MARK ALBURGER, 2017: December 1 - Goat Hall 20th-Anniversary Cabaret Concert

A CABARET CONCERT
CELEBRATING
GOAT HALL PRODUCTIONS'
20TH ANNIVERSARY

PART I
Music of Gian Carlo Menotti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Kurt Weill

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
     Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
          All That Gold
          Have You Seen a Child

          RuthE Wells, Ross Halper, Mark Alburger

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Porgi amor

Sull'aria

Cass Panuska, Eliza O'Malley

FRANK JOHNSON, PIANO

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Nanna's Lied (1929)

Meghan Dibble

     Happy End (1929)
          Surabaya Johnny

          Harriet March Page

Threepenny Opera (1928)
Pirate Jenny

Meghan Dibble

ALLAN CROSSMAN, PIANO

Happy End (1929)
Song of Mandalay

Harriet March Page, Meghan Dibble, Paige Patrick

MARTHA COOPER, PIANO

PART II
Composers/Performers

John Partridge
Who Are You Going to Choose?

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
   Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272 (October 10, 2017)
         I. Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999, Mel Clay): VI. Arthur Rimbaud
             (June 17-18, 2000, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
         II. Antigone, Op. 88 (2000, Anouilh): XV. Aria - "You think you knew"
              The Little Prince, Op. 89 (2000, Antoine de St. Exupery): VIII. Day
              (July 20-22, August 3-5, 2001, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
   III. The Bald Soprano, Op. 94 (2001, Eugene Ionesco): XVIII. The Fire - Aria
          The Wind God, Op. 96 (2001, Harriet March Page): XV. Noah
              (July 19-21, 26-28, Goat Hall, San Francisco, 2002)
    IV. Animal Opera, Op. 95 (2001, George Orwell): IIb. The Seven Commandments
          (July 25-27, 2003, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
        V. Camino Real, Op. 110 (2003, Tennessee Williams): Block 10
              (August 20-22, 27-29, 2004, Thick House, San Francisco)
      VI. Ecclesiastes, Op. 3 (1975, The Preacher): III. For Everything
         San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1994, Found Texts): III. Death Catch
       Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104 (2001, Harriet March Page): VII. Make a Man a God
             The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Op. 116 (2004, Robert Browning): Overture - Rats!
       (May 18-20, 2006, Thick House, San Francisco)
        VII. Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2005, Samuel Beckett): IV. Two Thieves
            (June 15-16, 22, 24, 2007, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
      VIII. Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998, Steinbeck): XIII. Dreamsong II
           (September 6-7, 12, 14, 2008, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
       IX. Sex and Delilah, Op. 173 (2009, The Book of Judges): III. Delilah
         (May 22-23, 2009, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
   X. Job, Op. 79 (1999, The Book of Job): Scene VIII - Dialogue III "Is There Someone?"
          (June 17-19, 2010, Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley)
      XI. LA Stories, Op. 50 (1994, Found Texts): San Fernando Hub - I. Fresno
      (December 31, 2011, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
      XII. Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977, Psalms): V.-XI….unicorn…fresh oil
           (April 14, 2012, Community Music Center, San Francisco, 201
       XIII. Decameron: 1st Day, Op. 200 (2012, Boccaccio): X. Master Alberto
      (July 5-6, 2013, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
      XIV. Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222 (2014, Wikipedia): I. Gemini VII Bogey
      (July 11-12, 2014, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
      XV. Portraits of __ (Some Multiple of 3) Women, Op. 231 (2014, Roland March): IX. Olivia
      (July 10-11, 2015, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA)
      XVI. Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232 (2014, Websites)
          XL. 1918 - Martin Werfel / Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos
      (August 12-13, 26-27, 2016, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA)
      XVII. 2017, Op. 261 (YouTube): I. Farewell Address (January 10, Chicago, IL)
         (August 5, 12 / 19 / 27, 2017 Bay Area Stage, Valllejo / St. Alban's Church, Albany
       Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA)

      Harriet March Page, Mark Alburger, Patrick Brancato, Valerie Salcedo

PART II
Music of Leonard Bernstein, Giacomo Puccini, Frank Loesser, and more

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1900)
Candide (1956)
I Am Easily Assimilated

Harriet March Page, RuthE Wells, Meghan Dibble, Jane Goldsmith, Debbie Hahn

MARTHA COOPER, PIANO

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
     La Boheme (1896)
          Act II: Musetta's Waltz

          Paige Patrick

John Bilotta
Two Songs on American Poetry

Cass Panuska

Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
Guys and Dolls (1950)
Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat

Ross Halper

Doug Brandt
    Our Little Secret
          The Share

          Valerie Salcedo

Dikkie Schoggen
Aging Grace
The Shoe's on the Other Foot

Harriet March Page, Cathy Kuehnert

Alan Menken (b. 1949)
     Beauty and the Beast (1991)
          If I Can't Love Her

          Patrick Brancato

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Street Scene (1946)
What Good Would the Moon Be?

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
The Consul (1949)
Magda's Aria

Eliza O'Malley

FRANK JOHNSON, PIANO

Matthew Owens
     City of St. Francis
          Arnold's Rant

          Matthew Owens

Allan Crossman
You Can't Fake a Quake

Harriet March Page

ALLAN CROSSMAN, PIANO

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Marie Galante (1934)
Youkali

Paige Patrick

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1900)
   Candide (1956)
Make Our Garden Grow

          RuthE Wells, Meghan Dibble, Cathy Kuehnert, Mark Alburger, Ross Halper,
          Valerie Salcedo, Debbie Hahn, Jane Goldsmith, Robert Benda, Patrick Brancato

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