Sweet Corn Productions is devoted to highly entertaining
presentations that affirm self-esteem and social equality.
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Sweet Corn 1986 Concert Series
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Directed and co-produced by Steve Bryant, co-produced by Demian
All the concerts were performed at the
First Christian Church, 1632 Broadway, Seattle, Washington.
All songs sung in English.
= Program 1 =
February 9, 1986
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Songs made famous by Shirley Temple
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Codfish Ball
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Lew Pollack/Sidney Mitchell
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The Right Somebody to Love
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Lew Pollack/Jack Yellen
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An Account-a I Love You
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Sam H. Stept/Bud Green
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Canzonets by Thomas Morley (16th cent.)
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I Go Before My Darling
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Thomas Morley
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O Thou That Art So Cruel
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Thomas Morley
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Lo Here Another Love
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Thomas Morley
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When Loe, by Break of Morning
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Thomas Morley
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19th Century American Songs
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Kitty Popcorn
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Henry Clay Work
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Beautiful Dreamer
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Stephen Foster
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Buckskin Bag of Gold
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Henry Clay Work
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Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love
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Stephen Foster/Shakespeare
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Songs form Demian’s marionette opera
“Scaredy-Kate & the Monsters - or -
How to Pay the Rent”
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Big Fat’s Song
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Josef Haydn/Demian
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Good Morning
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Josef Haydn/Demian
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Dragon Song
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Josef Haydn/Demian
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Cynical and Serious Love Songs
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Despina’s Aria
from Cosi fan Tutte
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W.A. Mozart
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Pal of Mine
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Gitz Rice
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Don Giovanni and Zerlina’s Duet
from Don Giovanni
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W.A. Mozart
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Singers
Steve Bryant, tenor
Brad Curtis, baritone
Yvonne DeCoursey, soprano
Demian, tenor
Randi Ravitts, soprano
Music direction and piano by Steve Bryant
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= Program 2 =
March 9, 1986
Music of Glück, Josef Haydn, W.A. Mozart
Script, lyrics, direction by Demian
Castrato played and sung by Steve Bryant
Pianist Howard Hoyt
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Beautiful Dreamer
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Stephen Foster
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Shark Song
from Davy Jones’ Locker
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Steve Bryant/Demian
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Sweet Zoo
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Jeffrey D. Harris
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Tale of the Oyster
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Cole Porter
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I Go Before My Darling
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Thomas Morley
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When Loe, by Break of Morning
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Thomas Morley
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Despina’s Aria
from Cosi fan Tutte
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W.A. Mozart
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Wilt Thou be Gone?
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Stephen Foster
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Singers
Steve Bryant, countertenor
Yvonne DeCoursey, soprano
Demian, tenor
Randi Ravitts, soprano
Music direction by Steve Bryant
Pianist Howard Hoyt
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= Program 3 =
April 13, 1986
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A Heart That’s Free
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Alfred Robyn/Thomas Railey
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Queen of the Night - Act I aria
from The Magic Flute
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W.A. Mozart
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Dear Old Pal of Mine
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Gitz Rice
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Let the Dreadful Engines
from Don Quixote
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Henry Purcell/D’Urfey
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Dido and Aeneas, Act I
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Henry Purcell/Tate
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Tale of the Oyster
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Cole Porter
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Dialogue on a Kiss
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Henry Lawes/Robert Herrick
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Songs from One Touch of Venus
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My Foolish Heart
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Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash
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Wonderful Him
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Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash
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Speak Low
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Kurt Weill/Ogden Nash
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When the Moon Comes
Over the Mountain
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Kate Smith/et al.
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime
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Jay Gorney/E.Y. Harburg
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Smiles: A radio play by Demian
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Smiles
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Lee S. Roberts/
J. Will Callahan
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Singers
Ed Christian, baritone
Yvonne DeCoursey, soprano
Demian, tenor
Randi Ravitts, soprano
Music direction by Steve Bryant
Piano by Howard Hoyt and Steve Bryant
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