Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Programme to include: | ||
| Gershwin, George (1898-1937) | Funny Face: Overture | |
| Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) | On the Town (Imaginary Coney Island) | |
| Rodgers, Richard (1902-1979) | On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | |
| Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) | West Side Story (Balcony scene) | Libretto by Stephen Sondheim |
| Adler, Richard (1921-2012) | The Pajama Game (Seven and a Half Cents) | |
| Willson, Meredith (1902-1984) | The Music Man (Ya Got Trouble) | |
| Kern, Jerome (1885-1945) | Show Boat (Ol' Man River) | |
| Styne, Jule (1905-1994) | Funny Girl: Don't Rain on My Parade | |
| Herman, Jerry (1931-2019) | Mack and Mabel (Tap Your Troubles Away) |
Performers
| Maida Vale Singers | |
| John Wilson Orchestra | |
| John Wilson | Conductor |
| Seth MacFarlane | Baritone |
| Anna-Jane Casey | Vocals |
After last year’s celebration of the Hollywood screen
musical, John Wilson and his high-octane orchestra
– whose technicoloured performances, according to
one critic, offer ‘the auditory equivalent of a
steam-clean’ – 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. 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.
musical, John Wilson and his high-octane orchestra
– whose technicoloured performances, according to
one critic, offer ‘the auditory equivalent of a
steam-clean’ – 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. 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.
