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BBC Proms 2005

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HMS Pinafore
Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
A feast of sparkling music from Gilbert and Sullivan. Their ever-popular satire about the sea-captain's daughter who falls in love with a common sailor is preceded by an overture from another operetta and conductor
Charles Mackerras 's Pineapple Poll ballet suite, based on Gilbert's ballad The Bumboat Woman's Story and assembled using a variety of Sullivan's tunes from the operettas. Presented by Petroc Trelawny .
Maida Vale Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Sullivan Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard Sullivan, arr Mackerras Suite: Pineapple Poll
8.05 Twenty Minutes: Blow the Man Down Tim Healey attends the recent Falmouth Sea
Shanty Festival to find out more about the history and evolution of these salty working songs.
8.25 Sullivan HMS Pinafore Rptd on Tuesday at 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Presented By:
Petroc Trelawny
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Tim Healey
Sir Joseph Porter:
Richard Suart (baritone)
Captain Corcoran:
Neal Davies (bass)
Ralph Rackstraw:
Timothy Robinson (tenor)
Josephine:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Little Buttercup:
Felicity Palmer (mezzo)
Dick Deadeye:
Peter Sidhorn (baritone)
Bill Bobstay (Boatswain's Mate):
Owen Gilhooly (baritone)
Bob Becket (Carpenter's Mate):
Stephen Richardson (bass)
Cousin Hebe:
Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo)
Narrator:
Tim Brooke-Taylor

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