Heritage Medley

Sedenkarska

Bulgarian (Dobrudzha) folk song

Taka taka taka
Sedenka se pravi mama me ne poushta,
Toku vika vika sla gai da vecheram.

Words and music traditional
As performed by Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
Arranged by Петър Льондев (Petar Lyondev, 1936–2018)

Mr. Blue Sky

Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long.
Where did we go wrong?

As performed by Electric Light Orchestra
Words and music by Jeff Lynne (b. 1947)

Defying Gravity

Just you and I defying gravity,
With you and I defying gravity,
They'll never bring us down.

From Wicked
Words and music by Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)

Miserere Mei

Psalm 51

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea:
Et a peccato meo munda me.
(Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.)

Music by Gregorio Allegri (c. 1582–1652)

夏日倾情 (Summer Of Love)

I love you! 你會否聽見嗎?
你會否也像我?
秒秒等待遙遠仲夏?
(I love you! Can you hear?
Will you be like me,
waiting every second of every day
for summer to come?)

As performed by 黎明 (Leon Lai, b. 1966)
Music by 三木剛 (Miki Takashi, 1945–2009)
Words by 向雪懷 (Jolland Chan, b. 1958)

Sing

Sing, sing a song.
Make it simple to last your whole life long.
Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear,
just sing:

From Sesame Street
As performed by The Carpenters
Words and Music by Joe Raposo (1937–1989)

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

The Cherubim with many eyes and wingèd Seraphim
who veil their faces as they shout exultingly the hymn:

From the Liturgy of Saint James
Music by Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)

I Am What I Am

I am what I am,
I am my own special creation.

So come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovation.

It's my world that I want to have a little pride in,
My world, and it's not a place I have to hide in.

Life's not worth a damn, till I can say:

From La Cage aux Folles (musical)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (1931–2019)

When Darkly Looms The Day

With Strephon for your foe no doubt
A fearful prospect opens out,
And who shall say what evils may
Result in consequence?

A hideous vengeance will pursue
All noblemen who venture to
Oppose his views or boldly choose
To offer him offence.
Young Stephon is the kind of lout
We do not care a fig about.
We cannot say what evils may
Result in consequence.

But lordly vengeance will pursue
all kinds of common people who
Oppose our views or boldly choose
To offer us offence.

From Iolanthe
Music by Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
Words by W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911)

Starlight

Words and Music by Matt Bellamy (b. 1978)

Out There

About there just one day and then
I swear I'll be content with my share
Won't resent, won't despair
Old and bent I won't care.

I'll have spent one day out there.
(When I will live to tell the tale!
When I found a day to bid farewell!)

Out there!

From The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)
Music by Alan Menken (b. 1949)
Words by Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)

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