Broadway at 92NY Chorus (6/11/23)

The Berlin and Porter Concert

I have been to one previous concert by this amateur choral group. They have been since rebranded with this new moniker that even the conductor stumbled over. Enough about that. The concert focused on music by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, and it was a fun afternoon.

The program (though there was one change in order that I don’t remember—hey, I’m getting older!):

There’s No Business Like Show Business – Irving Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun, 1946)
I Get a Kick Out of You – Cole Porter (Anything Goes, 1934)
Lazy – Berlin (Popular song, 1924)
So In Love – Porter (Kiss Me Kate, 1948)
Anything You Can Do – Berlin (AGYG)
Anything Goes – Porter (AG)

–Sing-Along–

You’re Just In Love – Berlin (Call Me Madam, 1950)
True Love/Always – Porter/Berlin (High Society [Film], 1956/Popular song,1925)
Blow, Gabriel, Blow – Porter (AG)

Seeing as how I’ve done two productions each of both Annie Get Your Gun and Anything Goes (oh, the stories I could tell), a lot of this music was very familiar to me, and I enjoyed all of the performances.

The sing-along, less so (not quite my thing). It was a tribute to Burt Bacharach, and included Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, (They Long To Be) Close To You, and What The World Needs Now. Pleasant, but just.

However, the concert was a lot of fun, and the participants—conductor, accompanist, vocalists—all seemed to have a great time. As did the audience.

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