Dr. Alan Silverstein presents

Daryl Sherman and John Wallowitch

A program of Cole Porter and George Gershwin, and how their neurological symptoms relate to their music.

Who's who at our October meeting..(clockwise, starting upper left) Peter Howard sings Steve Ross' "Regrets"; Dr. Alan Silverstein narrates the program; John Wallowitch plays Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"; Daryl Sherman and John; Daryl and John; and Daryl, building Gershwin's "Stairway to Paradise", before hurrying to the Waldorf and THE (or, now, her) Cole Porter piano.

Again, our membership had a terrific opening meeting.  Steve Ross, unable to attend, sent his apology, via veteran pinch-hitter and full time star performer, Peter Howard, who sang Porter's "Miss Otis Regrets", establishing the fact that Steve was genuinely sorry he could not attend.  Those who did attend were treated to an extremely interesting analysis by Dr. Silverstein concerning the neurological problems that afflicted the two composers.  It was also very clear that there was nothing wrong whatsoever with the performances of our two headliners, Daryl and John.  Their duets were brilliant, as were their solo numbers.  John also displayed his versatility by playing Gershwin's most famous composition, "Rhapsody in Blue," as well as the Broadway and Hollywood songs.  Daryl had to get back to her real job of playing the Cole Porter piano at the Waldorf.  Who could ask for anything more?

Rhapsody in Blue......John Wallowitch

Stairway to Paradise.....Daryl Sherman

Embraceable You.....Daryl Sherman

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.....Daryl Sherman, John Wallowitch

Things are Looking Up.....Daryl Sherman

For You, For Me, Forevermore.....Daryl Sherman

Songs of Cole Porter

Let's Do It.....Daryl Sherman

Hasta Luego.....John Wallowitch

Katie Went to Haiti.....John Wallowitch

Night and Day.....John Wallowitch

Begin the Beguine.....John Wallowitch

Don't Fence Me In.....John Wallowitch

Dr. Silverstein is a Board Certified Neurologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.  He has published 65 medical papers and edited one medical text book.  In the last several years, he has combined his occupation (Neurology) with his hobby (Our Kind of Music).  A few years ago, he presented a collection of songs related to medicine at the Society and now he is presenting second phase of his interest, i.e. neurological history of certain composers and how this affected their musical production.