From the Royal Albert Hall in London.
An all-star cast celebrates the centenary of the great American musicals composer Richard Rodgers. The programme culminates with a concert version of one of his greatest achievements, the mould-breaking American frontier musical which was his first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II: Oklahoma!
Presented by Edward Seckerson. Maida Vale Singers, BBC Concert
Orchestra, conductor David Charles Abell Rodgers, orch Splalek Overture: Babes in Arms
Rodgers, orch Robert Russell Bennett Symphonic Scenario (Victory at Sea);
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (On Your Toes)
8.00 Twenty Minutes: Away We Go the "Oklahomal"
Story Russell Davies tells the story of how the musical that changed the face of Broadway made it to its first night.
8.20 Rodgers and Hammerstein Oklahoma! (concert version)
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