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29 Aug 1997, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 1997 Prom 55
Prom 55
19:30 Fri 29 Aug 1997 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
George Gershwin
Strike up the Band (arr. John Dankworth)
Overture
John Dankworth
Belleville Blue
All the World's a Stage (Shakespeare)
If Music be the Food of Love (Shakespeare)
You spotted snakes (Shakespeare)
Who is Sylvia? (Shakespeare)
Duke Ellington
Take All My Loves (Shakespeare)
John Dankworth
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Shakespeare)
Dunsinane Blues (after Shakespeare's Macbeth)
Ann Ronell
Willow Weep for Me
Billie Holiday
Fine and Mellow
John Dankworth
What the Dickens!
Prologue
What the Dickens!
Please Sir, I want some more
What the Dickens!
Dodson & Fogg
What the Dickens!
Finale
Duke Ellington
Caravan
John Dankworth
Double Vision
World premiere
Zodiac Variations
Way With the Stars
Zodiac Variations
Gemini
Zodiac Variations
Virgo
Zodiac Variations
Sagittarius
Zodiac Variations
Finale: Capricorn and Coda
William Christopher Handy
St Louis Blues
George Gershwin
Girl Crazy
Bidin' My Time
Lady, be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Treasure Girl
I've Got a Crush on You
Harry James
I'm beginning to see the light
Duke Ellington
I let a song go out of my heart
Solitude
Don't get around much any more
Squeeze Me
Sophisticated Lady
George Gershwin
Lady, be Good!
Oh, lady, be good! - encore
Performers
BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Big Band
John Dankworth
conductor
saxophone
conductor
saxophone
Dankworth Sextet
Cleo Laine
soloist
soloist
Composers
George Gershwin
John Dankworth
Duke Ellington
Ann Ronell
Billie Holiday
William Christopher Handy
Harry James
About this event
The order and content of the concert changed from the advertised & printed programme.
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