One Sunday a month, Detroit Cellist and Music Educator Cecelia Sharpe plays a mix of her favorite classical music. On “Live with C#”, Cecelia highlights a well-rounded and diverse variety of classical (and sometimes jazz) music, artists, composers, conductors, and ensembles. She invites you to join her for a musical journey.

Exact dates of “Live with C#” are announced monthly.

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Playlist for September 24, 2023
September Song
Kurt Weill/ Maxwell Anderson
George Shearing Quintet and String Choir
Ralph Carmichael, conductor
Nat King Cole, vocalist

Until September “Theme”
John Barry
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Nic Raine, conductor

Metamorphosis II (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
Philip Glass
Michael Riesman, arranger
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Akira Eguchi, piano

Symphony No. 5 in c minor Op. 67
1st Movement and 2nd Movement
Ludwig van Beethoven
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

“Dirait-on” from Les Chansons des Rose’s
Morten Lauridsen
American Boychoir
Asher Wulfman, boy soprano

“The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals (for harp and cello)
Camille Saint-Saens
William DeRosa, cello
Mariko Anraku, harp

September: At the River
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Sarah Rothenberg, piano

Citizen Kane Overture
Bernard Hermann
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman

Blackbird
Joao Pernambuco
Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

La Fiesta
Chick Corea
Michelle May, arranger
Musique Noire

Eleanor Rigby
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Musique Noire, arranger
Musique Noire

Variations on ‘Changes’
David Bowie
Mike Garson Piano

Songs of Separation: A Black Pierrot
William Grant Still
Kenneth Thompkins, trombone
Zhihua Tang, piano

Moments for Alto Trombone and Harp
II. Vocalist
III. Vivace
Maurice Draughn
Kenneth Thompkins, Alto trombone
Maurice Draughn, harp

My Woman’s Blues
Sydney Bechet
Devin Phillips, tenor/ soprano saxophone
Andrew Oliver, piano Fender Rhodes
Eric Gruber, bass
Mark DoFlorio, drums/ percussion

Dopamine
Caelin Amin
Tariq Gardner and the Evening Star
wsg/ Michael Martin, guitar

Besos de Venus
Tariq Gardner
Tariq Gardner and the Evening Star
wsg/ Allen Dennard, trumpet

Can’t Get Out of This Mood
Frank Loesser
Samara Joy, vocalist