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Proms 2021: The Golden Age of Broadway

Another chance to hear the BBC Concert Orchestra's Prom, including toe-tapping favourites from South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and High Society

Another chance to hear the BBC Concert Orchestra's recent Prom, as conductor Richard Balcombe is joined by special guest soloists for a night at the musicals, including toe-tapping favourites from South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and High Society.

Penny Gore also introduces a selection of recordings from around Europe, and a piece by one of the winners of BBC Young Composer 2020.

The Prom is presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Rodgers: South Pacific, Overture
Berlin: There's No Business Like Showbusiness (from Annie Get Your Gun)
Gershwin: The Rhythm’s Alright With Me (medley)
Porter: You’re the Top (from Anything Goes)
Rodgers: My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms); Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (from Oklahoma!); (When I Marry) Mister Snow (from Carousel); Some Enchanted Evening & This Nearly Was Mine (from South Pacific); Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from On Your Toes)

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

Singers: Louise Dearman, Katie Hall, Nadim Naaman, Jamie Parker, Clarke Peters
BBC Concert Orchestra
Richard Balcombe (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 10 Aug 202114:05
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Aravod lousso

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Anon.

    Adana i voghpe

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Anon.

    Mogats chouguen

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Anon.

    Don Amadi

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Anon.

    Tierce Estampie Royale

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Anon.

    Alakyaz et kheng'i dzar

    Ensemble: Canticum Novum. Conductor: Emmanuel Bardon.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Overture from South Pacific

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Irving Berlin

    There's No Business Like Show Business from 'Annie Get Your Gun'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestrator: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman. Singer: Katie Hall. Singer: Nadim Naaman. Singer: Jamie Parker.

  • George Gershwin

    The Rhythm's Alright with Me

    Composer: Cole Porter. Music Arranger: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman. Singer: Jamie Parker.

  • Cole Porter

    You're The Top from 'Anything Goes'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Music Arranger: Hans Spialek. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Katie Hall. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine from 'Babes in Arms'

    Music Arranger: Buddy Bregman. Orchestrator: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh, what a beautiful morning! from 'Oklahoma!'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • Richard Rodgers

    (When I Marry) Mister Snow from 'Carousel'

    Music Arranger: Don Walker. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Katie Hall.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Some Enchanted Evening from 'South Pacific'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Jamie Parker.

  • Richard Rodgers

    This Nearly Was Mine from 'South Pacific'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Clarke Peters.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Slaughter on Tenth Avenue from 'On Your Toes'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Jasmine Morris

    Crystalline

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo‐Brunt.

  • Frederick Loewe

    Overture from 'Gigi'

    Music Arranger: Stanley Black. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Frederick Loewe

    Show Me from 'My Fair Lady'

    Music Arranger: Johnny Green. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Katie Hall.

  • Frederick Loewe

    On the Street Where You Live from 'My Fair Lady'

    Music Arranger: Johnny Green. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • Frederick Loewe

    I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face from 'My Fair Lady'

    Orchestrator: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Jamie Parker.

  • George Gershwin

    Someone to Watch Over Me from 'Oh Kay!'

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestrator: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman.

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade ('Walking the Dog') from 'Shall We Dance'

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Frank Loesser

    Luck Be A Lady from 'Guys And Dolls'

    Music Arranger: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Clarke Peters.

  • Frank Loesser

    Joey, Joey, Joey from 'The Most Happy Fella'

    Music Arranger: Don Walker. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • Jerome Kern

    All the Things You Are from 'Very Warm for May'

    Music Arranger: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Katie Hall.

  • Cole Porter

    You're Sensational from 'High Society'

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Jamie Parker.

  • Hugh Martin

    The Trolley Song from 'Meet Me in St Louis'

    Music Arranger: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman.

  • Cole Porter

    Who wants to be a Millionaire? from 'High Society'

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Orchestrator: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Jamie Parker. Singer: Louise Dearman. Singer: Katie Hall. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oklahoma!

    Music Arranger: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Singer: Louise Dearman. Singer: Katie Hall. Singer: Clarke Peters. Singer: Jamie Parker. Singer: Nadim Naaman.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Girl Crazy, Act I: No. 1, Overture

    Orchestra: New Princess Theater Orchestra. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • Gershwin/Porter/Kern Overtures and Film Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris (orchestral version)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: André Previn.
    • Previn plays Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, London Symphony Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • John Foulds

    The Clans (Keltic Suite, Op 29)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: BBC Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Aug 202114:05
    BBC Radio 3