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Reprise: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Monday 16 August 2004 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)

Another chance to hear Edward Seckerson in conversation with Sheridan Morley marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Noel Coward. Including vintage recordings of Gertrude Lawrence and Coward himself in Private Lives and The Stately Homes of England plus a wartime song banned by the BBC.

First broadcast in June last year.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Bittersweet
Original Cast - New Sadlers Wells Opera, Chorus and Orchestra
CD1 Track 1 - That Wonderful Melody
TER CDTER2 1160

CD: Legends of the 20th Century - Noel Coward
Track 2 - Parisian Pierrot (from London Calling)
Track 4 - Some Day I’ll Find You (from Private Lives), with Gertrude Lawrence
EMI 0724 3 499923 2 0

Bittersweet
Original Cast - New Sadlers Wells Opera, Chorus and Orchestra
CD1 Track 4 - I’ll See You Again, performed by Valerie Masterson and Martin Smith
CD2 Track 8 - We All Wear A Green Carnation, performed by Michael Chance, David Kinder, Tom Griffin and Clive Walton
TER CDTER2 1160

CD: Legends of the 20th Century - Noel Coward
Track 17 - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
EMI 0724 3 499923 2 0

CD: Noel Coward Classic Recordings 1928-1938
Track 11 - Something To Do With Spring, with Ray Noble and his orchestra
Conifer CDHD 168

CD: Legends of the 20th Century - Noel Coward
Track 11 - The Stately Homes Of England
EMI 0724 3 499923 2 0

LP: The Girl Who Came To Supper
Original Broadway Cast
Side 1 Band 8 - London Is A Little Bit Of All Right, performed by Tessie O’Shea
Columbia KOL 6020

CD: Legends of the 20th Century - Noel Coward
Track 18 - London Pride
EMI 0724 3 499923 2 0
CD: Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
Track 24 - Don’t Let’s Be Beastly To The Germans
Conifer CDHD 301

Sail Away
Original Broadway Cast
Track 10 - Something Very Strange, performed by Elaine Stritch
Angel ZDM 7 64759 2 9

CD: Legends of the 20th Century - Noel Coward
Track 22 - The Party’s Over Now
EMI 0724 3 499923 2 0




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