helen schneider “a walk on the weill side” – 26 oct 1989, hebbel theatre, berlin, germany

weill and sondheim!  in one tidy 2 hour package!  while i have a lot of weill, i don’t have much sondheim.  though i downloaded ‘sweeney todd’ yesterday, on the foot of running across this.  years ago – 12? 13?- i saw a phenomenal production of ‘sweeney todd’; an internet search suggests it must have been the 2007 production at the gate.  anyway, it was marvelous, probably my favorite of the musicals that i’ve seen.

helen schneider: “a walk on the weill side” live at hebbel-theater, berlin, 26-10-1989

helen schneider – vocals
bruce w. coyle – piano, original musical direction and arrangements
compositions by stephen sondheim respectively kurt weill, if not otherwise indicated.

part 1: the stephen sondheim side
1. move [from ‘sunday in the park with george’]
2. everybody says don’t [from ‘anyone can whistle’]
3. another hundred people [from ‘company’]
4. now you know [ from ‘merrily we roll along’]
5. there won’t be trumpets [from ‘anyone can whistle’]
6. anyone can whistle [from ‘anyone can whistle’]
7. broadway baby [from ‘follies’]
8. uptown, downtown [from ‘follies’]
9. can that boy foxtrot [from ‘follies’]
10. not while i’m around [from ‘sweeney todd’]
11. old friends [from ‘merrily we roll along’]
12. what more do i need? [from ‘saturday night’]
13. getting married today [from ‘company’]
14. send in the clowns [from ‘a little night music’]
15. losing my mind [from ‘follies’]

part 2: the kurt weill side
1. mack the knife [from ‘dreigroschenoper’, lyrics: b. brecht]
2. barbara’s song [from ‘dreigroschenoper’, lyrics: b. brecht]
3. pirate jenny [from ‘dreigroschenoper’, lyrics: b. brecht]
4. surabaya johnny [from ‘happy end’, lyrics: b. brecht]
5. i wait for a ship [from ‘marie galante’, lyrics: j. deval]
6. my ship [from ‘lady in the dark’, lyrics: i. gershwin]
7. how can you tell an american [from ‘knickerbocker holiday’, lyrics: m. anderson]
8. progress [from ‘love life’, lyrics: a.j. lerner]
9. stranger here myself [from ‘one touch of venus’, lyrics: o. nash]
10. mon ami, my friend [from ‘johnny johnson’, lyrics: p. green]
11. september song [from ‘knickerbocker holiday’, lyrics: m. anderson]
12. it never was you [from ‘knickerbocker holiday’, lyrics: m. anderson]
13. what good would the moon be [from ‘street scene’, lyrics: l. hughes]
14. introduction of the staff
15. somewhere [from ‘west side story’, music: leonard bernstein/ lyrics: stephen sondheim]
16. johnny’s song [from ‚johnny johnson’; lyrics: p. green; part]

lineage:
part 1: fm (technics st-500) => audio tape => hd (sound blaster live!) => flac (eac)
part 2: master tape => tape ? => audio tape => hd (sound blaster live!) => flac (eac)

samples:
1-02 everybody says dont.mp3
2-03 pirate jenny.mp3
download: HelenSchneider_1989-10-26_HebbelTheater_Berlin.zip

covers  from original download