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5454 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE
Springtime in Parismar 3
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8 pm Orchestra Hall
Springtime in Pariswith the Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Robb Asklof, vocals • Kersten Rodau, vocals
Gil Gutiérrez, guitar • Patrick Harison, accordion
U.S. Bank Pops Season
Stanley Edens/arr. George Maurer
Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli/arr. Adi Yeshaya
Michel LeGrand/arr. Yeshaya
Louis Guglielmi/arr. Aaron Grad
Joseph Colombo/Tony Murena/arr. John Hedges
Francis Lai/arr. Maurer
Django Reinhardt/arr. Yeshaya
George Gershwin
Jacob Gade/arr. Hedges
Claude Debussy/arr. André Caplet
David Baerwald/arr. Maurer
Django Reinhardt/arr. Yeshaya
André Popp/arr. Maurer
Bonjour Paris, from Funny Face Kersten Rodau and Robb Asklof
Minor Swing Gil Gutiérrez
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
La Vie en rose Kersten Rodau
Indifférence Patrick Harison
Un Homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman)
Daphne Gil Gutiérrez
An American in Paris
Jalousie Patrick Harison
Clair de lune
Come What May, from Moulin Rouge Kersten Rodau and Robb Asklof
Nuages Gil Gutiérrez
L’amour est bleu (Love is Blue) Kersten Rodau
I N T E R M I S S I O N ca. 20’
M i n n e s o t a O r c h e s t r a All materials copyright © 2012 by the Minnesota Orchestra.
55FEBRUARY / MARCH 2012 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
Singer-actress Kersten Rodau performed with the Minnesota Orchestra twice before, in Bernstein’s Mass in 2009 and Grieg’s Peer Gynt in 2007. She recently played Emma Goldman in Park Square Theatre’s production of Ragtime. She has also appeared in productions of the Guthrie Theater, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Ordway Center, North Star Opera, Opera Roanoke and Bloomington Civic Theatre.
Guitarist and composer Gil Gutiérrez has performed twice at Orchestra Hall with
Doc Severinsen and the San Miguel Five, also known as El Ritmo de la Vida. His many projects
include performances of his original compositions with the New York Choral Society; scoring such
fi lms as El Cochero, Una Causa Noble and El Alcázar de Chapultepec; and recording a
new CD with Severinsen, due out in 2012.
mar 3Springtime in Paris
Th e Springtime in Paris program was produced for the Minnesota Orchestra by Sarah Hicks and Lilly Schwartz.
Vernon Duke/arr. Chuck Sayre
Joseph Kosma/arr. Grad
Charles Dumont/arr. Grad
Joseph Colombo/Tony Murena/arr. Hedges
April in Paris
Les feuilles morts (Autumn Leaves) Robb Asklof
Non, je ne regrette rien (No, I don’t regret anything) Robb Asklof
Passion Patrick Harison
Sarah Hicks, conductorProfi le appears on page 71.
Tenor Robb Asklof is a veteran of many Minnesota Orchestra productions, most recently
“A Scandinavian Christmas” and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. He has sung with orchestras and
opera companies across the U.S., including the Santa Fe Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orlando
Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Western Plains Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Chautauqua Opera and Skylark Opera.
Accordionist Patrick Harison, now making his Minnesota Orchestra debut, is also a composer and bandleader who has performed extensively in New Orleans, New York and his native Minnesota. He has been a member of the Panorama Jazz Band, Loose Marbles and the Baby Soda Jazz Band, which he co-founded, and has appeared at international festivals. In 2005 he won a McKnight Artist Fellowship.
M i n n e s o t a O r c h e s t r a All materials copyright © 2012 by the Minnesota Orchestra.
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