Music Information - December 16, 2000

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, December 16, 2000 The Town Hall, New York, New York

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith
The Currently Employed Band: Richard Dworsky, piano, keyboard; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests:

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder: Ricky Skaggs, vocals, mandolin; Mark Fain, bass; Jim Mills, banjo; Paul Brewster, guitar, vocals; Darrin Vincent, guitar, vocals; Clay Hess, guitar, and Bobby Hicks, fiddle Garrick Ohlsson, piano

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, Currently Employed Band
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor

RUG CUTTER'S SWING

Currently Employed Band
w/m: Fletcher H.Henderson
© EMI Mills Music Inc.

BLOW BLOW THOU WINTER WIND

Garrison Keillor, Currently Employed Band, live audience
m: Richard Dworsky, Garrison Keillor
text: William Shakespeare
© 1994 Garrison Keillor

"Prestissimo" (Finale) from Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No. 1

Garrick Ohlsson
m: Ludwig van Beethoven
rec.: "Beethoven: Sonatas," Arabesque 6638

underscore in "ASTORS AND VANDERBILTS" SCRIPT

Richard Dworsky and Andy Stein
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2000 Richard Dworsky

"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME

Garrison Keillor, Currently Employed Band
w/m Garrison Keillor
© Garrison Keillor

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT

Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1999 Garrison Keillor

BEETHOVEN'S SHOES

Currently Employed Band
musical themes by Ludwig von Beethoven
arranged by The Currently Employed Band
© 2000 Currently Employed Band

Excerpts performed:

Fuer Elise, Poco moto
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (third movement)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Allegro con brio (first movement)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92 Allegretto (second movement)
Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens
Minuet in G, Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor (Pathetique) Op. 13 Adagio cantabile
Finale to Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 "Ode to Joy"

AMANDA JEWELL

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
w/m: Ricky Skaggs
© Golden Hook Music
rec.: "Bluegrass Rules!," Rounder Records 801

MOTHER'S ONLY SLEEPING

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
w/m: Bill Monroe, James Monroe
© APRS (BMI)

"GUY NOIR" THEME

Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," High Bridge 39261

underscore in "Guy Noir" script

Rich Dworsky
w/m: Rich Dworsky
© 2000 Rich Dworsky

HOME ON THE RANGE (excerpt)

Tim Russell
w/m: traditional American

I'll BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT (excerpt)

Tim Russell
w/m: Bob Dylan © 1968, 1976 Dwarf Music
new words: Garrison Keillor, © 2000 Garrison Keillor

AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (Intermission)

Currently Employed Band
w/m: Edwards, LaRoca, Sbarbaro, Shields, Ragas
© EMI Feist (ASCAP)

underscore in "Quo Vadis" script

Richard Dworsky
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2000 Richard Dworsky

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (under "Greetings")

Pat Donohue, Andy Stein, Gary Raynor
w/m: J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
© 1934, renewed 1962, Leo Feist, Inc.

AUDIENCE SING-A-LONG

Garrison Keillor, Currently Employed Band, live audience

VIVE LA COMPAGNIE

w/m: traditional
© 1844 F.D. Benteen

ALOUETTE

w/m: traditional French-Canadian folk song

HOME SWEET HOME (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME)

w/m: John H. Payne, Sir Henry R. Bishop
© Robbins Music Corp.

ALL SHOOK UP

w/m: Blackwell/Presley
© 1957 Elvis Presley Music

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

original w/m: traditional © 1886 William A Pond & Co. text of this performance: Because I Could Not Stop For Death, Emily Dickinson

TAVERN IN THE TOWN

w/m: F.J. Adams
© 1891 Franklin Robinson, Willis Woodward & Co.

LOCH LOMOND

w/m: traditional Scottish folksong

BLUE TANGO

Pat Donohue
w/m: LeRoy Anderson
© EMI Mills Music, Inc.
rec.: "American Guitar," Bluesky Records

I SURRENDER DEAR

Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein
w/m: Gordon Clifford, Harry Barris
© 1931 Mills Music

NEW STAR SHINING

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
w/m: John J. Hall, Johanna Dean Hall
© Siren Songs (BMI)

CHRISTMAS TIME'S A-COMING

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
w/m: Tex Logan
© ASCAP

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

Andy Stein and Bobby Hicks, twin fiddles; Currently
Employed Band
w/m: Bill Cody, Carl Donald Eugster
© Orbit Publishing Co. Inc.

Some additional material available from our guest artists:
Garrick Ohlsson

Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Sonatas (Vol. 1), Arabesque 6628
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Preludes (Vol. 2), Arabesque 6629
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Ballades (Vol. 3), Arabesque 6630
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Scherzos (Vol. 4), Arabesque 6633
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Polonaises (Vol. 5), Arabesque 6642
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Nocturnes (Vol. 6), Arabesque 6653
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Waltzes (Vol. 7), Arabesque 6669
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Masterpieces, Miniatures (Vol 8) Arabesque 6686
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Etudes (Vol 10) Arabesque 6718
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Mazurkas (Vol. 11) Arabesque 6730
Chopin: Piano Works Vol 12 - Songs, with Ewa Podles (Vol. 12) Arabesque 6746
Beethoven: Sonatas, Arabesque 6638
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 13; Op. 27, No. 2, Op. 53, Arabesque 6677
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/Minnesota Orchestra, Virgin Classics 91431

Ricky Skaggs:

"16 Biggest Hits" Sony/Columbia
"Big Mon: The Songs Of Bill Monroe" Skaggs Family Records
"Soldier Of The Cross" Skaggs Family Records
"Ancient Tones," Rounder Records 1001
"Country Gentleman," Vanguard 73123
"Life Is A Journey," Atlantic Records 83030
"Bluegrass Rules!," Rounder Records 801
"Solid Ground," Atlantic Records 82834
"Country Pride," Sony 24204
"Super Hits," Sony 57199
"Comin' Home to Stay," Sony 40623
"Country Songs," Sony 26480
"Family & Friends," Rounder Records 610151
"Sweet Temptation," Sugar Hill Records 3706
"Best of Country Gentlemen," Sony 64883