Let's Dance!

The John Alexander Singers team up with Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe in arrangements of popular dance-themed song selections made famous by award-winning artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, and Pharrell Williams. In addition, piano duo Reid Alexander and Jo Ellen DeVilbiss are featured guests in American and Norwegian folk dance settings, and one of Brahm's most beloved compositions, the famously romantic Liebeslieder Waltzes.

Performers:

Pacific Chorale's John Alexander Singers

Reid Alexander and Jo Ellen DeVilbiss, piano duo

Bill Cunliffe with his Jazz Trio and Imaginación

John Alexander, conducting

Program:

The Boatman's Dance from Old American Songs (Aaron Copland)

Navajo War Dance (Arthur Farwell)

Stomp Your Foot! from The Tender Land (Aaron Copland)

Norwegian Dance for Two Pianos (Edvard Grieg)

Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65 (Johannes Brahms)

Come Dance With Me (Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn)

Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin)

The Girl from Ipanema (Antônio Carlos Jobim)

Shoot the Moon (Bill Cunliffe)

Moon River (Henry Mancini)

Só Danço Samba (Antônio Carlos Jobim)

Happy (Pharrell Williams)

The Last Dance (Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn)

Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)