Finishing the Hat
Tom Service explores the lyrics and legacy of Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021, with musical director Jason Carr, and archive interviews with Sondheim himself.
Tom Service explores the unique relationship between music and lyrics in the work of Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021. Credited with 'reinventing the American musical' his works include Follies, Passion, Company, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd. Our witnesses are musical director Jason Carr, and thanks to archive interviews, Stephen Sondheim himself.
Producer: Ruth Thomson
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Stephen Sondheim
Company - musical
Performer: Cast Ensemble.- COLUMBIA.
- CK-3550.
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Stephen Sondheim
Company - musical
Performer: Dean Jones.- COLUMBIA.
- CK-3550.
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Stephen Sondheim
Into the woods - musical
Performer: Cast Ensemble.- MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
- 82876-68636-2.
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Stephen Sondheim
Passion - musical
Performer: Maria Friedman.- First Night Records.
- CAST CD61.
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Stephen Sondheim
Sunday in the park with George - musical
Performer: Mandy Patinkin.- RCA.
- RD-85042.
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Stephen Sondheim
A little night music - musical
Performer: Judi Dench.- Tring.
- TRING001.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci - opera in 2 acts
Performer: Carlo Bergonzi. Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 449 727-2.
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Stephen Sondheim
Merrily we roll along - musical
Performer: Cast Ensemble.- MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
- 82876-68637-2.
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Stephen Sondheim
Follies - musical
Performer: Bernadette Peters.- PS CLASSICS.
- PS-1105.
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Stephen Sondheim
Sweeney Todd - musical
Performer: Cast Ensemble.- MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
- G010003494120L.
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Stephen Sondheim
A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum - musical comedy in 2 acts [after Plautus]
Performer: Zero Mostel.- Broadway Angel.
- ZDM 0777 7 64770 2 2.
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Stephen Sondheim
Company - musical
Performer: Pamela Myers.- COLUMBIA.
- CK-3550.
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Stephen Sondheim
A little night music - musical
Performer: D'Jamin Bartlett.- Columbia Broadway Masterworks.
- SK 65284.
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Stephen Sondheim
Company - musical
Performer: Dean Jones.- COLUMBIA.
- CK-3550.
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