Music Information - October 24, 1998

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, October 24, 1998
The Fitzgerald Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith
The Guys All-Star Shoe Orchestra: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle (also 1st violin), tenor sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion; Leslie Shank, 2nd violin; Tamas Strasser, viola;
Laura Sewell, cello

Guests:

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle. soprano: Kathleen Hanson, Barbara Nelson, Andrea Schussler, Amy Walter-Peterson, Linda Zelig; alto: Anna M. Dick, Rosita Elhardt, Nina M. Heebink, Barbara Kastens, Karen Lovgren Kennedy, Christy Pritchard; tenor: Robert Griffin, David O. Henderson, Thomas Larson, Jordan Sramek, Glen Todd; bass: Jerry Johnson, Michael Jorgensen, Arthur LaRue, Michael P. Schmidt, Robert C. Smith
Maria Jette, soprano
Joyce Sutphen, poet

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, GASO
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989 Garrison Keillor

HERE IS MY FATHER (poem)

Garrison Keillor
written by Joyce Sutphen

I BELONG TO THE BAND

Pat Donohue, GASB
w/m: Reverend Gary Davis
(c) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)

TANZEN UND SPRINGEN (GAGLIARDA) (ends "Radio Readiness" script)

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Hans Leo Hassler: new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1998 Garrison Keillor

"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME

Garrison Keillor, GASO
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

BEULAH LAND

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w: Edgar P. Stites (1875); m: John R. Sweney (1875); new words: Traditional (from "Dakotaland" and "New Mexico, We Love You"; adapted by Garrison Keillor)

CSARDAS (KLANGE DER HEIMAT) (from "Die Fledermaus")

Maria Jette, RD, AS, LS, TS, LS, GH, AK
w/m: Johann Strauss

BE GLAD THEN AMERICA

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: William Billings; ed: Clarence Dickenson
(c) 1940 Mercury Music Corporation

THE FIELDS IN LATE OCTOBER (poem)

Joyce Sutphen
written by Joyce Sutphen
published in Minnesota Monthly

THE KINGDOM OF SUMMER (poem)

Joyce Sutphen
written by Joyce Sutphen

DIE MIT TRANEN SAEN (WHO WITH GRIEVING SOWETH)

The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
w/m: Johann Hermann Schein
(c) 1942 Mercury Music Corporation

FIELDWORK (poem)

Joyce Sutphen
written by Joyce Sutphen
published in North Coast Review

MENUETTO (from Quartet no. IV in Eb, K428)

The Mozart Effect String Quartet: AS, LS, TS, LS
m: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

THE FARM (poem)

Joyce Sutphen
written by Joyce Sutphen
published in Straight Out of View, Beacon Press

LAUDATE DOMINUM (PRAISE YE THE LORD)

Maria Jette, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, RD, AS, LS, TS, LS, GH
w: Psalm 117, adapt: George Lynn; m: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, transc: George Lynn
(c) 1950 Theodore Presser Co.

JAZZ ME BLUES

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
m: Tom Delaney
(c) 1921

"GUY NOIR" THEME

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261

DINAH (Intermission)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w: Sam M. Louis, Joe Young; m: Harry Akst
(c) 1925 Mills Music, Inc.

I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (under "Greetings")

Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: Gus Kahn; m: Isham Jones
(c) 1924 Leo Feist

WHEN I DREAM (in "Personal Ad" script)

Garrison Keillor, Maria Jette, GASO
w/m: Sandy Mason Theoret
(c) 1975, 1978 Jando Music, Inc.

PORGI, AMOR, QUALCHE RISTORO (from "Le Nozze di Figaro")

Maria Jette, RD, AS, LS, TS, LS, GH
w/m: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(c) 1947, 1948, 1951 G. Schirmer, Inc.

MENUETTO (from Quartet no. II, op. 44, no. 1)

The Mozart Effect String Quartet
m: Felix Mendelssohn

APPLE SEASON (poem)

Joyce Sutphen
written by Joyce Sutphen

SUL FIL D'UN SOFFIO ETESIO (from "Falstaff")

Maria Jette, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series (women only), RD, AS, LS, TS, LS, GH
w/m: Verdi; new words (colors): Garrison Keillor
new words (c) 1998 Garrison Keillor
arr: Andy Stein

"BEEBOPAREEBOP RHUBARB PIE" THEME (SHORT'NIN' BREAD)

Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

RED RIVER VALLEY (closer)

Garrison Keillor, The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, GASB
w/m: Traditional

WEARY/FAREWELL BLUES (playoff)

The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Matthews, Greene, Cates/Schoebel, Mares, Rappolo
(c) 1956 / (c) 1923 Mills Music Inc.
arr: Andy Stein

Some other material available by guest artists:
The Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series, under the direction of Philip Brunelle
"Welcome Christmas," BMG 68015
"Witness, Volume I - Spirituals and Gospels," Collins Classics 1449
"Witness, Volume II - The Music of William Grant Still," Collins Classics 1454
"Witness, Volume III - Towards the Future," Collins Classics 1476
"An American Romantic," Collins Classics 1523