A Prairie Home Companion: February 5, 2005

February 5, 2005
The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers will join us at the Fitz again this weekend; we've asked them to pick out some love songs, in honor of a certain saint and his upcoming holiday. Stop by for a listen. You'll hear a word or two from the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, too, plus the News From Lake Wobegon and more.

Listen to the show
Requires free RealAudio player. See how to listen.

In its entirety
Listen to the whole show

Trouble with the link? Try this one.
In segments
Play individual show segments as listed below.

Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:13 GK opens, State of the Union Address, Social Security, Schubert, love

00:04:22 "Can't Help Falling in Love" - GK, Prudence Johnson, Shoe Band, VocalEssence, audience

00:07:17 GK recites poetry

00:08:20 "At the End of A Long Lonely Day" - GK, Prudence, Shoe Band

00:11:17 "Once More" - GK, Prudence, Shoe Band

Segment 2

00:15:12 Toast (Schubert's Die Forelle (Trout))- GK/ VocalEssence

00:18:38 "Girl From the North Country" - Peter Ostroushko and Shoe Band

00:24:54 GK quotes Edward Hoagland

00:28:24 "Abide With Me" - GK, VocalEssence, Rich Dworsky, audience

00:31:28 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:32:54 "Something" - VocalEssence

00:36:16 Amish script

00:38:22 "It Hurts Me Too" - Pat Donohue and Shoe Band

Segment 3

00:41:00 The Lives of the Cowboys script

00:51:50 "It's About Love" - VocalEssence

00:58:20 English Majors script

01:01:37 Intermission/"Alabama Jubilee"

Segment 4

01:05:30 Greetings/Welcome to 2nd half of show

01:08:50 GK intros Sons of Bernie

01:11:48 Bob script

01:12:22 "A Thousand Ways" - John Niemann and Shoe Band

01:15:46 "True Love" - GK and Prudence Johnson

01:18:28 "If You Love Me" - Prudence Johnson and Shoe Band

01:22:19 "An Die Musik" - Michael Jorgenson and VocalEssence (GK intros)

01:26:20 GK talks about Franz Schubert

01:27:22 Wiener Schnitzel

01:28:44 Continuing Schubert talk, Potatoes

01:32:31 Continuing Schubert talk, Ave Maria

Segment 5

01:35:32 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 6

01:51:33 "Free Little Bird" - Peter Ostroushko and Shoe Band

01:55:44 Bush script

01:57:02 Credits, Can't Help Falling in love reprise

April 2, 2005
Town Hall Theater, New York, New York

Make no mistake about it: Ben Lavin, age 12, from Manhattan, is a Yankees fan.

Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Melissa Sperl)


Garrison quotes Edward Hoagland.		The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, with "Something."


VocalEssence with "It's About Love," a medley of 37 great love songs.		John Niemann (left, with Pat Donohue and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band) with "A Thousand Ways."


Michael Jorgenson and the VocalEssence Enselmble Singers, with "An Die Musik."		Garrison Keillor, with the News From Lake Wobegon.

Guest Recordings VocalEssence Peter Ostroushko		Music Information Performers, music sources and credits

Guest Information VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Prudence Johnson John Niemann Peter Ostroushko		Scripts Amish script The Lives of the Cowboys script English Majors script Bob script Bush script

		Online Greetings This week's greetings Submit a greeting

On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.

More information >>

From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”

Order now >>

Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!

Ordering Information >>