Jon Persson, Artistic Piano & Tasteful Accordion

Set List

Lounge, Atmosphere and Dining Room Strolling

(Almost all of the songs listed below are all played on both solo accordion and piano. With the addition of violin, the repertoire can be expanded to include more light classical pieces by Fritz Kreisler, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and others, as well as eastern European gypsy numbers and fiddle tunes such as “Orange Blossom Special”.)

Standards:
April in Paris, Blue Moon, Canadian Sunset, Crazy, Deep Purple, Dream a Little Dream, Falling in Love Again, Fascination, Georgia, Harbor Lights, I Just Called to Say I Love You, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, I Will Wait for You, Laura, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Love Story, Masquerade, My Way, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Old Cape Cod, Over the Rainbow, Que Sera Sera, Red Sails in the Sunset, September Song, Someone to Watch Over Me, Stardust, Strangers in the Night, Tea for Two, Tenderly, That’s Amore, Twilight Time, Unforgettable, Up a Lazy River, What a Wonderful World, The White Cliffs of Dover, You Made Me Love You

Broadway Show Tunes:
Ain't Misbehavin: Ain't Misbehavin', Honeysuckle Rose, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter)
Aspects of Love: Love Changes Everything
Babes In Arms: My Funny Valentine
Brigadoon: Almost Like Being in Love
Cabaret: Willkommen, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Cabaret
Camelot: Camelot, If Ever I Would Leave You
Carousel: If I Loved You, What's the Use of Wonderin', You'll Never Walk Alone
Cats: Memory
Chicago: Razzle Dazzle, All That Jazz
Chorus Line: One, What I Did for Love
Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina
The Fantasticks: Try to Remember
Fiddler on the Roof: Theme, Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset, If I Were a Rich Man
Funny Girl: Second Hand Rose, People, My Man
Finian's Rainbow: Look to the Rainbow, How are Things in Gloccamorra?
The Gay Divorcee: Night and Day
Gigi: Thank Heaven for Little Girls, Louise
Hello Dolly: Theme
Jumbo: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The King and I: Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You
Kismet: Stranger in Paradise
La Cage aux Folles: The Best of Times
Les Miserables: On My Own, Castle on A Cloud, Bring Him Home, I Dreamed a Dream
A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns
Mame: Theme
Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream
The Music Man: Till There Was You, 76 Trombones
My Fair Lady: Wouldn't It Be Loverly?, On the Street Where You Live, I Could Have Danced All Night
Oklahoma: Theme, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Surrey With the Fringe on the Top, People Will Say We're in Love
Oliver: Consider Yourself, As Long as He Needs Me
One Touch of Venus: Speak Low
Pal Joey: Bewitched
Phantom of the Opera: Theme, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, All I Ask, Think of Me, Music of the Night
Porgy & Bess: I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', Summertime
Showboat: Make Believe, Why Do I Love You, Bill, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Ol' Man River
The Sound of Music: Theme, How Do You Handle a Problem Like Maria?, Do Re Mi, Edelweiss, Climb Every Mountain
South Pacific: Bali Hai, Younger Than Springtime, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair, This Nearly Was Mine, Some Enchanted Evening
The Student Prince: Drink, Drink
Sunset Boulevard: With One Look, As if We Never Said Goodbye
Three Penny Opera: Mack the Knife
West Side Story: I Feel Pretty, Maria, Tonight
Whoopee!: Makin' Whoopee

International:

Italian Classics & Poplular Songs: Al Di La, Anema e Core, Arrividerci Roma, Cara Mia, Carnival of Venice, Ciao Ciao Bambina, Ciribiribin, Core n'Grato, La Danza, La Dolce Vita, Drinking Song ”Libiamo” (La Traviata - Verdi), E Lucevan le Stelle (Tosca - Puccini), Eh Marie, Ferry Boat Serenade (La Pincienella), Funiculi Funicula, Godfather Theme, The Isle of Capri, Mala Femmena, Mamma, More, Musetta’s Waltz ”Cuando M’en Vo” (La Boheme – Puccini), Nessun Dorma (Turandot - Puccini), O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi - Puccini), O Sole Mio , Return to Sorrento, Romeo and Juliet Theme, Santa Lucia, Tarantella, That's Amore, Three Coins in the Fountain, Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro), Un Bel Di (Madame Butterfly), Volare, Woodpecker Serenade

