The Great American Songbook
March 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm
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Modesto Symphony Orchestra
The Great American Songbook
Friday, March 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Mary Stuart Rogers Theater, Gallo Center for the Arts
Program
Kander and Ebb Overture
Fred Ebb and John Kander / arr. Larry Blank
Sway
Pablo Beltran Ruiz / arr. Sam Shoup
Birth of the Blues
Ray Henderson / arr. George Rhodes
Besame Mucho
Consuelo Velasquez and Sunny Skylar / arr. Vinico Ludovic
Cole Porter Classics
Cole Porter / arr. Douglas E. Wagner
New Words
Maury Yeston
Feeling Good
Sam Coslow and W. Franke Harling / arr. Matt Podd
So In Love
Cole Porter
I’m Gonna Live Until I Die
Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, and Manny Kurtz / arr. Matt Podd
-Intermission -
Duke Ellington Fantasy
Leroy Anderson
Sing, You Sinners
Sam Coslow and W. Franke Harling / arr. Matt Podd
Luck Be a Lady
Frank Loesser / arr. Billy May
Home Again Melody
Frank Sinatra / arr. Austin Cook
Smile
Charlie Chaplin / arr. Jim Gray
I’ll Be Seeing You
Sammy Fain / arr. Matt Podd
That’s Life
Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon / arr. Matt Podd
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About this Performance
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Notes about:
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Hersh: Canzon per sonar noni toni a 12
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Notes about:
Margaret Bonds: Selections from The Montgomery Variations
Arturo Márquez: Fandango
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Notes about:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major
Klebanov: Symphony No. 1
Williams: A Prayer for Peace
Notes about:
Williams: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Notes about:
Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Notes about:
Mendelssohn’s Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ortiz’s La Calaca for String Orchestra
The Four Seasons Mixtape:
Vivaldi’s L’estate (Summer)
Richter’s Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed
Ysaÿe’s Chant d’hiver (Wintersong)
Piazzolla’s Primavera portena (Beunos Aires Spring)
Notes about:
Borodin's “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Op. 165
Williams' “Escapades” from Catch Me If You Can
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances for Large Orchestra, Op. 45
Notes about:
Pärt’s Fratres
Beach’s Peace I Leave With You
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
Notes about:
Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Bach’s Fugue in G minor BWV 578 “Little Fugue”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

