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QUEENS OF SOUL
Friday July 9 @ 7:30pm
QUEENS OF SOUL

TALCOTT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Carolyn Kuan, music director


The 2021Talcott Mountain Music Festival Series is presented by


QUEENS OF SOUL

Friday, July 9, 2021
7:30 p.m. / The Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows / Simsbury, CT

Rain or Shine!

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
SHAYNA STEELE, vocals
TAMIKA LAWRENCE, vocals
KELLY LEVESQUE, vocals

a Schirmer Theatrical/Greenberg
Artists co-production
Arrangements by Jeff Tyzik


PROUD MARY
by John Cameron Fogerty 
As Recorded by Tina Turner 

AT LAST
by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren 
As Recorded by Etta James

NEW ATTITUDE
by Jonathan Gilutin, Bunny Hull, Sharon Robinson 
As Recorded by Patti LaBelle

MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
by James Weatherly
As Recorded by Aretha Franklin

DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert 
As Recorded by Thelma Houston 

ROLLING IN THE DEEP
by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and Paul Richard Epworth 
As Recorded by Adele

THE BEST
by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman 
As Recorded by Tina Turner 

FALLIN‘
by Alicia Augello-Cook 
As Recorded by Alicia Keys 

I’M EVERY WOMAN
by Valerie Simpson and Nick Ashford 
As Recorded by Whitney Houston 

∼ INTERMISSION ∼

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle 
As Recorded by Tina Turner 

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam 
As Recorded by Whitney Houston 

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW
by Carole King and Gerald Goffin 
As Recorded by Amy Winehouse 

YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD
by Amy Winhouse 
As Recorded by Amy Winehouse 

HELLO
by Adele Laurie Blue Adkins and Gregory Allen Kurstin 
As Recorded by Adele

RESPECT
by Otis Redding 
As Recorded by Aretha Franklin 

I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVED YOU
by Ronny Shannon 
As Recorded by Aretha Franklin

FREEWAY OF LOVE
by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen 
As Recorded by Aretha Franklin 

YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN
by Carole King, Gerald Goffin and Gerald Wexler 
As Recorded by Carole King 

ALL ARRANGEMENTS LICENSED BY SCHIRMER THEATRICAL, LLC

Creative Team

Robert Thompson, Producer 
Jeff Tyzik, Producer & Arranger 
Jami Greenberg, Producer & Booking Agent 
Alyssa Foster, Producer 
Mary Helen Gustafson, Assistant Producer


The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.

As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.