Program Notes

"TV Tunes and Treasures" Musical Selections

  • Styled Title: "TV Tunes and Treasures" Musical Selections
  • Formal Title: "TV Tunes and Treasures" Musical Selections
  • Suppé Poet and Peasant Overture
  • Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
  • Grieg Morning from Peer Gynt
  • Sousa Liberty Bell March
  • Copland Hoe Down from Rodeo
  • The Flintstones Meet the Jetsons
  • Main Theme from Star Trek
  • Theme from Mission: Impossible
  • Theme from Murder, She Wrote
  • The Wild, Wild West
  • Theme from Downton Abbey
  • Elfman Theme from The Simpsons
  • Williams The Mission

"Kings of Soul" Musical Selections

  • Styled Title: "Kings of Soul" Musical Selections
  • Formal Title: "Kings of Soul" Musical Selections
  • "Soul Man", by Isaac Hayes and David Porter As Recorded by Sam & Dave
  • "I can't Get Next to You", by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong As Recorded by The Temptations
  • "Lonely Teardrops", by Roquel Davis, Berry Gordy and Gwen Fuqua As Recorded by Jackie Wilson
  • "Shop Around", by Berry Gordy and William Robinson As Recorded by Smokey Robinson
  • "Night Time Is The Right Time", by James Oden and Roosevelt Sykes As Recorded by Ray Charles
  • "Get Ready", by William Robinson As Recorded by The Temptations
  • "Hard To Handle", by Otis Redding, Allen Alvoid Jones Jr, and Alvertis Isbell As Recorded by Otis Redding
  • "Try A Little Tenderness", by James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, and Harry Woods As Recorded by Otis Redding
  • "My Girl", by William Robinson and Ronald White As Recorded by The Temptations
  • "Man's World", by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome As Recorded by James Brown
  • "Stand By Me", by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller As Recorded by Ben E. King
  • "Dance To The Music", by Sylvester Stewart as Recorded by Sly and the Family Stone
  • "Love's Theme", by Barry White As Recorded by Barry White
  • "Back Stabbers", by Leon Huff, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead As Recorded by the O'Jays
  • "Move On Up", by Curtis Mayfield As Recorded by Curtis Mayfield
  • "Me and Mrs. Jones", by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert As Recorded by Billy Paul
  • "You'll Never Find", by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff As Recorded by Lou Rawls
  • "Just My Imagination", by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong As Recorded by The Temptations
  • "Close The Door", by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, As Recorded by Terry Pendergrass
  • "Let's Get It On", by Marvin Gaye and Edward Townsend As Recorded by Marvin Gaye
  • "Love And Happiness", by Al Green and Mabon Lewis Hodges As Recorded by Al Green
  • "Rock With You", by Rodney Lynn Temperton As Recorded by Michael Jackson
  • "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher", by Gary Jackson, Carl Smith and Raynard Miner As Recorded by Jackie Wilson

"3 Divas From Broadway" Musical Selections

  • Styled Title: "3 Divas From Broadway" Musical Selections
  • Formal Title: "3 Divas From Broadway" Musical Selections
  • "Let Me Entertain You" from Gypsy
    Music by Jule Styne
    Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  • "Don’t Rain On My Parade" from Funny Girl
    Music by Jule Styne
    Lyrics by Bob Merrill
  • "Broadway Baby" from Follies
    Music And Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
  • "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady
    Music by Frederick Loewe
    Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
  • "At The Ballet" from A Chorus Line
    Music by Marvin Hamlisch
    Lyrics by Edward Kleban
  • "Glitter And Be Gay" from Candide
    Music by Leonard Bernstein
  • "Defying Gravity" from Wicked
    Music And Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
  • "Sing for Your Supper" from Boys from Syracuse
    Music by Richard Rodgers
    Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
  • "Big Spender" from Sweet Charity
    Music by Cy Coleman
    Lyrics by: Dorothy Fields
  • "All That Jazz" from Chicago
    Music by John Kander
    Lyrics by Fred Ebb
  • "Popular" from Wicked
    Music And Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
  • "Don’t Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita
    Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Lyrics by Tim Rice
  • "Think Of Me" from Phantom Of The Opera
    Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Lyrics by Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, and Mike Batt
  • "Diva’s Lament" from Spamalot
    Music by John Du Prez And Eric Idle
    Lyrics by Eric Idle
  • "Love Changes Everything" from Aspects Of Love
    Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Lyrics by Charles Hart And Don Black
  • "Mamma Mia" from Mamma Mia!
    Music And Lyrics by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, And Stig Anderson

"A Musical Comedy" Musical Selections

  • Styled Title: "A Musical Comedy" Musical Selections
  • Formal Title: "A Musical Comedy" Musical Selections
  • MOZART Overture to Cosi fan tutte
  • HAYDN Andante from Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)
  • SMETANA Overture to The Bartered Bride
  • SCHICKELE An Unbegun Symphony
  • J. STRAUSS JR. Perpetuum mobile
  • KABALEVSKI Galop from The Comedians
  • BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
  • ANDERSON The Typewriter
  • SULLIVAN The Mikado Overture
  • HERMAN/WENDEL La Cage aux Folles
  • BROOKS/RICKETTS Selections from The Producers
  • WILLIAMS Scherzo for Motorcycle from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

"G.O.A.T.s" Musical Selections

  • Styled Title: "G.O.A.T.s" Musical Selections
  • Formal Title: "G.O.A.T.s" Musical Selections
  • H. WALTERS Instant Concert
  • TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
  • MOZART Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio
  • OFFENBACH "Can Can" from Orpheus in the Underworld
  • WENDEL A Hollywood Salute
  • WILLIAMS "Reunion" from Jane Eyre
  • RODGERS/BENNETT The Sound of Music
  • MERCURY/PRECHEL Bohemian Rhapsody
  • MENKEN/TROOB Beauty and the Beast Orchestral Suite

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