New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Host G & S Sing-Along 5/22

For the first time in New York, the Gilbert and Sullivan community will come together to celebrate the incredible G & S canon of legendary songs and perform a "G & S Sing-Along" on Sunday, May 22nd (5PM) at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2535 Broadway at 95th Street). Produced by New YorK Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) and under the baton of NYGASP artistic director Albert Bergeret, the afternoon concert will bring together (also for the first time!) the areas acclaimed G & S producing organizations including: The Blue Hill Troupe, Village Light Opera Group, Troupers Light Opera and G&S Light Opera Company of Long Island to create a special sing-along experience for novice and experienced audience members alike!

New Yorkers are invited to bring their own vocal scores (regardless of edition) along with their friends and family for this very special event. The Program will include a song list with all lyrics, and a vocal score compilation of the selections to be featured will also be available for sale at the concert. A full list of actual selections to be performed can be found online at www.nygasp.org and is listed below.

Tickets for "G & S Sing-Along" are priced at $49, children (12 and under) $25. Tickets can be obtained by phoning (212) 864-5400 or by visiting www.symphonyspace.org. For more information call: 212-769-1000 or visit www.nygasp.org.

Song List for May 22nd, 2011 NYGASP Sing-Along
(subject to change)

PART I

1. "With cat-like tread" ["Come, friends who plough the sea"] - The Pirates of Penzance

2. Buttercup's song ["I'm called Little Buttercup"] - H.M.S. Pinafore

3. The Mikado's song ["A more humane Mikado"] - The Mikado

4. The Judge's entrance and song" ["All hail, great judge" and "When I, good friends, was called to the bar], Trial by Jury - Judge, Stephen Quint

5. "A policeman's lot is not a happy one" ["When a felon's not engaged in his employment"] - The Pirates of Penzance -

6. The Captain's song ["My gallant crew..."/"I am the Captain of the Pinafore"] - H.M.S. Pinafore

7. Patience double chorus ["In a doleful train"] - Patience

8. Pinafore Act II selection - ["Carefully on tiptoe stealing" through "For he is an Englishman"], H.M.S. Pinafore

9. Sir Joseph's entrance and song - ["I am the monarch of the sea"/"When I was a lad"] - H.M.S. Pinafore

10. Ruddigore madrigal - ["When the buds are blossoming"] - Ruddigore

11. "Three little maids from school are we" - The Mikado

12. March of the Peers ["Loudly let the trumpets bray"] - Iolanthe

PART II

1. The Pirate King's song - ["Oh, better far to live and die"] - The Pirates of Penzance

2. "I have a song to sing, O" - The Yeomen of the Guard

3. "When the foeman bears his steel" - The Pirates of Penzance

4. The magnet and the churn - [A magnet hung in a hardware shop] - Patience

5. The Major-General's patter song - ["I am the very model of a modern Major-General"] - The Pirates of Penzance

6. "This helmet, I suppose" - Princess Ida

7. Act 2 Finale - The Gondoliers

8. "The flowers that bloom in the spring" - The Mikado

9. "Here's a how-de-do" - The Mikado

10. "When Britain really ruled the waves" - Iolanthe

11. AUDIENCE REQUESTS

12. Act II Finale - H.M.S. Pinafore

13. "Hail, Poetry" - The Pirates of Penzance