Friday Night is Music Night: Shakespeare > Concert Cast
Recording Details
- Date
- February 3, 2016
- Type
- Noncommercial Audio / Concert Cast
- Method
- Live
- Language
- English
- Location
- UK / England / London
- Theatre/Venue
- Hackney Empire
- Group/Studio
- BBC Radio 2
- Music
- Leonard Bernstein (491), Cole Porter (925), Richard Rodgers (1285)
- Lyrics
- Lorenz Hart (598), Cole Porter (925), Stephen Sondheim (702)
- Conductor
- Richard Balcombe (31)
- Performer
- Graham Bickley (89), Hannah Waddingham (23)
- Musician
- BBC Concert Orchestra (109)
- Notes
- Friday Night Is Music Night celebrates the birth of William Shakespeare with a concert of extraordinary music inspired by the great playwright. With famous songs and compositions inspired by Shakespeare's works: Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder; Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate; Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story; Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream; Richard Rodgers' and Lorenz Hart's the Boys From Syracuse and more. The thrilling and beautiful music includes Such Sweet Thunder, Falling In Love With Love; Maria, Somewhere, This Can't Be Love, Always True To You Darling In My Fashion and Wunderbar.
- Shortcode
- [r39581]
Releases
- Format
- Radio Broadcast
- Label
- BBC Radio 2
- Released
- 2016-11-11
- Country
- UK
- # Tracks
- 21
- Length
- 1:55:34
- Lists
- 4 collectors / 1 wish list
- Shortcode
- [rl61353]
1. Walton: The Globe Playhouse (Henry V)
2. Kiss Me, Kate (Overture)
3. Wunderbar [Graham Bickley, Hannah Waddingham]
4. Parry: Weary With Toil
5. Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder
6. Ellington: Half the Fun
7. Swingle: It Was A Lover And His Lass
8. This Can't Be Love/Falling In Love With Love [Graham Bickley, Hannah Waddingham]
9. L'Estrange: Full Fathom Five
10. Prokoviev: Dance of the Knights (Romeo & Juliet)
11. Doyle: Much Ado About Nothing (Opening Title)
12. West Side Story (Overture)
13. I Feel Pretty [Hannah Waddingham]
14. Something's Coming [Graham Bickley]
15. Hamilton: Caliban's Song
16. Ellington: Hank Cinq
17. Lindberg: Shall I Compare Thee
18. Mendelssohn: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
19. Always True To You In My Fashion [Hannah Waddingham]
20. From This Moment On [Graham Bickley]
21. Walton: Crown Imperial
2. Kiss Me, Kate (Overture)
3. Wunderbar [Graham Bickley, Hannah Waddingham]
4. Parry: Weary With Toil
5. Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder
6. Ellington: Half the Fun
7. Swingle: It Was A Lover And His Lass
8. This Can't Be Love/Falling In Love With Love [Graham Bickley, Hannah Waddingham]
9. L'Estrange: Full Fathom Five
10. Prokoviev: Dance of the Knights (Romeo & Juliet)
11. Doyle: Much Ado About Nothing (Opening Title)
12. West Side Story (Overture)
13. I Feel Pretty [Hannah Waddingham]
14. Something's Coming [Graham Bickley]
15. Hamilton: Caliban's Song
16. Ellington: Hank Cinq
17. Lindberg: Shall I Compare Thee
18. Mendelssohn: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
19. Always True To You In My Fashion [Hannah Waddingham]
20. From This Moment On [Graham Bickley]
21. Walton: Crown Imperial
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