At the Corner of Dizengoff & Broadway

The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
Guest Conductor: Robert Porco (USA)

Songs from great and beloved musicals

The Israeli Vocal Ensemble presents a slightly different classic: the popular American song. The American song as presented in Broadway musicals by composers such as Gershwin, Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Bernstein and others: major and influential composers in American music who took popular music as seriously as they treated “serious” classical music, and their songs became part of the canon that is known as the American Song Book. 

Concert duration: 01:00:02 hours.

Live recorded at Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 28.1.15.

Program: 

1. Porter
   Overture (Another Opni’n)
   (from the musical Kiss me, kate)
2. Gershwin /I. Gershwin
   Someone to Watch Over Me
   (from the musical Oh, Kay!)
   Soloist: Naomi Brill-Engel
3. Gershwin (arr. by Roderick Williams)
   Summertime
   (from the opera Porgy and Bess)
   Soloist: Taliya Dishon
4. Gershwin/I. Gershwin
   Love Walked in
   (from the movie musical The Goldwyn Follies)
   Soloists: Tamar Landesberg-Yakerevich, Era Givoni, Naomi Brill-Engel, Atar David, Nava Sahar, Ronen Ravid, Peter Simpson, Eliav Lavi, Gabriel Goler
5. Rodgers/ L. Hart
   Isn’t it Romantic
   (from the film Love Me Tonight)
   Soloists: IditBigel, Era Givoni, Tom Ben Ishai
6. Gershwin/I. Gershwin
   Nice Work if You Can Get It
   (from the movie A Damsel in Distress)
   Soloist: Avivit Hochstater
7. Porter
   Brush up your Shakespeare
   (from the musical Kiss me, kate)
   Soloists: Eliav Lavi, Oded Amir, Tal Koch, Gabriel Goler, Kedem Berger
8. Porter
   I’ve Got You Under My Skin
   (from the musical Born to Dance)
   Soloist: Peter Simpson
9. Kern /O. Hammerstein
   Ol’ Man River
   (from the musical Show Boat)
   Soloist: Ronen Ravid
10. Gershwin (arr. by Ronald Staheli)
    Fascinatin’ Rhythm
    (from the musical Lady Be Good)
    Soloists: Ronen Ravid, Nava Sahar
11. Gershwin (arr. by Jane Fjeldsted)
    Slap that Bass
    (from the musical Crazy for You)
12. Styne/ B. Merrill
    People
    (from the musical Funny Girl)
    Soloists: Joel Sivan, Kedem Berger, Oded Amir, Tal Koch, Avivit Hochstater, Idit Bigel, Taliya Dishon, Tom Ben Ishai
13. Bernstein
    West Side Story Medley
    Soloists: Atar David, Naomi Brill-Engel, Tom Ben Ishai, Avivit Hochstater, Tal Koch

Jonathan Larson
Seasons of Love
(from the musical Rent)
Soloists: Eliav Lavi, Kedem Berger, Taliya Dishon, Tom Ben Ishai

1. Rodgers / O. Hammerstein
   Climb Every Mountain
   (from the musical Sounds of Music)

G. Shearing /G. D. Weiss
Lullaby of Bird land