Fascinating Rhythms: Songs by the Gershwins, Yip Harburg and Friends
Fascinating Rhythms: Songs by the Gershwins, Yip Harburg and Friends. A private performance held November 15, 2000 for a dinner meeting of the Post Graduate Hospitals Alumni Association of NYU at the Water Club in New York City. Conceived and narrated by Deena Rosenberg. With singers Sherry Boone, Michael McElroy, Diane Sutherland and musical director-pianist Alex … Continue Reading ››
Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block
Let's Take a Walk Around the Block. Outdoor performance held at the corner of Essex and Grand Streets in New York City on the occasion of the June 18, 2000 Lower East Side Festival. Conceived and narrated by Deena Rosenberg. With singers Sherry Boone, Miguel Cervantes and Tommy Hollis, joined by students from the Computers and … Continue Reading ››
Yip Harburg: Broadway’s Social Conscience
Yip Harburg: Broadway's Social Conscience. A performance held at the New York Historical Society on April 14, 1999. Conceived and narrated by Deena Rosenberg. With singers Stephen Bogardus, Sherry Boone, Tommy Hollis and Nancy Opel. Musical director, David Brunetti. This recording is not a commercial product and is available only from The Yip Harburg Foundation.
The Necessity of Rainbows
The Necessity of Rainbows. Barnes and Noble, March 7, 1997. To help promote the Yip Harburg centennial exhibition at Lincoln Center’s Billy Rose Performing Arts Library (1996-97), the Yip Harburg Foundation presented a book-signing event at Barnes and Noble book store for Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz. Speakers were Ernie Harburg and Barbara … Continue Reading ››
Yip and Gersh
Yip and Gersh. Concert featuring songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg and Ira Gershwin, fellow lyricists and lifelong best friends. Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, January 11, 1997. Conceived and narrated by Deena Rosenberg. Singers: Tommy Hollis, Liz Larsen, Nancy Opel, Sal Viviano. Pianist-singer: Jimmy Roberts. This recording is not a commercial product and is available … Continue Reading ››
Yip Harburg: Broadway’s Social Conscience
Yip Harburg: Broadway’s Social Conscience. National Press Club, Washington, DC, November 16, 1993. Concert to launch the “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” Day campaign in which DJ’s around the country played their favorite rendition of “Dime” and then asked listeners to send donations to the National Coalition for the Homeless. Co-conceived and narrated by Deena … Continue Reading ››
Hooray for What! Yip Harburg’s Songs and Poems of Love and War
Hooray for What! Yip Harburg's Songs and Poems of Love and War (2005). This second annual concert to celebrate the Yip Harburg Documentary Collection was held on April 7, 2005 and featured Stephen Bogardus, Catherine Russell and Diane Sutherland, as well as Ben Harburg (Yip's grandson). The concert was narrated by Deena Rosenberg, directed by … Continue Reading ››
Ziegfeld Follies (The Nineteen Thirty-Four Edition of)
Ziegfeld Follies (The Nineteen Thirty-Four Edition of). Music by Vernon Duke and others. From pirate recording during 1935 national tour, very poor sound quality but rare chance to hear Vernon Duke-E.Y. Harburg songs as they sounded live. Outstanding songs: Water Under the Bridge; I Like the Likes of You; What Is There to Say. AEI-CD-039, 1997.
Life Begins at 8:40
Life Begins at 8:40. Music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. This PS Classics recording is based on a concert presented in March 2010 at the Library of Congress. That performance featuring a full 24-piece orchestra conducted by Aaron Gandy and a cast of Broadway and recording veterans including Kate Baldwin, … Continue Reading ››
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz. Music by Harold Arlen. Two discs: original 1939 movie soundtrack plus supplemental material including a beautifully designed and superbly written liner notes by John Fricke. Turner/Rhino R271964, 1995.