In the organizer's words:

"Do you speak English?" asks the concert title. Don't worry: under Daniel Spaw's baton, the music speaks for itself in this amusing foray into English and American sounds. A lively overture by the successful duo Gilbert and Sullivan, a productivity-boosting march by Eric Coates, a colorful bazaar scene by Albert Ketèlbey, nocturnal singing and patriotic music, brilliantly polished by Edward Elgar. After the coffee break, the orchestral colors change: Leonard Bernstein sets the sparks flying, John Philip Sousa meets Monty Python, and Leroy Anderson offers the ludicrous, dreamy and saccharine for clarinet, piano and orchestra. Meanwhile, the versatile lyric coloratura soprano Anne Elizabeth Sorbara slips into the role of the newly in love, the rich mistress who laments her fate in a self-deprecating manner, or the dreamy innocence from the country. Enjoy!

Program

Arthur Sullivan:
Overture to the comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore"

"The Pirates of Penzance" ("The Pirates of Pezance"), comic opera,
from it: "Poor Wand'ring One!" ("Poor Wanderer"), Mabel's aria
Text: William Schwenck Gilbert

Eric Coates:
"Calling All Workers", march for orchestra

Benjamin Britten:
"Paul Bunyan", operetta op. 17
from it: "Tiny's Song"
Text: Wystan Hugh Auden

Albert Ketèlbey:
"In a Persian Market", intermezzo scene for orchestra

Edward Elgar:
"Chanson de Nuit" ("Night Song") for orchestra op. 15, no. 1

"Pomp and Circumstance" ("Glanz und Gloria"), marches for orchestra op. 39,
from this: March No. 1 in D major

Leonard Bernstein:
Overture to the operetta "Candide"

"Candide", operetta,
from it: "Glitter and be gay" ("Glitter and be gay"), Cunegonde's aria

John Philip Sousa:
"The Liberty Bell", march for orchestra

Leroy Anderson:
"Fiddle-Faddle" for orchestra

"Forgotten Dreams" for piano and orchestra

"Clarinet Candy" for orchestra

Carlisle Floyd:
"Susannah", opera,
from which: "Ain't it a Pretty Night?" ("Ain't it a Pretty Night?"), aria of Susannah Polk

Performers

Anne Elizabeth Sorbara, soprano
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Spaw, conductor and moderator