THEY ARE PLAYING OUR SONG is a hilarious romantic performance about an established composer (not unlike M. Hamlisch) and his relationship with a comical and ambitious young female songwriter (again not unlike C. B. Sager who at the time was M. Hamlisch’s steady girlfriend and co-writer)
So firstly there is Vernon Gersch, a neurotic composer always bantering on and finding pleasure in revealing personal problems to a tape recorder. Likewise there is Sonja Walsk who is a neurotic author with plenty repartees at hand as well as a wardrobe full of old stage costumes.
Together they try hard at keeping a professional relationship concurrent with a personal one, though the latter is constantly put to the test by Sonis’s ex-lover who frequently rings her, well aware that she has still got feelings for him.
SONGS:
Fallin',
If He Really Knew Me,
They're Playing Our Song,
Just for Tonight,
When You're in My Arms,
Right.
ORCHESTRATION:
Piano I: Conductor’s Score
Reed I: Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone
Reed II: Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone
Reed III: Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Trumpets I & II
Trombone I
Trombone II
Percussion: Timpani, Glockenspiel, Bells, Claves, Cabasa, Congas, Triangle etc.
Drums
Violins
Viola
Cello
Harp
Guitars I & II
Fender Bass
Keyboard II: Fender Rhodes
A sound effect tape with background music as well as Johnny Mathis’s song ‘I Still Believe in Love’ is available for lease.
