Identifier9319740
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeFlac
Media Count1
Sound RatingB+
Trades Allowed
Performance
A Prairie Home Companion 1987-12-?? The World Theater, St. Paul, MN
Set 1stage intro 1
stage intro 2
Medley
stage intro
Audience singalong
"On the Road to Boston",
Traditional, Gunther Schuller arrangement
"The Cough"
"The Steamboat Waltz",
Traditional, Gunther Schuller arrangement
stage intro
"The Ice Music"
- music G.F. Handel, lyrics and narration G. Keillor etc
stage announcements (fades out)
"The Christmas Song",
- Mel Tormé and Bob Wells [1944],
additional lyrics by G. Keillor etc.
stage intro
"La Donna é mobile",
Giuseppe Verdi, from the opera "Rigoletto [1851];
additional lyrics by G. Keillor etc


outro
Part 2 [incomplete]
Medley, Percy Grainger tunes
stage intro
"The Frozen Fountain",
Patricia Hampl, lyrics
and Libby Larsen, music from her cantata "In a Winter Garden" [1982]
stage intro
Garrison Keillor: "The Cowboy's Christmas"
stage intro for John Koerner
John Koerner: "Sail Away Ladies"
John Koerner: "The Danville Girl"
Garrison Keillor: "A Letter from a Friend" [cut short]

Set 2

Set 3

CommentA Prairie Home Companion
with Garrison Keillor
and guests "Spider" John Koerner, guitar and vocals
Dan Dressen, tenor
Elizabeth Nelson [?], sporano
The Prairie Home Companion Pro Arte Orchestra
Philip Brunelle, harpsichord and conducting
live at
The World Theater
St. Paul, Minnesota USA
recorded in December, pre-1987*
repeat broadcast in December of 1989
on NPR/WGBH-FM Boston
[incomplete broadcast]

Pre-Christmas Program
with a chamber orchestra instead of the usual band arrangements.