OPEN EYE MAINSTAGE

 

Song List

"Welcome", lyrics by Bradley Greenwald and music by Harvey Schmidt

"So Far Away", lyrics and music by Carole King

To Winter, by William Blake

"The Cold Song" (King Arthur), lyrics by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell

Ancient Music, (parody) by Ezra Pound

"Winter Has Me in Its Grip", lyrics and music by Don McLean

A Word About Winter, by Ogden Nash

"The Shortest Day of the Year", lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers

from Small Poems for the Winter Solstice, by Margaret Atwood

"You Only Cross My Mind in Winter", lyrics by Sting and music by J.S. Bach (Cello Suite No.6, iv: Sarabande)

"Icicles", music by J. Benjamin Druskin

"Celebration" (Celebration), lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt

A Severe Lack of Holiday Spirit, by Amy Gerstler

"The Christians and the Pagans", lyrics and music by Dar Williams

"The Shortest Day of the Year", lyrics and music by Brad Kay

from The Hero With a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell

The Sun, by Mary Oliver

"Bored" (Celebration), lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt

Haiku Inspired By My Seasonal Affective Disorder, by Lindsey Finn

"Shepherd's boy" (Lyric Pieces, Book V, Op.54: No. 1), music by Edvard Grieg

"The Organ-Grinder" (Winterreise), lyric from Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert

"In darkness let me dwell", lyric by anonymous and music by John Dowland

You Darkness, by Rainer Maria Rilke

"Anthem", lyrics and music by Leonard Cohen

from Small Poems for the Winter Solstice, by Margaret Atwood

"Let the Sunshine In" (Hair), lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot

Prayer at Winter Solstice, by Dana Gioia

"My Soul", lyrics and music by Peter Mayer

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Created and Performed by Bradley Greenwald
With Pianist Sonja Thompson