A Prairie Home Companion
SATURDAY, July 1, 2000

Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, July 1, 2000 Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts

Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, baritone sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Guests:
Emanuel Ax, piano, actor
Erica Rhodes, actress
Norumbega Harmony: Judy Brewer, Sarah Brownsberger, Martin Broekhuysen, Greta Eckhardt, Ginnie Ely, Henry Goodhue, Liza Goodhue, Jessica Holland, Bill Holt, Susan Jaster, Howard Katz, Anne Kazlauskas, Karen MacArthur, Susan Mampre, June Matthews, Dennis O 'Brien, Lyra O'Brien, Bruce Randall, Richard Schmeidler, Mary Sears, Ishmael Stefanov-Wagner, Michal Truelsen, Sue Turbak, Bruce Wenger, Jody Wormhoudt, Glen Wright, Jane Zanichkowski
The Berkshire Highlanders Pipe Band: under the direction of Nancy Crutcher Tunnicliffe: Mary Shea Knight (Drum Major), Allen Forsythe (Pipe Major), John Lloyd (founding member); Pipes: John O'Connor (Pipe Sergeant), Pat Liddle (Pipe Corporal), Neil Robert s, Eileen Murphy, Chuck Cahoon, Doreen Forney, Bill Irvin, Jamie Boulais, Dennis Carr, Matthew Lawrence, Danny Knight; Drums: Keith French, Jim Chanen, Jon Spota, Debbie Cahill, Kevin Cahill, Katie Knight, Danielle Boulais, Steve Michalek
TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, GASB w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor ( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; (c) 1989 Garrison Keillor
JUST ANOTHER REDNECK IN LOVE
Garrison Keillor, PD w: Garrison Keillor; m: Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue (c) 2000 Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue
"Fourth of July" script
Rich Dworsky (underscore) m: Richard Dworsky (c) 2000 Richard Dworsky TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME w: Jack Norworth; m: Albert von Tilzer (c) 1927 Broadway Music Corporation GOD BLESS AMERICA w/m: Irving Berlin (c) 1938 Irving Berlin
BOSTON FIDDLE MEDLEY
Andy Stein, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band

 

THE BOSTON BOYS' (reel) m: Traditional

 

BOSTON RATTLERS' (reel) m: Traditional

 

BELLE OF BOSTON (reel) m: E. Christie
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
Norumbega Harmony
w/m: from Canterbury, NH (Hymns and Anthems for the Hour of Worship, 1892, Canterbury, NH; ed: Elder Henry Clay Blinn)
rec: "Come to Zion: Shaker Songs"
MILLENNIAL PRAISE
Norumbega Harmony
w/m: from Enfield, NH (A Shaker Hymnal, 1908, Canterbury, NH)
rec: "Come to Zion: Shaker Songs"
SURPRISE SYMPHONY
Garrison Keillor, GASB
new words: Garrison Keillor; m: Franz Joseph Haydn
(c) 2000 Garrison Keillor
"Larry" script
Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky
"POWDERMILK BISCUITS" THEME
Garrison Keillor, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Garrison Keillor
(c) Garrison Keillor

 

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Traditional; new words: Garrison Keillor
(c) 1999 Garrison Keillor
ESTAMPES
Emanuel Ax
m: Claude Debussy
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein, Greg Hippen, Arnie Kinsella
w: Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky; m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 1995 Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261

 

UNDERSCORE
Rich Dworsky
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

 

SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Rich Dworsky
w/m: Stephen Sondheim
(c) 1973 Rilting Music, Inc. & Revelation Music Publishing Corp.

 

MY HEART WILL GO ON
Rich Dworsky
w: Will Jennings; m: James Horner
(c) 1994 Blue Sky Rider Songs (BMI), Ensign Music Corporation (BMI), Fox Film Music Corporation (BMI), Irving Music, Inc. (BMI), and The Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP)

 

THEME FROM "new YORK, new YORK"
Rich Dworsky
w: Fred Ebb; m: John Kander
(c) 1977 United Artist Corporation

 

MEMORY
Rich Dworsky
w: Trevor Nunn (after T. S. Eliot); m: Andrew Lloyd Webber
(c) 1981 The Really Useful Company Ltd., Trevor Nunn/Set Copyrights Ltd. and Faber Music Ltd.

 

CHOPSTICKS (BLUES STYLE)
Rich Dworsky
m: Traditional
arr: Richard Dworsky
STRIKE UP THE BAND (Intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band
w: Ira Gershwin; m: George Gershwin
(c) 1927 Warner Bros. Music
SIMPLE GIFTS
The Berkshire Highlanders Pipe Band
w/m: Traditional (Shaker)
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE
The Berkshire Highlanders Pipe Band
m: Traditional
I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w: Joe Young; m: Fred E. Ahlert
(c) 1935 Chappell & Co.; (c) Renewed 1962 Rytvoc, Inc., Fred Ahlert Music Corp. and Pencil Mark Music, Inc.
"Clinton" script
Rich Dworsky (underscore)
m: Richard Dworsky
(c) 2000 Richard Dworsky

 

HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Rich Dworsky
w: Sir Walter Scott; m: James Sanderson

 

LIKE A ROLLING STONE
Tim Russell (recited as Bill Clinton)
w/m: Bob Dylan
(c) 1965 M. Witmark & Sons
BUDDY THE BLUES
Pat Donohue, GASB
w/m: Pat Donohue
(c) 2000 Pat Donohue
FIDDLING AROUND
Andy Stein, GASB
m: Johnny Gimble
(c) Gardenia Music (BMI)
CONSOLATION
Norumbega Harmony
w/m: from New Gloucester, ME (Hymns and Anthems for the Hour of Worship, 1892, Canterbury, NH; ed: Elder Henry Clay Blinn)
rec: "Come to Zion: Shaker Songs"
GOD BLESS AMERICA / THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (closer)
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Garrison Keillor, Norumbega Harmony, audience, GASB
w/m: Irving Berlin
(c) 1938 Irving Berlin

 

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
Rich Dworsky, Emanuel Ax, GASB, Tom Keith (fireworks SFX)
m: John Philip Sousa
(c) 1897 The John Church Company

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA (reprise)
Garrison Keillor, Norumbega Harmony, audience, GASB
w/m: Irving Berlin
(c) 1938 Irving Berlin

Some other material available by guest artists:

Emanuel Ax
"Plays Brahms," Sony Classics 69284
"Plays Chopin," Sony Classics 60771
Norumbega Harmony (recordings available at www.mit.edu/people/ijs/norumbega.html)
"Come to Zion: Shaker Songs"
"Sing and Joyful Be: Early American Hymns and Anthems"

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