LAVALLÉE (Arr Gilliland)

O Canada (1’)*

 

STYNE (Arr R R Bennett)

Selections from Gypsy (5’)*

 

BIZET

 - Prelude to Act I, from Suite No. 1 (1’)*

 - Aragonaise, from Suite No. 1 (2’)*

 - Habañera, from Suite No. 2 (2’)*

 - Les Toreadors, from Suite No. 1 (4’)*

 

KANDER / EBB (Orch Paul McKibbins)

Introduction and “All That Jazz” from Chicago (5’)* 

 

LERNER / LOEWE

“I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady (3’)*

 

FLAHERTY

“Back to Before” from Ragtime (3’)*

 

FLAHERTY (Arr Reineke)

Ragtime from Ragtime (3’)*

 

LLOYD WEBBER (Arr D Cullen)

“Think of Me” from The Phantom of the Opera (3’)*

 

KANDER / EBB (Arr McKibbins)

“Ring Them Bells” (5’)*

 

ENRIQUE GARCIA (Arr Reineke)

Conga (4’)*

 

INTERMISSION

 

VARIOUS (Arr Reineke)

I Hear a Symphony: Symphonic Sounds of Diana Ross (6’)*

 

JABARA / ROBERTS (Arr Fred Barton)

“No More Tears” (Enough is Enough) (5’)*

 

HORNER / JENNINGS (Arr Reineke)

“My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic (4’)*

 

DU PRUZ / IDLE (Arr T Firth)

Diva’s Lament from Spamalot (4’)*

 

ARLEN / HARBURG (Arr Skitch Henderson / Dick Lieb)

“Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz (4’)*

 

SCHWARTZ (Arr William David Brohn)

“Popular” from Wicked (3’)*

 

SCHWARTZ (Arr Randall Craig Fleischer)

“Defying Gravity” from Wicked (4’)*

 

SCHWARTZ

 

Steven Reineke’s recent guest conducting appearances include the orchestras of National (Washington, D.C.), Houston, Toronto, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Baltimore. He returns to the Boston Pops and The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2011 and debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. He made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2007 and returned to the Hollywood Bowl in 2008 to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mr. Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. Mr. Reineke is also an established symphonic composer. His works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America. A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio), where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honours in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City. Mr. Reineke is represented by Peter Throm Management, LLC.

 

Mr. Reineke last appeared with the ESO in February 2011.

Julia Murney last appeared on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked after playing the role on the national tour for which she received an Acclaim Award. Other New York credits include Lennon, Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (Drama Desk nomination), The Vagina Monologues, A Class Act, Saved, Crimes of the Heart, First Lady Suite, and Time and Again (Lucille Lortel nomination). She has also been seen regionally all over the U.S. at venues including Signature, Williamstown, Reprise!LA, Sacramento Music Circus, NCT, Lyric, Rubicon, and Goodspeed, to name a few. In concert, she has performed at Joe’s Pub, Feinstein’s, The Kennedy Center, Caramoor, Town Hall, and Birdland as well as with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and Steven Reineke and the Cincinnati Pops. Among her TV credits are 30 Rock, Sex and the City, Ed, NYPD Blue, all three Law and Order series, and about a gazillion voiceovers. 

 

A Syracuse University graduate, Julia Murney’s recordings include the original cast albums of The Wild Party and A Class Act, the Grammy nominated Actor’s Fund Benefit of Hair, and her first solo album I’m Not Waiting, which is available on Sh-K-Boom records, itunes, and at JuliaMurney.com.

 

This is Ms. Murney’s debut with the ESO.

Stephanie Block’s most recent Broadway smash was 9 to 5 working alongside Dolly Parton and Allison Janney. Before that, she was starring as Elphaba in the Broadway Company of Wicked. Audiences may also recognize her for her portrayal as Grace O’Malley in The Pirate Queen, and with Liza Minnelli opposite Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz. Stephanie also starred in the First National Touring Company of Wicked as Elphaba for which she won the 2006 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress.

 

Ms. Block has sung with the Utah Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Cleveland Pops, and many others. She was a soloist with the Boston Pops this past June. Some of her regional credits include They're Playing Our Song (opposite Jason Alexander), Funny Girl, Crazy For You (L.A. Ovation Award Nominee), Oliver (Critics Award, Best Actress), South Pacific, Will Rogers Follies, and the world premiere of Wicked. Her voice can be heard on a number of cast recordings, commercial jingles, as well as her solo album, This Place I Know.

 

This is Ms. Block’s debut with the ESO.