Spanish & Latin American: A Noite do Meu Bem, Adios Muchachos Tango (I Get Ideas), Adios Nonino, Albeniz' Tango in D, Amor, April in Portugal (Coimbra), Besame Mucho, Black Orpheus (A Day in the Life of a Fool), Camenito, Cielito Lindo, El Choclo Tango (Kiss of Fire), La Cumparsita Tango, Frenesi, The Girl from Ipanema, Granada, Green Eyes, Guantanamera, La Paloma, Malaguena, Maria Elena, Perfidia, Por una Cabeza Tango, Sabor a Mi, Solamente una Vez (You Belong to My Heart), Spanish Eyes, Verano Porteno

French: Autumn Leaves, Can-Can, Domino, Hymne a L’Amour, Mademoiselle de Paris, A Man and a Woman, La Mer, Milord, Moulin Rouge, Petite Fleur, Pigalle, The Poor People of Paris, La Seine, Under Paris Skies, La Vie en Rose

Russian & Eastern European: Czardas (Monti), Hopak, Hora Staccato, Moscow Nights, The Lark, Lezhginka, Ochi Chorniya (Dark Eyes), Rumanian Rhapsody, Russian Sailors' Dance, Those Were the Days, Two Guitars, Hungarian Dance #5 (Brahms)

German & Austrian: Beer Barrel Polka (Rosamunde), Beethoven selections, Clarinet Polka, Danke Schőn, Edelweiss, Eins Zwei Sufa, The Happy Wanderer, Hi Lee Hi Lo, Hofbrau Haus, Im Weissen Rőssl, Liechtensteiner Polka, Lili Marlene, Merry Widow Waltz, Schneewalz, Seeman, Strauss Waltzes, The Third Man Theme, Two Hearts in ¾ Time, Vienna Forever (Wien bleibt Wien), Vienna, City of My Dreams (Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Träume), Vilia

Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish) folk songs, Swedish Rhapsody, Wonderful Copenhagen, Finlandia

Various Internationals: Alley Cat, Danny Boy, Greensleeves, Havah Nagilah, Miserlou, Never on Sunday, Over the Waves, Tulips from Amsterdam, Zorba The Greek

Classical:
Albeniz: Tango in D,
Bach: Menuet, Toccata in D Minor,
Beethoven: Menuet,
Bizet: Selections from “Carmen”,
Brahms: Hungarian Dances, Waltz in A flat,
Debussy: Clair de Lune,
Dvorak: Humoresque,
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Summertime,
Gliere: Russian Sailors’ Dance,
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt,
Khatchaturian: Lullaby & Sabre Dance from “Gayane Ballet:,
Lara: Granada,
Lecuona: Malaguena,
Lehar: "Vilia" and Waltz from “The Merry Widow”,
Liszt: Liebestraum,
Prokofiev: Gavotte,
Puccini: La Boheme aria "Musetta’s Waltz", Gianni Schicchi aria "O Mio Babbino Caro", Madame Butterfly aria "Un Bel Di", Tosca Aria ”E Lucevan le Stelle”, Turandot aria "Nessun Dorma",
Ravel: Bolero,
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee, Selections from "Scheherezade",
Rossini: La Danza,
Schubert: Ave Maria, March Militaire, Serenade,
Sibelius: Finlandia,
Smetana: Dance of the Comedians,
Strauss: Blue Danube, Tales of Vienna Woods, and other waltzes,
Tschaikovsky: Selections from “Nutcracker Ballet”,
Verdi: La Traviata, Drinking Song "Brindisi (Libiamo)", Rigoletto aria ”La Donna e Mobile”