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Friday Night is Gilbert and Sullivan Night

Ken Bruce introduces a selection of greatest hits from the pens of Sir William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Friday Night is Gilbert and Sullivan Night

Ken Bruce introduces a selection of greatest hits from the pens of Sir William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Their writing partnership, though often stormy, spanned more than 25 years and spawned 14 operettas - the Savoy Operas. Today the operas are still in performance around the world with endless G&S societies and both amateur and professional productions. Famous fans over the years have included Kaiser Wilhelm II, former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson(who had taken part in a school production of HMS Pinafore when a boy) and Queen Victoria who commanded a performance of The Gondoliers by the D'Oyly Carte company at Windsor Castle in 1891.

In this special Friday Night is Music Night we feature Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits including songs from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Patience, The Gondoliers, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the Guard. But there will also be one unknown song. A World Premiere of Lady Sangazure's song - In Days Gone By - from The Sorcerer. Written in 1877 the song was cut from the first production and has never been performed since. The song has been reconstructed by the eminent G&S scholar Dr David Russell Hulme. Richard Balcombe conducts the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra and London Voices with guest soloists Victoria Joyce, Sylvia Clarke, Heather Shipp, Oliver White, Bruce Graham and Simon Butteriss.

The concert was first broadcast in February 2014.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 May 2014 20:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Friday Night is Gilbert and Sullivan Night Pre -Rec 26th February

    • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      IOLANTHE - OVERTURE

    • Oliver White, Bruce Graham and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

      We are Called Gondolieri

    • Victoria Joyce, Heather Shipp, The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb. Richard Balcombe

      Thank you Gallant Gondolieri

    • Simon Butteriss and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB. Richard Balcombe

      MY NAME IS JOHN WELLINGTON WELLS (FROM: THE SORCERER)

    • Sylvia Clarke and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      In Days Gone By

    • Heather Shipp and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB. Richard Balcombe

      The Yeomen of the guard, or The merryman and his maid - opera

    • Victoria Joyce and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      THE SUN WHOSE RAYS

    • Bruce Graham, The London Voices and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      If You Want a Receipt

    • Oliver White and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      Duke's Aria

    • Victoria Joyce, Heather Shipp, Simon Butteriss, Oliver White and Bruce Graham & 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      If Saphir I choose to Marry

    • Sylvia Clarke , 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe , The London Voices

      O Foolish Fay

    • Simon Butteriss and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB. Richard Balcombe

      The Nightmare Song

    • Sylvia Clarke, Victoria Joyce, Heather Shipp, Simon Butteriss, Oliver White and Bruce Graham & The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      Finale - Act 2 Iolanthe

    • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      OVERTURE: YEOMAN OF THE GUARD

    • Bruce Graham and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

      A Laughing Boy

    • Sylvia Clarke , 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe , The London Voices

      Night Has Spread Her Pall Once More

    • Victoria Joyce, Heather Shipp, Simon Butteriss, Oliver White & The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      When a wooer goes a wooing

    • Victoria Joyce, Simon Butteriss, Oliver White, The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

      NEVER MIND THE WHY AND WHEREFORE

    • Oliver White and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & London Voices

      OH IS THERE NOT ONE MAIDEN BREAST

    • Victoria Joyce and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & London Voices

      POOR WANDERING ONE

    • Simon Butteriss and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB. Richard Balcombe & London Voices

      I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR- GENERAL (THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE)

    • The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      Eagle High

    • Sylvia Clarke, Simon Butteriss and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      THERE IS BEAUTY IN THE BELLOW OF THE BLAST

    • Heather Shipp and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB. Richard Balcombe

      Cheerily Carols the Lark - Mad Margaret's Song -

    • Bruce Graham, The London Voices and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      WHEN THE NIGHT WIND HOWLS

    • Heather Shipp, Simon Butteriss, Bruce Graham and the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      MY EYES ARE FULLY OPEN

    • Victoria Joyce, Heather Shipp, Simon Butteriss, Oliver White and Bruce Graham & The London Voices and 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

      ONCE MORE GONDOLIERI

TICKET INFORMATION

This concert will be recorded at the Watford Colosseum on Wednesday 26 February 2014.

Tickets for this concert can be purchased directly from the Watford Colosseum Box Office.



Credits

Presenter Ken Bruce
Conductor Richard Balcombe
Producer Bridget Apps

Broadcasts

  • Fri 7 Mar 2014 20:00
    成人快手 Radio 2
  • Fri 30 May 2014 20:00
    成人快手 Radio 2

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