The Golden Age of Broadway
19:30 Sat 31 Jul 2021 Royal Albert Hall
Let the BBC Concert Orchestra whisk you away for a night of classic Broadway musicals.
Let the BBC Concert Orchestra whisk you away for a night of classic Broadway musicals.
Programme
- South Pacific: Overture
- There's No Business Like ShowbusinessAnnie Get Your Gun
- The Rhythm’s Alright With Me (medley)Cole Porter, arr. Richard Balcombe
- You’re the TopAnything Goes
- My Funny ValentineBabes in Arms
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’Oklahoma!
- (When I Marry) Mister SnowCarousel
- Some Enchanted EveningSouth Pacific
- This Nearly Was MineSouth Pacific
- Slaughter on Tenth AvenueOn Your Toes
- interval
- Gigioverture
- Show MeMy Fair Lady
- On the Street Where You LiveMy Fair Lady
- I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her FaceMy Fair Lady
- Someone to Watch Over MeOh, Kay!
- Promenade (‘Walking the Dog’)Shall We Dance
- Luck Be a LadyGuys and Dolls
- Joey, Joey, JoeyThe Most Happy Fella
- All the Things You AreVery Warm for May
- You’re SensationalHigh Society
- The Trolley SongMeet Me in St Louis
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?High Society
Performers
- Richard Balcombeconductor
About This Event
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.
There will be one interval
Image: Richard Balcombe © Tom Bangbala
Broadcast on BBC Two on Saturday 7 August
