A Kurt Weill Cabaret
This evening’s star-studded show gets under the skin of Weill’s creations, bringing you a bewitching compilation of songs from some of his most popular works. It encompasses not only the Brecht-Weill era of 1920’s Berlin but also the more upbeat and nostalgic songs from his Broadway period. Broadway and West End stars Mary Carewe and Walter Van Dyk are joined by a quartet of musicians led by international soloist Anthony Marwood.
Having watched a previous performance Joanna Lumley commented: “O Moon of Alabama is an entrancing show, the evening was an unmitigated triumph. The songs are performed with beauty and skill, heartbreaking, scary, funny in turn. I was bewitched throughout. This is what cabaret should be!”
Please note that there will be no interval in this show.
Sponsored by Mr and Mrs Graham Barker
Performers
Mary Carewe actor/singer
Walter van Dyk actor/singer
Anthony Marwood violin
John Myerscough ‘cello
James Crabb accordion
Michael Haslam piano
Programme
Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
O Moon of Alabama: A Kurt Weill Cabaret (arr. Michael Haslam) [60’]
Overture
Mack the Knife
Barbara Song
Liebeslied
Tango Ballad
from The Threepenny Opera
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Alabama Song
from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Pirate Jenny
from The Threepenny Opera
My Ship
from Lady in the Dark
Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
September Song
from Knickerbocker Holiday
Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
That’s Him
from One Touch of Venus
Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash
Tchaikovsky (and Other Russians)
from Lady in the Dark
Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
from Street Scene
Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes
Surabaya-Johnny
from Happy End
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Lonely House
from Street Scene
The Saga of Jenny
from Lady in the Dark
Bilbao Song
from Happy End
Tickets
£25
(includes £1.25 Corn Exchange booking fee)