Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' Festival Chorus - Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing

Choral Singing / Sydney Philharmonia 

Dates & Venue:

Saturday 26 September 2015, 1:30pm
Sunday 27 September 2015, 1:30pm
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

A rare concert performance of 'Of Thee I Sing' by  George Gershwin (music) and brother Ira Gershwin (lyrics). Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.  Presented by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (Festival Chorus) in collaboration with Squabbalogic. 



The complete 1931 Pulitzer Prize winning musical will be recreated live on stage in a special concert performance featuring four talented singer-actors, a choir of 400 and an orchestra playing the original orchestrations from 1931. Produced in collaboration with Sydney's most prolific music theatre company, Squabbalogic (The Drowsy Chaperone), this is a first for Sydney and not to be missed as words and music come together in the political satire 'Of Thee I Sing'.

Here's a sneak peek of our rehearsals for George and Ira Gershwin's  Of Thee I Sing, timely for the composer's (George Gershwin) birthday.  In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 





Artists:

Conductor: Brett Weymark
Asst. Chorus Master: Chris Cartner
Director: Jay James-Moody

Sydney Philharmonia - Festival Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra

David Berry - Wintergreen
Blake Erickson - Fulton, Jenkins
Nathan Farrow - Gilhooley, Lyons
Courtney Glass - Mary
Jay James-Moody - Throttlebottom
Jaimie Leigh Johnson - Diana
Rob Johnson - Lippman, Jones

Costume Designer: Brendan Hay
Assistant Director: Kaleigh Wilkie-Smith
Production Assistants: Katherine Holmes, Lauren Holmes


Interesting Links:

Gershwin 'Of Thee I Sing'   Uploaded by Attila Keri. Accessed August 19, 2015.

Gershwin. Of Thee I Sing. Tilson Thomas. Uploaded by Arquivista dos Sons. Accessed August 19, 2015.  

Reviews: 

Of Thee I Sing review: Old-school misogyny ruins Squabbalogic's take on Gershwin, by Peter McCallum.  The Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 28, 2015.

Of Thee I Sing (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Squabbalogic), by Steve Muffat.  Limelight: Australia's Classical Music and Arts Magazine. September 28, 2015.

Of Thee I Sing. Daily Review, by Ben Neutze. September 30, 2015.

Video Credit:

'Of Thee I Sing.'  Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed August 19, 2015


Resources: 

Gershwin musical Of Thee I Sing shines a light on the farce of politics. The Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed September 20, 2015.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. (Available at the time of access). September 11, 2015.

Of Thee I Sing. Blake Erickson. Accessed September 30, 2015. 


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