Disney The Little Mermaid in Concertnov 25, 26

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Songs arranged by Alan Menken and Robby Merkin

Orchestrations by Thomas Pasatieri

Screenplay by Ron Clements and John Musker

Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker

voice cast

Louis René AuberjonoisEric Christopher Daniel Barnes

Ariel Jodi BensonUrsula Pat Carroll

Flotsam and Jetsam Paddi EdwardsScuttle Buddy Hackett

Flounder Jason MarinTriton Kenneth Mars

Carlotta Edie McClurgSeahorse Will RyanGrimsby Ben Wright

Sebastian Samuel E. Wright

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Today’s performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.

The performance is a presentation of the complete film The Little Mermaid with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members,

please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.

Disney The Little Mermaid in Concertwith the Minnesota Orchestra

Sarah Hicks, conductor

Saturday, November 25, 2017, 2 pm Orchestra HallSunday, November 26, 2017, 2 pm Orchestra Hall

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Artists nov 25, 26Sarah Hicks, conductor

Sarah Hicks, the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, has led abroad range of programs since joining the Orchestra as assistant conductor in 2006. During the2017-18 season, she conducts Orchestra performances with Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Pink Martini, Cloud Cult and Cirque de la Symphonie, a brand new Minnesota Orchestra holiday program, and film music concerts including La La Land, Raiders of the Lost Ark andHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Hicks makes her debuts this season with the CalgarySymphony and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. She has recently conducted theSan Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and San Diego Symphony, and debutedwith the major orchestras in Melbourne, Brisbane, Montreal, Toronto and Lisbon. More:minnesotaorchestra.org.

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Alan Menken, composer

Alan Menken’s music and lyrics have become an integral part of film and popular culture over the course of nearly four decades. His song and score credits for film musicals include Little Shop ofHorrors, The Little Mermaid, the animated and live action versionsof Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, TheHunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchantedand Tangled. He has also composed extensively for stage musicals,television, and additional films including Rocky V, Home Alone 2:Lost in New York, and Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger.Menken has won more Academy Awards than any other living individual, with eight Oscars® (four for Best Score and four forBest Song). Winner of the 2012 Tony and Drama Desk awards forhis score for the stage musical Newsies, he has also won 11Grammy® Awards (including Song of the Year for “A Whole NewWorld”), seven Golden Globes, London’s Evening Standard Award,the Olivier Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the DramaDesk Award. In 2010 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Howard Ashman, lyricist

Howard Ashman first came to prominence when, as founder andartistic director of New York’s WPA Theater, he conceived, wroteand directed a musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless YouMr. Rosewater, with music by Alan Menken. In 1982 he conceived,wrote and directed Little Shop of Horrors, again with music byMenken. The musical was immediately successful, leading to a hitmotion picture and Broadway and West End revivals. In 1986, Ashman wrote and directed the Broadway musical, Smile, whichfeatured music by Marvin Hamlisch. Turning his talents towardfilm, Ashman was pivotal in the renaissance of Disney animatedmusicals and in the development of Disney’s The Little Mermaid(Producer and Lyrics), Beauty and the Beast (Executive Producerand Lyrics) and Aladdin (Lyrics), all with music by Alan Menken.Ashman’s numerous awards include two Oscars®, two GoldenGlobes, four Grammys®, a Drama Desk and a London EveningStandard. He died in 1991 at age 40 from complications arisingfrom AIDS.

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