2016 - 2017
November 20, 2016
Keefe Tech High School
Great Opera Choruses
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Handel: Chorus of Enchanted Islanders
(from Alcina)
Rossini: Villagers’ Chorus
(from Guillaume Tell)
Leoncavallo: Bell Chorus
(from Pagliacci)
Handel: Felicissima quest’alma
(from Apollo e Dafne)
Beethoven: Prisoners’ Chorus
(from Fidelio) — tenors/basses
Mozart: Voyagers' Chorus
(from Idomeneo)
Bizet: March of the Toreadors
(from Carmen)
[Intermission]
Mascagni: Easter Hymn
(from Cavalleria Rusticana)
Tchaikovsky: Chorus of Peasant Girls
(from Eugene Onegin) — sopranos/altos
Verdi: Anvil Chorus
(from Il Trovatore)
Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
(from Nabucco)
Verdi: Triumphal Scene
(from Aïda)
April 2, 2017
Temple Shir Tikva
Musical Gems
♦ Best of Times, Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman; arranged by Anita Kerr — from the 1983 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, La Cage aux Folles
♦ Can’t Help Falling in Love, Music & Lyrics by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, & Luigi Creatore; arranged by Ed Lojeski — recorded by Elvis Presley & featured in his 1961 film Blue Hawaii
♦ Someone to Watch Over Me, Music & Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin; arranged by Jay Althouse — from the 1926 Gershwin musical, Oh, Kay!
♦ Get Me to the Church, Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; arranged by Teena Chin — from the 1956 Lerner & Loewe musical, My Fair Lady
♦ Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Music by Sammy Fain, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster; arranged by Roy Ringwald — 1955 Academy Award Best Song
♦ Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier, Arranged by Ron Jeffers — Revolutionary War version of the Irish song, Shule Aroon
♦ Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Music & Lyrics by Pete Seeger; arranged by Mark G. Sirett — 1955 Pete Seeger classic
♦ Medley from The Music Man, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson; arranged by Clay Warnick — 1957 Tony Award Best Musical; movie version 1962
♦ Summertime, Music & Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose & Dorothy Heyward; arranged by Mark Hayes — 1935 Gershwin aria from the opera, Porgy and Bess
♦ One Day More, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer; arranged by Mark Brymer — from 1987 Tony Award Best Musical, Les Misérables
[Intermission]
♦ Gonna Build a Mountain, Music & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley; arranged by Norman Leyden — from 1961 musical, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
♦ The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Updated Music & Lyrics by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss, & Albert Stanton; based on song by Solomon Linda & Paul Campbell; arranged by Roger Emerson — Karleen Mohn, soloist
♦ Let the River Run, Music & Lyrics by Carly Simon; arranged by Craig Hella Johnson — 1988 Academy Award Best Original Song from the film, Working Girl
♦ Under the Sea, Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman; arranged by Alan Billingsley — 1989 Academy Award Best Original Song from The Little Mermaid
♦ Coffee in a Cardboard Cup, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb; arranged by Kevin Robison
♦ Elijah Rock, Arranged by Jester Hairston
♦ Follow the Drinking Gourd, Additional new words & arranged by Jay Althouse — American folk song first published in 1928)
♦ Swing Down Chariot, Arranged by André J. Thomas
♦ Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, Arranged by Earlene Rentz
♦ When the Saints Go Marching In, Arranged by John Rutter — American gospel hymn, recorded in 1938 by Louis Armstrong
May 13, 2017
Keefe Tech High School
Mendelssohn's "Elijah"
Featuring
- Philip Lima, baritone (Elijah)
- Bethany Worrell, soprano (The Widow, An Angel, Soprano Solos)
- Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano (An Angel, Queen Jezebel, Alto Solos)
- Michael Calmés, tenor (Obadiah, Ahab, Tenor Solos)
- Aydin Marchiel, (the Youth)
PART I
Introduction (Elijah) As God the Lord of Israel liveth
Overture
1. Chorus (The People) Help, Lord!
2. Duet with Chorus (The People) Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer
3. Recitative (Obadiah) Ye people, rend your hearts
4. Aria (Obadiah) If with all your hearts
5. Chorus (The People) Yet doth the Lord
6. Recitative (An Angel) Elijah! Get thee hence
7. Chorus For He shall give His angels
7a. Recitative (An Angel) Now Cherith’s brook
8. Aria (The Widow, Elijah) What have I to do with thee
9. Chorus Blessed are the men who fear Him
10. Recitative and Chorus (Elijah, Ahab, The People) As God the Lord of Sabaoth
11. Chorus (Priests of Baal) Baal, we cry to thee
12. Recitative and Chorus (Elijah, Priests of Baal) Call him louder, for he is a God
13. Recitative and Chorus (Elijah, Priests of Baal) Call him louder! He heareth not
14. Recitative and Aria (Elijah) Draw near, all ye people; Lord God of Abraham
15. Chorus Cast thy burden upon the Lord
16. Recitative and Chorus (Elijah, The People) O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits; The fire descends
17. Aria (Elijah) Is not His word like a fire
18. Arioso (Alto) Woe unto them who forsake Him
19. Recitative and Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah, The People, The Youth) O man of God, help thy people
20. Chorus (The People) Thanks be to God
PART II
21. Aria (Soprano) Hear ye, Israel
22. Chorus Be not afraid
23. Recitative with Chorus (Elijah, Queen Jezebel, The People) The Lord hath exalted thee
24. Chorus Woe to him!
25. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah) Man of God, now let my words
26. Aria (Elijah) It is enough
27. Recitative (Tenor) See, now he sleepeth
28. Chorus Lift thine eyes
29. Chorus He, watching over Israel
30. Recitative (An Angel, Elijah) Arise, Elijah
31. Aria (An Angel) O rest in the Lord
32. Chorus He that shall endure
33. Recitative (Elijah, An Angel) Night falleth round me
34. Chorus Behold, God the Lord passed by!
35. Recitative and Chorus (Alto, Soprano, Chorus) Above Him stood the Seraphim; Holy, holy, holy
36. Recitative (Chorus, Elijah) Go, return upon thy way
37. Arioso (Elijah) For the mountains shall depart
38. Chorus Then did Elijah the prophet break forth
39. Aria (Tenor) Then shall the righteous shine forth
40. Chorus And then shall your light break forth