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Sondheim's 80th Birthday Celebration

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Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration

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BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2010, Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration

The first-ever all-Sondheim Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, marking his eightieth birthday.

Katie Derham introduces a concert marking the eightieth birthday of one of Broadway's great innovators, featuring excerpts from hit shows including A Little Night Music.

Marking the eightieth birthday of one of Broadway's great innovators, the first ever all-Sondheim Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert includes excerpts from hit shows A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods performed by a starry cast of leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds with Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale and some special guests. Also on stage is the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by David Charles Abel. Introduced by Katie Derham.

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