Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion December 20, 1997
The Town Hall, New York, New York
Performers:
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Betsy Aidem, Erica Rhodes, Tracy Thorne, The Guys All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Greg Hippen, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion
Guests:
Vince Giordano, bass saxophone, banjo
Walter Bobbie, actor
John McDonough, actor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Brass Quintet: John Sheppard, trumpet; Kenneth DeCarlo, trumpet; Katie Dennis, horn; Richard Clark, trombone; Marcus Rojas, tuba
TISHOMINGO BLUES (opening theme)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
CHRISTMAS MEDLEY #1
STOMP MR. HENRY LEEWINTER WONDERLAND
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB, VG
w: Dick Smith; m: Felix Bernard
© 1934 (Renewed) Bregman, Vocco and Conn, Inc.(There's No Place Like) HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB
w: Al Stillman; m: Robert Allen
© 1954 Roncom Music Co.BLUE CHRISTMAS
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB, VG
w: Jay W. Johnson; m: Billy Hayes
© 1948 Bibo Music Publishers c/o The Welk Music GroupI'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB
w: Johnny Burke; m: James Van Heusen
© 1944 Bourne Co. and Dorsey Bros. Music Inc.WHITE CHRISTMAS
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1940, 1942 (renewed 1968-69) Irving Berlin
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Vince Giordano
w/m: Peck/Kelly
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
John McDonough, RD, AS, GH
w: Edith Temple; m: Reginald Morgan
© 1948
"Dark Lutherans" script:
Brass Quintet
WACHET AUF, RUFT UNS DIE STIMME
m: Nicolai (1599)
harm: Johann S. Bach; ed: Robert King
© 1955 Robert King Music Company
VON HIMMEL HOCH DA KOMM'ICH HER (From Heaven Above to Earth I Come)
m: Luther? (1539)
ed: Robert King
© 1955 Robert King Music Company
WIE SCHON LEUCHTET DER MORGENSTERN (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star)
m: Nicolai (1599)
harm: Johann S. Bach; ed: Robert King
© 1955 Robert King Music Company
FROHLICH SOLL MEIN HERZE SPRINGEN (All My Heart This Night Rejoices)
m: Ebeling (1666)
ed: Robert King
© 1955 Robert King Music Company
ES IST EIN ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming)
m: Praetorius (1607)
ed: Robert King
© 1955 Robert King Music Company
WALTZ IN E MINOR
Garrick Ohlsson
m: Frederic Chopin
ETUDE IN C MINOR (op. 10, no. 12) ("Revolutionary")
Garrick Ohlsson
m: Frederic Chopin
"Christmas Fairy Tale" script:
CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (mvmt. IV)
Brass Quintet
m: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
arr: John Sheppard
NOW IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Betsy Aidem, Erica Rhodes, Tracy Thorne, GASB
w/m: Traditional Swedish
HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST
Brass Quintet
m: Jan Sweelinck
arr: John Sheppard
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
Brass Quintet
w: Nahum Tate; m: adapted from George F. Handel
arr: Rory Boyle
© J & W Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR
Tim Russell, RD
w/m: Garrison Keillor
BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY
Garrison Keillor, Tracy Thorne, Betsy Aidem, RD
w/m: Garrison Keillor
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
Tim Russell, RD
w/m: Traditional
IN DULCI JUBILO (GOOD CHRISTIAN MEN, REJOICE)
Brass Quintet
m: Traditional
arr: Rory Boyle
© J & W Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.
SUSSEX CAROL (2nd variation)
Brass Quintet
m: Traditional
arr: Rory Boyle
© J & W Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.
NOW IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN (reprise)
Garrison Keillor, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Betsy Aidem, Erica Rhodes, Tracy Thorne, GASB
w/m: Traditional Swedish
AIR DE TROMPETTE
Brass Quintet
m: G. P. Telemann
arr: John Sheppard
AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (intermission)
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Vince Giordano
w/m: Edwin B. Edwards, James La Rocca, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields
© 1918
TISHOMINGO BLUES (welcome back to the second half; gong)
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
( 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (under "Greetings")
Andy Stein, Pat Donohue
w/m: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
© 1944 (Renewed 1972) Leo Feist, Inc.
GDY SIE CHRYSTUS RODZI (Christ Is Born This Evening)
Walter Bobbie, RD
w/m: Traditional Polish
NOCTURNE IN F SHARP MAJOR (op. 15, no. 2)
Garrick Ohlsson
m: Frederic Chopin
OH! SISTER, AIN'T THAT HOT?
The Guys All-Star Shoe Band, Vince Giordano
w/m: Harry White, Will Donaldson
© 1923 Stark and Cowan
"GUY NOIR" THEME
Garrison Keillor, GASB
w: Garrison Keillor/Richard Dworsky, m: Richard Dworsky
© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
album: "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye," HighBridge 39261
SILENT NIGHT (closer)
Garrison Keillor, audience, GASB
w: Joseph Mohr; m: Franz Gruber
Some other recordings available by guest artists:
Garrick Ohlsson "Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Sonatas (Vol. 1), Arabesque 6628
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Preludes (Vol. 2), Arabesque 6629
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Ballades (Vol. 3), Arabesque 6630
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Scherzos (Vol. 4), Arabesque 6633
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Polonaises (Vol. 5), Arabesque 6642
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Nocturnes (Vol. 6), Arabesque 6653
"Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Waltzes (Vol. 7), Arabesque 6669
"Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 13; Op. 27, No. 2, Op. 53," Arabesque 6677
"Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/Minnesota Orchestra," Virgin Classics 91431