Prom 59 - Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Willson, Rodgers, Adler and Ross
Part one of a Prom in which John Wilson's orchestra and soloists celebrate the 'Broadway sound'. Excerpts from Funny Face, Show Boat, On Your Toes, The Music Man and South Pacific.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The John Wilson Orchestra and a starry cast of soloists present a tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating The Broadway Sound.
After last year's celebration of the Hollywood screen musical, John Wilson and his hand-picked orchestra present a tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating the Broadway Sound. Among them such legendary tunesmiths as Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Vincent Youmans, Richard Rodgers and Frank Loesser. Together with a cast of leading soloists the concert includes excerpts from Show Boat, No No Nanette, On Your Toes, Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun.
Gershwin arr. Don Rose: Funny Face - Overture
Porter arr. Don Walker: Kiss Me, Kate - Another' Openin', Another Show
Kern arr. Robert Russell Bennett: Show Boat - Make Believe / Old Man River
Rodgers arr. Don Walker: On Your Toes - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Willson arr. Don Walker: The Music Man - Ya Got Trouble
Rodgers arr. Hans Spialek: The Boys From Syracuse - Falling In Love With Love
Rodgers arr. Robert Russell Bennett: South Pacific - Younger Than Springtime
Adler and Ross: The Pajama Game - Seven and a Half Cents
Sierra Bogess, soprano
Anna-Jane Casey, belt girl
Rodney Earl Clarke, bass
Elizabeth Llewellyn, soprano
Seth MacFarlane, baritone
Julian Ovenden, tenor
Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor.
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