While I was in TheatreBooks picking up a copy (finally!) of Reading Lyrics by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball (a collection of more than a thousand of the finest lyrics from 1900 to 1975), I picked up a flyer for "The Song Is You": The Life and Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II.

On May 19, for one night only at the Hummingbird Centre, Richard Ouzounian will narrate and direct a show dedicated to the memorable classics penned by Hammerstein. With musical direction by David Warrack of the Canada Pops and soloists Elizabeth Beeler, Fred Love, Charlotte Moore (whose CD Friends of Mine I have raved about in a previous post) and Marcus Nance. Also featured will be conductor Noel Edison and the 60 voices of the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers.

Go to www.ticketmaster.ca for tickets.

What a wonderful way to nourish your spirit, while helping to nourish thousands of children and adults struggling with hunger in Toronto!

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