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, The Lake Wobegon String Quartet, RD, GH
m: Jean Paul Martini il Tedesco, new w: Garrison Keillor
ARGENTINE LOVE SONG ("Quien Fuero Como el Jazmin")
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Carlos Guastavino
c1968 Ricordo Americana
album: slated for future recording
HEY, THERE
Rosemary Clooney, John Oddo
w/m: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross (1954)
SWEET KENTUCKY HAM
Rosemary Clooney, John Oddo
w/m: Dave Frishberg
©1978 Swiftwater Music
LA INFLUENZA (Opera)
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, The Lake Wobegon String Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w: Garrison Keillor, m: various
ASE'S DEATH
m: Edvard Grieg
arr.: Richard Dworsky
PAGLIACCI
m: R. Leoncavallo
arr.: Richard Dworsky
RITE OF SPRING
m: Igor Stravinsky
arr.: Russell Warner
UN BEL DI
m: Puccini
arr.: Andy Stein
MUSETTA'S WALTZ
m: Puccini
LA CI DAREM LA MANO
m: W.A. Mozart
arr.: Russell Warner
AIDA, excerpt from "Triumphal March"
m: G. Verdi
arr.: Russell Warner
LIGHT CAVALRY
m: Suppe
arr.: Russell Warner
O SOLE MIO
m: E. di Capua
arr.: Andy Stein
IN MY ROOM
w/m: Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
arr. Russell Warner
©1964 Irving Music (BMI)
TORNA A SORRENTO
m: Ernesto deCurtis
arr.: Russell Warner
SANTA LUCIA
m: Teodoro Cottrau
BACK IN THE CITY (Intermission)
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m: Rich Dworsky
©1994 Rich Dworsky
MOZART STRING QUARTET #13 IN C, K157, 2nd mvmt. (andante)
The Lake Wobegon String Quartet
m: W.A. Mozart
DWELLING IN BEULAHLAND
Helen Bonchek Schneyer, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series w/m: C. Austin Miles (1911)
album: "Ballads, Broadsides and Hymns," Folk-Legacy Records, FSI-50
***believed out of print***
WHEN OCTOBER GOES
Rosemary Clooney, John Oddo
w: Johnny Mercer, m: Barry Manilow
album: "...Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer," Concord Jazz 4333
DEBUSSY STRING QUARTET
The Lake Wobegon String Quartet
m: Claude Debussy
WE SHALL WALK
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Undine Smith Moore
c1977 Augsburg Publishing House
album: slated for next "Witness" recording
BLUE SKIRT WALTZ/DU, DU LEIGST MIR EN HERZEN/TELL ME WHY
Garrison Keillor, Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, The Lake Wobegon String Quartet, RD, PD, GH, AK
w/m: Mitchell Parish, V. Blaha/traditional German/traditional
arr: Dan Kallman, Andy Stein
Some other albums available by guest artists:
Helen Bonchek Schneyer
"On the Hallelujah Line," Folk-Legacy FSI-85
***believed out of print***
Rosemary Clooney
"16 Most Requested Songs," Sony 44403
"Dedicated to Nelson," Concord Jazz 4685
"DemiCentennial," Concord Jazz 4633
"Do You Miss New York?" Concord Jazz 4537
w/Duke Elliington, "Blue Rose," Tri-Star Import 36612
"Essence of Rosemary Clooney," Sony 53569
"Everything's Coming Up Roses," Concord Jazz 4047
"Everything's Rosie!" Hindsight 255
"For the Duration," Concord Jazz 4444
"Girl Singer," Concord Jazz 4496
"Greatest Songs," Curb 77752
"Hollywood's Best," Tri-Star Import 80937
"Love," Warner Brothers 46072
"Show Tunes," Concord Jazz 4364
"Sings Ballads," Concord Jazz 4282
"Sings Cole Porter," Concord Jazz 4185
"Sings Harold Arlen," Concord Jazz 4210
"Sings Ira Gershwin," Concord Jazz 4112
"Sings Irving Berlin," Concord Jazz 4255
"Sings Jimmy van Heusen," Concord Jazz 4308
"Sings Rodgers, Hart and Hammerstein," Concord Jazz 4405 "Still On the Road," Concord Jazz 4590
"Tenderly," Sony Music Special 22542
"Tribute to Billie Holiday," Concord Jazz 4081
"Uncollected, 1951-52," Hindsight 234
"With Love," Concord Jazz 4144
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, conducting.
"Welcome Christmas," BMG 68015
"Witness," Collins Classic