Prom 59: The Broadway Sound

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27 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall

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Prom 59: The Broadway Sound

20:00 Mon 27 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall

John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the composers who created the ‘Broadway sound’ – with excerpts from favorite shows.

Programme

- - George Gershwin
  - Funny Face(6 mins)
- - Cole Porter
  - Kiss Me Kate(6 mins)Another Op’nin’, Another Show, arr. Don Walker
- - Jerome Kern
  - Show Boat(14 mins)Make Believe; Ol’ Man River, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
- - Richard Rodgers
  - On Your Toes(9 mins)Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, arr. Don Walker
- - Meredith Willson
  - The Music Man(4 mins)Ya Got Trouble, arr. Don Walker
- - Richard Rodgers
  - The Boys from Syracuse(3 mins)Falling in Love with Love, arr. Hans Spialek
  - South Pacific(3 mins)Younger than Springtime, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
- - Jerry Ross
  - The Pajama Game – Seven and a Half Cents(6 mins)
- - interval
- - Frederick Loewe
  - Camelot(4 mins)The Lusty Month of May, arr. Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang
- - Frank Loesser
  - Guys and Dolls(3 mins)Sue Me
  - The Most Happy Fella(4 mins)Joey, Joey, Joey, arr. Don Walker
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - On the Town(6 mins)Ballet (Imaginary Coney Island), arr. Hershy Kay
- - George Gershwin
  - Porgy and Bess(6 mins)Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- - Jerry Bock
  - Fiorello!(4 mins)Little Tin Box, arr. Irwin Kostal
- - Richard Rodgers
  - Allegro(4 mins)Come Home, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - West Side Story(7 mins)Balcony Scene, arr. Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
- - Jule Styne
  - Funny Girl(3 mins)Don't Rain on My Parade
- - Jerry Herman
  - Mame(6 mins)Mame, arr. Philip J. Lang
  - Mack & Mabel(6 mins)Tap Your Troubles Away (Encore)

Performers

John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson
conductor
conductor
Anna-Jane Casey
vocalist
vocalist
Maida Vale Singers
Sierra Boggess
soprano
soprano
Rodney Earl Clarke
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Julian Ovenden
tenor
tenor
Seth MacFarlane
baritone
baritone
Elizabeth Llewellyn
soprano
soprano

Composers

About this event

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.

There will be one interval

Discover the Music a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Suzy Klein talks about 'The Broadway Sound'.

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Cole Porter (1891-1964)