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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 25, 2018 0:30:22 GMT -5
Performance from Friday at the City Hall now on Youtube
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 25, 2018 0:43:41 GMT -5
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 25, 2018 0:51:51 GMT -5
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Post by ursus on Nov 25, 2018 2:30:28 GMT -5
Some disagreement in the last two posts as to whether cameras were allowed.
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 25, 2018 14:36:51 GMT -5
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 25, 2018 14:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Willyiam on Nov 25, 2018 15:28:02 GMT -5
A review and set list from Steve March on Facebook;
"Despite the weather outside being frightful (a lot of heavy rain and wind), I experienced a delightful "Christmas in Ocean City" concert. Jackie's voice was strong as usual and put on a great performance. She was accompanied by her musical director and pianist Peter Kiesewalter and a 8 piece string ensemble. For the first set, she wore a black and silver sparkling dress and for the second set she wore an all white sparkling dress. I tried to take pictures with my iPhone but all of them turned out over exposed do to the lighting (maybe Samsungs are better at taking pictures). I noticed Jackie's parents were present as well (Dad beside the stage and Mom sitting in the first row). Before the encore, Jackie had to take off her shoes on stage because she said her feet were killing her. Also during the encore (White Christmas), it snowed artificial snow."
Setlist:
Set 1: Believe Imagine/Ava Maria Think of Me Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) If God be for us (Peter Kiesewalter on vocals and piano) My Favorite Things Wish You were Somehow Here Again O Mio Babbino Caro Impossible Dream
Intermission
Set 2: O Holy Night The First Noel Merry Christmas Darling How Great Thou Art (Standing Ovation) A Charlie Brown Christmas Song Medley (Peter Kiesewalter on piano) Walking in the Air I’ll be Home for Christmas Music of the Night (Standing Ovation) Somewhere O Come, All Ye Faithful (Standing Ovation)
Encore White Christmas (Standing Ovation)
My set list following shortly.
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Post by ursus on Nov 25, 2018 15:50:33 GMT -5
A review and set list from Steve March on Facebook;
Setlist:
Set 1: Believe Imagine/Ava Maria Think of Me Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) If God be for us (Peter Kiesewalter on vocals and piano) My Favorite Things Wish You were Somehow Here Again O Mio Babbino Caro Impossible Dream
Intermission
Set 2: O Holy Night The First Noel Merry Christmas Darling How Great Thou Art (Standing Ovation) A Charlie Brown Christmas Song Medley (Peter Kiesewalter on piano) Walking in the Air I’ll be Home for Christmas Music of the Night (Standing Ovation) Somewhere O Come, All Ye Faithful (Standing Ovation)
Encore White Christmas (Standing Ovation)
My set list following shortly.
I think that the following haven't been sung in concert, at least in the last few years: My Favorite Things First Noel Merry Christmas Darling Walking in the Air O Come, All Ye Faithful
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Post by rlhamil on Nov 25, 2018 16:05:17 GMT -5
On the photos: as I recall, the black and white dress was first half, the white one was second half.
The photos don't do the black and white one justice. It was evidently form-fitting and elastic, and nearly backless. As might be appropriate for a Christmas program, neither was as daring as the metallic one was; but neither was in danger of being too tame. :-)
She took off her sparkly high heels for the encore, and joked that that was how short she really was; Peter lowered her mic stand while she did that, purposely a bit more than needed, but she kidded that he still got pretty close.
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Post by rlhamil on Nov 25, 2018 16:13:37 GMT -5
I think that the following haven't been sung in concert, at least in the last few years: My Favorite Things First Noel Merry Christmas Darling Walking in the Air O Come, All Ye Faithful
I'm not sure whether she's ever done My Favorite Things before. I have a kind of feeling she might have in concert two or more years ago, but I certainly don't recall any videos or the like. And except for the YouTube with Uncle Matt, I don't know that she's ever done Merry Christmas Darling before. On Somewhere and Merry Christmas Darling, she just slightly channels Streisand and Karen Carpenter respectively, enough that we notice the similarity, but not so much as to prevent her from making them her own. The set list appears consistent with my recollection. PK's Charley Brown Christmas medley was well received too, IMO. In some of the jazzed-up Christmas song bits before the familiar theme (the appearance of that theme got the audience's attention), he was getting expressive sounds out of the piano that I just have no idea how he did it.
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Post by Willyiam on Nov 25, 2018 17:37:44 GMT -5
Unless told otherwise, my assumption is the Caccini-Vavilov version of Ave Maria!
2018/11/24 - 1st Christmas Concert of 2018 Conductor: Peter Kiesewalter - Piano and Keyboard Orchestra: String Octet (4 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos) Members of Ocean City Pops Ocean City, NJ 7:30 PM EDT Ocean City Music Pier Set List: 01. Orchestra: Jackie's Intro 02. Believe 03. Imagine 04. Ava Maria (Caccini-Vavilov) 05. Think of Me 06. Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (The Christmas Song) 07. If God Be For Us (Peter Kiesewalter on vocals and piano) 08. My Favorite Things 09. Wish You Were Somehow Here Again 10. O Mio Babbino Caro 11. Impossible Dream Intermission 12. O Holy Night 13. The First Noel 14. Merry Christmas Darling 15. How Great Thou Art (SO) 16. Orchestra: A Charlie Brown Christmas Song Medley 17. Walking In The Air 18. I’ll Be Home For Christmas 19. Music of the Night (SO) 20. Somewhere 21. O Come, All Ye Faithful (SO) 22. Encore: White Christmas (SO)
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 26, 2018 3:12:10 GMT -5
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Nov 26, 2018 3:25:17 GMT -5
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Post by agog on Nov 26, 2018 5:14:36 GMT -5
Before the encore, Jackie had to take off her shoes on stage because she said her feet were killing her. This is the second time I'm aware of that Jackie removed her high heeled shoes just before her encore. Get some sensible shoes Jackie.
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Post by rlhamil on Nov 26, 2018 6:19:37 GMT -5
Before the encore, Jackie had to take off her shoes on stage because she said her feet were killing her. This is the second time I'm aware of that Jackie removed her high heeled shoes just before her encore. Get some sensible shoes Jackie. By the ideal dimensions for visibility, she is short. Two or three extra inches helps, at the expense of comfort and being able to move around more freely. Had this been a non-holiday concert with lots of dance-able music, other shoes would have been "sensible". Every choice and situation involves trade-offs. It all fit together with set list, outfits, etc, so IMO the choices were fine.
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