The Hollywood Songbook

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Wed
14 May
Newcastle City Hall

Event Description

Presented by Musica Viva Australia

In 2025 Musica Viva Australia celebrates 80 years of taking music across the length and breadth of Australia with a year of tradition, collaboration and innovation. Read more about Musica Viva's Season 2025 program.

Signum Saxophone Quartet and renegade opera star, Ali McGregor, reclaim the Hollywood Songbook in a journey from moody monochrome to vibrant technicolour. Trip the light fantastic from Berlin to Hollywood, via a Shakespearean tragedy, a Broadway musical and a Wild West rodeo in this sonic documentary of turbulent times. 

Artists

Ali McGregor voice

Signum Saxophone Quartet

Blaž Kemperle soprano saxophone

Jacopo Taddei alto saxophone

Alan Lužar tenor saxophone

Aram Poghosyan baritone saxophone

Program

Schulhoff Selections from Five Pieces for String Quartet

Traditional 'I’m a Poor Wayfaring Stranger'

**Weill '**One Life to Live' from Lady in the Dark

**Weill '**I’m a Stranger Here Myself' from One Touch of Venus

Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet

Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

**Berlin '**Let’s Face the Music, and Dance' from Follow the Fleet

Eisler Selections from The Hollywood Songbook

Copland Selections from Rodeo

**Porter '**So in Love' from Kiss Me, Kate

**Arlen '**Somewhere Over the Rainbow' from The Wizard of Oz

 

Running time 100 minutes. Running times are approximate and subject to change without notice. 

Student Rush tickets only available in the hour prior to the concert from the Ticket Office. Proof of current study must be produced.

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