Highlights from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"

George Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Libretto: DuBose Heyward

Act 1
Introduction (Orchestra)

Scene 1: Catfish Row, a Summer Evening
"Summertime"
"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"

Scene 2: Serena’s Room, the Following Night
"Where Is Brudder Robbins? He’s a Gone, Gone Gone"
"Overflow"
"My Man’s Gone Now"

Act 2
Scene 1: Catfish Row, a Month Later
"I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’"
"Lo’ Bess, Goin’ to Picnic?"
"Bess, You Is My Woman"
"Oh, I Can’t Sit Down"
"Porgy, I Hates to Go"

Scene 2: Kittiwah Island, Evening, the Same Day
"It Ain’t Necessarily So"
"Hear What I Tell You"
"What You Want wid Bess?"

Scene 3: Catfish Row, before Dawn, a Week Later
"Now de Time, oh Gawd – I Loves You, Porgy"

Act 3
Scene 1: Catfish Row, the Next Night
Andantino Dolente
"Clara, Clara – Jesus Is Walkin’ on de Water"

Scene 2: Catfish Row, the Next Afternoon
"Cheer Up Sistuh"
"There’s A Boat dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York"
"You Low Crawlin’ Hound!"

Scene 3: Catfish Row, a Week Later
"Thank Gawd I’s Home Again"
"Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way"