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Recording ID

30457

Title

Friday Night is Music Night: 500 Words

Source

Concert Cast

Year

2015

Type

Noncommercial Audio

Subtype

Concert Cast

Notes

This morning Chris Evans announced the winners of this year's 500 words short story competition. Tonight we look back on a momentous day with a gala concert celebrating the great children's storytellers.

In 2015 we celebrate two great literary anniversaries - 150 years ago Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - otherwise known as Lewis Carroll published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In that very same year another great storyteller was born in Bombay, India - his name was Rudyard Kipling.

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell perform scores from the films, musicals and ballets inspired by a good bedtime read - including Peter Pan(J.M.Barrie); Warhorse(Michael Morpurgo); The Lord of the Rings(J.R.R. Tolkien); Thomas the Tank Engine(Reverend Wilbert Awdry); Shrek(William Steig); The Wombles(Elizabeth Beresford); Paddington Bear(Michael Bond); Harry Potter(J.K.Rowling) and To Kill a Mockingbird(Harper Lee).

Guests include cast members from Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Overtones and Caroline Sheen who has appeared on the West End stage as Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(Ian Fleming) and as Mary Poppins(P.L. Travers).

Our musical librarian for the evening is Blue Peter's Barney Harwood.

The concert was recorded at the Hackney Empire.

Recording venue

Hackney Empire

Recording group

BBC Radio 2

Recording language

English

Location

EnglandUK / England / London

Method

Live

Completion score

15

Music

[p1475 Menken, Alan]
[p2660 Newley, Anthony]
[p2069 Stiles, George]
[p239 Bricusse, Leslie]
[p22743 Shaiman, Marc]
[p1966 Sherman, Richard M.]
[p1967 Sherman, Robert B.]
[p2024 Sondheim, Stephen]
[p35555 Gilkyson, Terry]
[p60418 Minchin, Tim]

Lyrics

[p4451 Drewe, Anthony]
[p2660 Newley, Anthony]
[p82 Ashman, Howard]
[p239 Bricusse, Leslie]
[p22743 Shaiman, Marc]
[p1966 Sherman, Richard M.]
[p1967 Sherman, Robert B.]
[p3166 Wittman, Scott]
[p2024 Sondheim, Stephen]
[p35555 Gilkyson, Terry]
[p60418 Minchin, Tim]

Conductor

[p120441 Bell, Stephen]

Performer

[p2966 Sheen, Caroline]
[p43700 Shalloo, Jack]
[p2652 Johnston, Jimmy]
[p46492 Malpass, Kirsty]
[p108225 Overtones, The]
[p120442 Tucker, Violet]

Musician

[p27769 BBC Concert Orchestra, ]