Cancelled: The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 7 PM Zankel Hall

Photo by David Scherman

After two sold-out shows, The Vietnam War: At Home and Abroad (2018) and We Chose to Go to the Moon (2019), John Monsky returns with a new multimedia presentation that tells the powerful story of the American landing on the Normandy beaches and subsequent 11 months of battle that finally secured victory in Europe. Ian Weinberger (Hamilton) conducts Orchestra of St. Luke’s with vocalists Nick Cordero, Kate Rockwell, Tony LePage, and Bryonha Parham in a performance of songs of the era and selections from the soundtracks of Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Directed by Peter Flynn, the evening provides dramatic enhancement to striking photos by Lee Miller, one of the 127 accredited female journalists of the war.

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Performers

John Monsky, Creator and Narrator
Peter Flynn, Director
Ian Weinberger, Music Supervisor and Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Nick Cordero, Vocalist
Kate Rockwell, Vocalist
Tony LePage, Vocalist
Bryonha Parham, Vocalist

Program

KANDER / EBB "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" from Cabaret

ARLEN / MERCER "Blues in the Night"

JOHN WILLIAMS "Revisiting Normandy" from Saving Private Ryan

GUTHRIE "What Are We Waiting On"

GARLAND / RAZAF "In the Mood"

KAMEN Main Theme from Band of Brothers

SOUSA "The Army Goes Rolling Along"

JEFFREY KLITZ "Too Young to Say Goodbye"

PIAF / LOUIGUY / MARGUERITE MONNOT "La vie en rose"

KAMEN "Discovery of the Camp" from Band of Brothers

HOLLAENDER / LOESSER "The Boys in the Back Room"

JOHN WILLIAMS "Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan

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Cancelled: The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day

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