In Harmony for Life – Fairview Hospice Annual Benefit Concerts
These Annual Benefit Concerts support the compassionate care of Fairview Hospice, a division of Fairview Health Services. In 2012, Fairview Hospice and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra asked Norah to perform as the guest soloist for their 7th Annual Benefit Concert, performing a repertoire of operetta pieces in Italian and English as a centerpiece for the orchestra's concert. Norah's 2012 performance was such an overwhelming success with the audience and the organization that they asked her to return in 2013 with a full-length program of her own creation for their 8th annual concert. With 2013 marking the first time Metropolitan Symphony would not perform at the benefit, Norah chose to bring a fresh energy and dynamic to the event, including a duet for soprano and dancer and an audience kazoo-and-sing-along! Norah created her own instrumental arrangements for each song and also acted as emcee for the event.
April 28, 2012 Program:
Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert)
Romance (from The Desert Song by Sigmund Romberg)
O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini)
On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine (from Guiditta by Franz Lehar)
accompanied by Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of William Schrickel
Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert)
Romance (from The Desert Song by Sigmund Romberg)
O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini)
On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine (from Guiditta by Franz Lehar)
accompanied by Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of William Schrickel
Norah performing Meine Lippen (On My Lips), with shoes kicked off
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Norah with a patron after the concert
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April 27, 2013 Program:
Cockeyed Optimist (from South Pacific by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Spoonful of Sugar (from Mary Poppins by Robert B. Sherman)
Singin' in the Rain (from Singin' in the Rain by Herb Brown and Arthur Freed)
Make Someone Happy (from Do Re Mi by Jule Styne)
Lovable Lunatic (from Seesaw by Ken Howard)
Nobody's Perfect (from I Do! I Do! by Harvey Schmidt)
Like It Was (from Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim)
It's Not Where You Start (from Seesaw by Ken Howard)
Put On a Happy Face (from Bye Bye Birdie by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)
Keep On the Sunny Side (by Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle)
You Are My Sunshine (by Oliver Hood)
For Good (from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz)
Not While I'm Around (from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim)
You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Lascia Ch'io Pianga (from Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel)
How Glory Goes (from Floyd Collins by Adam Guettel)
Anything Can Happen (from Mary Poppins by George Stiles)
accompanied by Michael Pearce Donley (piano/vocals), Jacqueline Ultan (cello), Dana Mathewson (woodwinds), Gregory Traxler (percussion), and Tamara Ober (dance)
Cockeyed Optimist (from South Pacific by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Spoonful of Sugar (from Mary Poppins by Robert B. Sherman)
Singin' in the Rain (from Singin' in the Rain by Herb Brown and Arthur Freed)
Make Someone Happy (from Do Re Mi by Jule Styne)
Lovable Lunatic (from Seesaw by Ken Howard)
Nobody's Perfect (from I Do! I Do! by Harvey Schmidt)
Like It Was (from Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim)
It's Not Where You Start (from Seesaw by Ken Howard)
Put On a Happy Face (from Bye Bye Birdie by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)
Keep On the Sunny Side (by Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle)
You Are My Sunshine (by Oliver Hood)
For Good (from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz)
Not While I'm Around (from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim)
You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Lascia Ch'io Pianga (from Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel)
How Glory Goes (from Floyd Collins by Adam Guettel)
Anything Can Happen (from Mary Poppins by George Stiles)
accompanied by Michael Pearce Donley (piano/vocals), Jacqueline Ultan (cello), Dana Mathewson (woodwinds), Gregory Traxler (percussion), and Tamara Ober (dance)