Stage and Screen
Stage and Screen Calendar
By Year
Sat 14 Jul 2012
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Reviving the original film orchestrations for the 1964 film of My Fair Lady, John Wilson returns with his hand-picked orchestra.
Reviving the original film orchestrations for the 1964 film of My Fair Lady, John Wilson returns with his hand-picked orchestra.
Programme
- My Fair Lady(170 mins)(semi-staged)
Performers
- Annalene Beecheyvocalist (Eliza Doolittle)
- Anthony Andrewsactor (Professor Henry Higgins)
- James Fleetactor (Colonel Hugh Pickering)
- Alun Armstrongactor (Alfred P. Doolittle)
- Siân Phillipsactress (Mrs Higgins)
- Julian Ovendenvocalist (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)
- Jenny Gallowayactress (Mrs Pearce)
- John Wilsonconductor
- Shaun Kerrisonstage director
Composers
Sun 29 Jul 2012
- 15:30Royal Albert Hall
Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms adventure, before a screening of A Matter of Loaf and Death – plus classical favourites.
Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms adventure, before a screening of A Matter of Loaf and Death – plus classical favourites.
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man(4 mins)
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Clair de Lune (arr. Caplet)(5 mins)
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor(5 mins)Fugue from first movement
- My Concerto in Ee, Lad(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- interval
- A Matter of Loaf and Death(30 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
Performers
- Tasmin Littleviolin
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Thu 9 Aug 2012
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello – the tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated London’s stage musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.
Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello – the tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated London’s stage musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.
Programme
- A Celebration of Ivor Novello(75 mins)
- Keep The Home Fires Burning(3 mins)
- Glamorous Night(6 mins)overture
- Glamorous Night(4 mins)Fold Your Wings
- Crest Of The Wave(3 mins)Why Isn't It You
- The Dancing Years(3 mins)I Can Give You The Starlight
- The Dancing Years(4 mins)My Life Belongs To You
- King's Rhapsody(2 mins)Muranian Rhapsody
- The Dancing Years(4 mins)My Dearest Dear
- King's Rhapsody(3 mins)Someday My Heart Will Awake
- King's Rhapsody(4 mins)The Violin Began To Play
- Glamorous Night(4 mins)Shine Through My Dreams
- Pray For Me(3 mins)
- Crest Of The Wave(3 mins)Love Made The Song
- We'll Gather Lilacs(4 mins)
Performers
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
- Toby Spencetenor
- Simon Callownarrator
- Sophie Bevansoprano
Composers
Sun 19 Aug 2012
- 13:00Royal College of Music
Sing parts of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic The Yeomen of the Guard with Mary King. Ideal for enthusiastic amateurs aged 16-plus.
- 17:45Royal College of Music
Musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers present a musical exploration of tonight’s operetta with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the duo’s grandest Savoy operas, celebrates London in this Olympic year.
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the duo’s grandest Savoy operas, celebrates London in this Olympic year.
Programme
- The Yeomen of the Guard(133 mins)semi-staged
Performers
- Leigh Melrosebaritone (Lt Sir Richard Cholmondeley)
- Andrew Kennedytenor (Colonel Fairfax)
- Lisa Milnesoprano (Elsie Maynard)
- Victoria Simmondsmezzo-soprano (Phoebe Meryll)
- Dame Felicity Palmermezzo-soprano (Dame Carruthers)
- Mary Bevansoprano (Kate)
- Mark Richardsonbass-baritone (Sergeant Meryll)
- Tom Randletenor (Leonard Meryll)
- Mark Stonebaritone (Jack Point)
- Toby Stafford-Allenbaritone (Wilfred Shadbolt)
- Jane Gloverconductor
- Martin Duncanstage director
- Steve Eliasassistant director/choreographer
Composers
Thu 23 Aug 2012
- 17:45Royal College of Music
Glenda Jackson MP and film critic Mark Kermode celebrate the work of the late Ken Russell, the film director of groundbreaking and controversial films about Delius, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Liszt, Mahler and Strauss.
