Friday Night is Music Night: Independence Day > Concert Cast
Recording Details
- Date
- March 28, 2014
- Type
- Noncommercial Audio / Radio Cast
- Method
- Live
- Language
- English
- Location
- UK / England / London
- Theatre/Venue
- Hackney Empire
- Group/Studio
- BBC Radio 2
- Music
- Leonard Bernstein (490), John Kander (301), Frank Loesser (387), Jimmy McHugh (230), Alan Menken (206), Richard Rodgers (1285), Jule Styne (541)
- Lyrics
- Howard Ashman (89), Fred Ebb (259), Dorothy Fields (369), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Frank Loesser (387), Bob Merrill (153), Stephen Sondheim (702)
- Conductor
- Keith Lockhart (9)
- Performer
- Michael Brandon (4) — host, Rosalie Craig (18), Michael Xavier (20)
- Musician
- BBC Concert Orchestra (109), Smitty's Big Four
- Notes
- A special Independence Day edition originally broadcast on July 4th, as the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Keith Lockhart presents a musical tribute to America. The concert will feature some iconic musical Americana - George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, the wide open plains of Jerome Moss's The Big Country, the stars and stripes of a Sousa march, the Moonlight Serenade of Glenn Miller and the hot jazz quartet of a New York deli ... From Broadway to Baseball, New York to San Francisco, the Wild West to the west coast ... Friday Night celebrates the 4th of July. With star guest singers, including the Olivier nominated actress Rosalie Craig, West End star Michael Xavier, the fabulous jazz quartet Smitty's Big Four and the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra ...
- Shortcode
- [r29031]
Releases
- Format
- Radio Broadcast
- Label
- BBC Radio 2
- Released
- 2014-07-04
- Country
- UK
- Length
- 1:56:00
- Lists
- 3 collectors / 4 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl46529]
1. | High Adventure (intro) | |
2. | The Big Country | |
3. | Theme from "New York, New York" -- Rosalie Craig song from New York, New York |
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4. | I Left My Heart In San Francisco -- Michael Xavier | |
5. | Exactly Like You -- Smitty's Big Four song from The International Revue |
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6. | Copland: Hoe Down | |
7. | Somewhere That's Green -- Rosalie Craig song from Little Shop of Horrors |
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8. | It's Nice to Go Travelling' -- Michael Xavier | |
9. | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue | |
10. | Disney Overture | |
11. | Luck Be a Lady -- Michael Xavier song from Guys and Dolls |
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12. | American Patrol | |
13. | That's A Plenty -- Smitty's Big Four | |
14. | Take Me Out To The Ball Game -- Rosalie Craig, Michael Xavier | |
15. | Carousel Waltz song from Carousel |
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16. | Don't Rain on My Parade -- Rosalie Craig song from Funny Girl |
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17. | Somewhere -- Rosalie Craig, Michael Xavier song from West Side Story |
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18. | Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever |
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