#1 "SALUTE TO JERRY HERMAN"
Opening Medley (orchestra) 12:00
Vocals: It Only Takes a Moment 2:45
Movies Were Movies 2:40
Time Heals Everything 3:06
"Hello Dolly" Medley 4:32
Put on Your Sunday Clothes
Before the Parade Passes By
The Waltzes (orchestra) 11:09
Vocals: Song on the Sand 3:14
Wherever He Ain't 2:41
I Never Said I Love You 3:51
We Need a Little Christmas 1:42
La Cage Aux Folles 4:56
If He Walked Into My Life 4:20
"Mame" (orchestra) 2:30
First Half: 59:43
------Intermission------
The Marches (orchestra) 6:48
Vocals: It's Today 1:50
Wedding Scene from "Milk & Honey" 7:50
Bosom Buddies 3:22
I Won't Send Roses 2:15
Mabel's Roses 2:00
I Am What I Am 3:05
International "Dolly" (orchestra) 6:45
The Best of Times (all) 2:33
Second Half: 36:28
This program is performed with four soloists from
New York or Los Angeles, plus a local choir, if available.
It is a very theatrical evening of America's best-known Broadway music, including songs from "Mame," "Hello, Dolly," "Mack and Mabel," "La Cage Aux Folles" and many others. There are four major selections for solo orchestra (40 minutes), and the balance of the program is vocal solos, duets and concerted numbers. This program has proven to be a real audience pleaser!
(This program has been arranged/orchestrated by some
of the best-known arrangers: Philip Lang, Hershey Kay, Michael Gibson, Jim Tyler, Art Harris, Richard Hayman,
and Donald Pippin.)
#2 THE GIANTS OF BROADWAY
Hamlisch: "A Chorus Line" Overture
Bart: "As Long As He Needs Me" from "Oliver"
Coleman: "Seesaw"
Kern-Pippin: Jerome Kern Medley
Styne: Suite from "The Red Shoes"
Herman: "Song on the Sand" from "La Cage aux Folles"
Ellington: The Duke Ellington Suite
First Half: 42:49
------Intermission------
Gershwin: "Girl Crazy" Overture
Easy Listening: Broadway Today
Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
Kern: "Bill"
Menken: "Beauty & the Beast"
Bernstein-Pippin: Bernstein on Broadway
Schonberg: "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables"
Webber: Suite from "Phantom of the Opera"
Herman: International Dolly
ENCORE - Herman: "Mame"
Second Half: 44:33
#3 AN EVENING OF GREAT WALTZES
Strauss, Jr.: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from "The Sleeping Beauty"
Waldteufel" The Skater's Waltz from "Les Patineurs"
Medley:
Waltz from "The Merry Widow"
"Dark Eyes"
Donald Pippin, piano
Chopin: Waltz, Op. 64, No. 3
------Intermission------
Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz
Sondheim: Suite from "A Little Night Music"
Rose: Our Waltz
Warren: The Shadow Waltz
Medley:
Rodgers: Lover
Berlin: Always
Donald Pippin, piano
Herman-Pippin: The Waltzes of Jerry Herman
ENCORE - Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
#4 "THE AMERICANA SONGBOOK"
E.Knight: Americana Overture
R.Harris: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
P.Faith: "Yankee Doodle"
Schuman: New England Triptych
Grofe: Selections from "The Grand Canyon Suite"
Copland: "Hoe-down" from "Rodeo"
------Intermission------
Hamlisch: "A Chorus Line" Overture
Kern: "A Jerome Kern Fantasy"
Schonberg: "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables"
Bernstein: "Bernstein on Broadway"
Herman: International Dolly
#5 THE MERRIMENT OF CHRISTMAS
(soloist, choir & orchestra)
Sing-along "Pop" Medley 1 8:00
(Silver Bells, White Christmas, etc.)
Sing-along "Pop" Medley 2 8:00
(It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,
I'll Be Home for Christmas, etc.)
Sing-along Traditional Medley 7:00
(Silent Night, Deck the Halls, etc.)
Little Drummer Boy (orchestra) 4:00
What Child is This (choir) 3:00
Christmas Around the World (choir) 8:00
"The Nutcracker" (excerpts) 10:00
Sleigh Ride 4:00
Sing a Little Song of Christmas (choir) 4:00
Carol of the Bells (choir) 6:00
The Nativity (choir & narrator) 12:00
Medley 5:00
(Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
and The Christmas Song)
Deck the Halls Overture 4:00
#6 THE STYNE WAY (with 3 vocalists)
"Funny Girl" Overture
Vocals Section:
"Let Me Entertain You"
"People"
"Everything's Coming Up Roses"
"Never Never Land"
"Don't Rain on My Parade"
Pippin at the piano with rhythm section, chosen from:
"Sunday"
"I Still Get Jealous"
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"
Oscar Nominated Songs:
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You"
"It's Magic"
"I've Heard That Song Before"
"I'll Walk Alone
"I Fall in Love Too Easily"
"Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Bells Are Ringing" Overture
First half: 47:00
------Intermission------
"Gypsy" Overture into vocal medley: "Make Someone Happy,"
"Just in Time" and "Time After Time"
Vocals Section:
"You Are Woman"
"Rose's Turn"
"Who Are You Now"
"Some People"
"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"
"All I Need Is the Girl"
Pippin at the piano with orchestra: "The Things We Did Last Summer" and
"Bye-Bye Baby"
Hit Parade and Favorites:
"Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week"
"Five Minutes More"
"It's Been a Long, Long Time"
"It's You or No One for Me"
"The Party's Over"
"Together"
Second half: 42:00
[This program represents Jule Styne in every medium for which he composed: Broadway, Films, Radio, Television, Recordings.]
#7 SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE
(for 45-minute performance)
(Ideal for a half-program)
Phantom of the Opera (suite) 14:00
Take Him Home (Les Miserables) 4:00
A Chorus Line Overture 10:00
International "Hello Dolly" 12:00
****Additional Repertoire (substitutions)
A Little Night Music (suite) 12:00
Sondheim Medley 11:00
Waltzes of Richard Rodgers 7:00
"Murder She Wrote" (theme) 3:00
"Back to the Future" (theme) 4:00
"Beauty & the Beast" (theme) 2:00
Additional Concepts:
DON PIPPIN, DIRECT FROM BROADWAY
AMERICA SINGS (Guest Artist: Marilyn Horne)
ENCORE! ENCORE! (Guest Artist: Paul Sorvino)
THE GERSHWIN ERA (with piano soloist)
EINE KLEINE GHOUL-MUSIK
"POPS" IN LOVE: A MUSICAL VALENTINE
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA (July 4th Celebration)
