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On the Town

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A star-studded concert performance of Leonard Bernstein 's musical, with narration by Betty Comden and Adolph Green who wrote the show, based on an idea by Jerome Robbins.
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London Voices
LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas (Given at the Barbican in June 1992) SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST with BBC2
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Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Betty Comden
Unknown:
Adolph Green
Unknown:
Jerome Robbins.
Claire de Loone:
Frederica Vonstade
Hildy:
Tyne Daly
Ivy Smith:
Marie McLaughun
Gabey:
Thomas Hampson
Chip:
Kurt Ollmann
Ozzie:
David Garrison
First workman/Announcer:
Samuel Ramey
Madame My:
Evelyn Lear
Nightclub singer:
Cleo Laine
Diana Dream:
Meriel Dickinson
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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