George Gershwin Selections from Porgy & Bess - Concert Suite
(1898-1937) Introduction/Jazzbo Brown/Summertime
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’
(Suite arranged by Andrew Litton) I Ain’t Got No Shame / Shame On All You Sinners
Good Mornin’ Sistah
Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way
THE FLORIDA OR 54 CHESTRA | 2018-2019
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Michael Francis, Conductor
Janice Chandler-Eteme, Soprano
Susan Platts, Mezzo-Soprano
Dominic Armstrong, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Bass
The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay
Brett Karlin, Artistic Director
Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, CAROL MORSANI HALL
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
DUKE ENERGY CENTER FOR THE ARTS—MAHAFFEY THEATER
Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
RUTH ECKERD HALL
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PART I
No. 1 (Chorus)
No. 2 The Argument (Alto Solo)
No. 3 Scena (Chorus and Alto Solo)
No. 4 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 5 Chorus of the Oppressed
No. 6 (Tenor Solo)
No. 7 (Soprano Solo)
No. 8 A Spiritual (Chorus and Soli)
PART II
No. 9 (Chorus)
No. 10 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 11 Double Chorus of
Persecutors and Persecuted
No. 12 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 13 Chorus of the Self-righteous
No. 14 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 15 Scena (Solo Quartet)
No. 16 A Spiritual (Chorus and Soli)
No. 17 Scena (Duet – Alto and Bass
Soli)
No. 18 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 19 The Terror (Chorus)
No. 20 The Narrator (Bass Solo)
No. 21 Spiritual of Anger (Chorus
and Bass Solo)
No. 22 The Boy Sings in His Prison
(Tenor Solo)
No. 23 The Mother (Soprano Solo)
No. 24 (Alto Solo)
No. 25 A Spiritual (Chorus and
Soprano Solo)
PART III
No. 26 (Chorus)
No. 27 (Alto Solo)
No. 28 Scena (Chorus and Bass
Solo)
No. 29 General Ensemble (Chorus
and Soli)
No. 30 A Spiritual (Chorus and Soli)
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