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2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season: Prom 59

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 59: Part 1: Prom 59 - Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Willson, Rodgers, Adler and Ross

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Prom 59 - Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Willson, Rodgers, Adler and Ross

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 59 - Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Willson, Rodgers, Adler and Ross

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John Wilson Orchestra in Broadway music, by Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Willson and Rodgers.

Part one of a Prom in which John Wilson's orchestra and soloists celebrate the 'Broadway sound'. Excerpts from Funny Face, Show Boat, On Your Toes, The Music Man and South Pacific.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London 

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The John Wilson Orchestra and a starry cast of soloists present a tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating The Broadway Sound.

After last year's celebration of the Hollywood screen musical, John Wilson and his hand-picked orchestra 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. Together 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. 

Gershwin arr. Don Rose: Funny Face - Overture 
Porter arr. Don Walker: Kiss Me, Kate - Another' Openin', Another Show 
Kern arr. Robert Russell Bennett: Show Boat - Make Believe / Old Man River 
Rodgers arr. Don Walker: On Your Toes - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 
Willson arr. Don Walker: The Music Man - Ya Got Trouble 
Rodgers arr. Hans Spialek: The Boys From Syracuse - Falling In Love With Love 
Rodgers arr. Robert Russell Bennett: South Pacific - Younger Than Springtime 
Adler and Ross: The Pajama Game - Seven and a Half Cents

Sierra Bogess, soprano
Anna-Jane Casey, belt girl
Rodney Earl Clarke, bass
Elizabeth Llewellyn, soprano
Seth MacFarlane, baritone
Julian Ovenden, tenor

Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor.

BBC Proms: 2012

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 59

Prom 59

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All broadcasts from the 118th season of the BBC Proms.

Prom in which the John Wilson Orchestra pays tribute to the 'Broadway sound'

Petroc Trelawny a special Prom in which the John Wilson Orchestra and a cast of leading soloists pay tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating the 'Broadway sound'

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