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On this episode of Encore Houston, Kim Nazarian joins the Houston Chamber Choir for their concert “I Could Write a Book,” featuring popular music and jazz tunes by artists like Stevie Wonder and Sting.
Music in this episode:
- RICHARDS RODGERS/LORENZ HART: I Could Write a Book
- IVAN LINS/BROCK WALSH: Some Morning
- RAINER MARIA RILKE/ROBERT LEPLEY: My Life is Not this Steeply Sloping Hour
- Jennifer Crippen, Jack Byrom, Patrick Schneider, soloists
- SUNNY SKYLAR: Gotta Be This or That
- Wayne Ashley, soloist
- KIM NAZARIAN/JAY ASHBY: Still Life
- JAY ASHBY: Road to Kursk
- ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM/CHICO BUARQUE DE HOLANDA: Retrato em Branco e Preto
- STING: Invisible Sun
- Patrick Schneider, soloist
- DUKE ELLINGTON/SID KULLER: Bli Blip
- MARK SHILANKSY: All in My Heart
- STEVIE WONDER: If It’s Magic
- PETER ELDRIDGE/JAMES THURBER: Around Us
- Alphonso Seals, soloist
- JAY LIVINGSTON/RAY EVANS: Que Sera, Sera
- Liam Niznik, soloist from Parker Elementary School
- GUILLERMO NOJECHOWICZ: Samba de Maya
- David Caceres, saxophone
- Aric Schneller, tomrbone
- Jake Langley, guitar
- James Kalson, bass
- Robert Kazenel, drums
- Caramelo Torres, percussion
- Paul English, piano/trumpet
- Performance date: 2/3/2019
- Originally aired: 5/11/2019
New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.