Bernstein Tribute at NYCO

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/6/10 at 10:55pm

Any word? Song list?

Thanks!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/6/10 at 11:56pm

Seeing the 1:30 matinee Sunday and I can't wait!

[lvpblues]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 1:04am

Act One (Classical)

"To What You Said" (Songfest) - Christopher Feigum
"A Julia de Burgos" (Songfest) - Talise Trevigne
Kaddish 2 (Kaddish Symphony) - Talise Trevigne
"Simple Song" (Mass) - Joshua Jeremiah
"Thank You" (Mass) - Sara Jakubiak
"Gloria Tibi"(Mass) - Joshua Hopkins
"What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (Songfest) - Patricia Risley
"Sanctus" (Mass) - NYCO Chorus & Children's Chorus

Act Two (Broadway)

"New York, New York" (On the Town) - Darius de Haas, Michael Urie & Joshua Jeremiah
"Something's Coming" (West Side Story) - Darius de Haas
"A Little Bit in Love" (Wonderful Town) - Kelli O'Hara
"Come Up to My Place" (On the Town) - Christine Ebersole & Michael Urie
"Lucky to Be Me" (On the Town) - Cheyenne Jackson & chorus
"We Are Women" (Candide) - Victoria Clark & Kelli O'Hara
"One Hundred Easy Ways" (Wonderful Town) - Donna Murphy (in costume!)
"A Quiet Girl" (Wonderful Town) - Michael Cerveris
"I Can Cook Too" (On the Town) - Christine Ebersole
"Tonight/Quintet" (West Side Story - Cheyenne Jackson, Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris & Sidney Outlaw (plus chorus)
"Seena" (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) - Sidney Outlaw
"Duet for One" (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) - Victoria Clark & chorus
"Some Other Time" (On the Town) - Christine Ebersole, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris & Cheyenne Jackson
"Make Our Garden Grow" (Candide) - Dominic Armstrong, Sara Jakubiak & Company

Beautiful concert, though there were considerable sound issues throughout. Seems that the best acoustics in the NYCO come from the front orchestra and not the stage. Very bizarre.

~K

[notabb]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 1:06am

Hopefully,they'll have tweaked the sound system for Sunday.It might have been me but I had trouble hearing a good portion of the lyrics. And I was in row G center orch. Loved,loved loved the last number.I was in a great spot for Make Our Garden Grow.With the cast across the stage and the chorus in the boxes on each side it was lovely. Not quite the sound and spectacle of "Sunday" at the Avery Fisher tribute. But a close second.I think Urie and Ebersole doing "Come Up To My Place" was the song I had the easiest time hearing the lyrics and it didn't hurt that they were such a great comic couple. As was O'Hara and Clark in "We Are Women"

Updated On: 11/7/10 at 01:06 AM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 9:05am

Thanks very much. I was on the fences but that setlist is enough to throw me over.

Thank you Ivyblues!

[Q]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 9:15am

"'Tonight/Quintet' (West Side Story) - Cheyenne Jackson, Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris & Sidney Outlaw (plus chorus)"

Wow - that alone makes me wish I could see this.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 9:19am

Really looking forward to Vicky Clark's "Duet for One" fro 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I'm surprised they don't do "Bless This House," but I suppose there was so much to do, they had to cut a lot of good possibilities.

And the Quintet with Cheyenne as Tony, Kelli as Maria and Donna as Anita!

Sounds like they end it perfectly: "Some Other Time," followed by "Garden." There is nothing like hearing "Make Our Garden Grow" with a big chorus and orchestra. That moment when the orchestra drops our and it's just the voices a capella is one of Bernstein's most sublime moments.

[lvpblues]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 5:07pm

Here are my thoughts on the concert. If I hadn't a prior commitment today I would have gone a second time.

~K
Lucky to Be Me: The Music of Leonard Bernstein

[once a month]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 7:21pm

What a wonderful concert! I was enthralled, especially during the Tonight quintet as well as the ending. This was such a treat and the major reason I'm happy to live close enough to NYC to be able to take advantage of events such as this. Actually, I enjoyed this as much as the Encores Anyone Can Whistle concert. Both will be remembered for a long time to come.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/7/10 at 9:00pm

A magnificent experience.

[landryjames2]

Posted: 11/8/10 at 11:42am

Great, great concert. Everyone was really fantastic.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 11/8/10 at 6:35pm

Another person raving here

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