Jessye Norman in recital: “Hooray for Love!”

By Jacob Slattery, 17 February 2015

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 14 February 2015

Kern, The Song Is You

Rodgers, Lover

Rodgers, Falling in Love With Love

Satie, Je te veux

Rodgers, With a Song in My Heart

Gershwin, Girl Crazy: I Got Rhythm

Weill, J'ai peur de l'Automne (September Song)

Kern, Very warm for May: All the things you are

Gershwin, But Not For Me

Poulenc, Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia

Gershwin, The Man I Love

Ellington, Sophisticated Lady

Arlen, Stormy Weather

Gershwin, Love walked in

Bernstein, Lucky to Be Me

Arlen, Hooray for Love

Porter, In the Still of the Night

Scotto, J'ai deux amours

Duke, April in Paris

Bizet, Carmen: "Habanera", L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Rodgers, Babes in arms: My Funny Valentine

Jessye Norman, Soprano

Mark Markham, Piano

Colin Davin, Guitar, Mandolin

Ron Carter, Double Bass

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Jacob Slattery

Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.

“Hooray for Love!” Jessye Norman and Mark Markham perform love songs from the Great American Songbook