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BBC Proms: 2021: The Golden Age of Broadway

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The Golden Age of Broadway

2021

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Live BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra and Richard Balcombe perform classic Broadway songs.

Live BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe are joined by Louise Dearman, Katie Hall, Nadim Naaman and Jamie Parker in songs from Broadway's Golden Age.

Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe are joined by star singers Louise Dearman, Katie Hall, Nadim Naaman and Jamie Parker in classic songs from Broadway's Golden Age.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. 
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Rodgers: Overture - South Pacific
Berlin: There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)
Gershwin/Porter: The Rhythm’s Alright with Me (‘I got rhythm’ and ‘It’s alright with me’)
Porter: You’re The Top (Anything Goes)
Rodgers & Hart: My Funny Valentine (Babes in Arms)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oh, what a beautiful morning! (Oklahoma!)
Rodgers: (When I Marry) Mister Snow (Carousel)
Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
Rodgers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (On Your Toes)

c.8.20pm

Live Interval: Petroc is joined by the musical director Allyson Devenish to discuss what made the Golden Age of Broadway shine.

Loewe: Overture - Gigi
Loewe: Show Me (My Fair Lady)
Loewe: On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady)
Loewe: I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face (My Fair Lady)
Gershwin: Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh Kay!)
Gershwin: Promenade - Walking the Dog (Shall We Dance)
Loesser: Joey, Joey, Joey (The Most Happy Fella)
Kern: All the Things You Are (Very Warm for May)
Porter: You’re Sensational (High Society)
Martin/ Blane: The Trolley Song (Meet Me in St Louis)
Porter: Who wants to be a Millionaire? (High Society)

Louise Dearman (singer)
Katie Hall (singer)
Nadim Naaman (singer)
Jamie Parker (singer)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Richard Balcombe (conductor)

Smell the greasepaint and feel the blaze of those Broadway lights, as the BBC Concert Orchestra whisks you away for a night at the musicals. The toe-tapping favourites include songs from musicals including South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and High Society, all performed by the ever-versatile BBC Concert Orchestra – and some special guest soloists.

BBC Proms: 2021

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