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OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVENING!


Concert celebrating the centenary of the composer Richard Rodgers.

Golders Green Hippodrome London
Sunday 23 June 2002

Presented by BBC Radio 2. This concert was written by Russell Davies and was staged at one of BBC Radio's recording venues.


Cast
Master of CeremoniesHENRY GOODMAN
withMARIA FRIEDMAN
 RUTHIE HENSHALL
 PHILIP QUAST
 GARY WILMOT
BBC Concert Orchestraconducted by RICHARD BALCOMBE

Musical Numbers
Richard Rodgers Centenary OvertureBBC Concert Orchestra
The Sweetest Sounds
(No Strings
Rodgers)
Henry Goodman
Sing For Your Supper
(The Boys From Syracuse
Rodgers and Hart)
Gary Wilmot
I Whistle A Happy Tune
(The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Maria Friedman
I Like to Recognize the Tune
(Too Many Girls
Rodgers and Hart)
Philip Quast
The Sound of Music
(The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Ruthie Henshall
Any Old Place With You
(Rodgers and Hart)
Gary Wilmot
Manhattan
(The Garrick Gaieties 1925
Rodgers and Hart)
Philip Quast
My Heart Stood Still
(A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
Rodgers and Hart)
Richard Rodgers
(Ampico piano player)
Thou Swell
(A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
Rodgers and Hart)
Ruthie Henshall
The Blue Room
(The Girlfriend
Rodgers and Hart)
Philip Quast
You Took Advantage of Me
(Present Arms
Rodgers and Hart)
Maria Friedman
Mountain Greenery
(The Garrick Gaieties (1926)
Rodgers and Hart)
Gary Wilmot
Prayer (excerpt)
(Hollywood Party
Rodgers and Hart)
Henry Goodman
The Bad in Every Man
(Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Rodgers and Hart)
Maria Friedman
Blue Moon
(Rodgers and Hart)
Ruthie Henshall
My Romance
(Jumbo
Rodgers and Hart)
Maria Friedman
Where or When
(Babes In Arms
Rodgers and Hart)
Philip Quast
The Lady is a Tramp
(Babes In Arms
Rodgers and Hart)
Gary Wilmot
My Funny Valentine
(Babes In Arms
Rodgers and Hart)
Ruthie Henshall
I Wish I Were in Love Again
(Babes In Arms
Rodgers and Hart)
Maria Friedman
I Could Write a Book
(Pal Joey
Rodgers and Hart)
Instrumental
It's a Grand Night for Singing
(State Fair
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
All
INTERVAL
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
(Oklahoma!
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Philip Quast
People Will Say We're In Love
(Oklahoma!
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Philip Quast
Maria Friedman
If I Loved You
(Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Gary Wilmot
Hollywood Party (2nd version)
(Hollywood Party
Rodgers and Hart)
Henry Goodman
March of the Siamese Children
(The King and I
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Dancing on the Ceiling
(Simple Simon/ Evergreen
Rogers and Hart)
Ruthie Henshall
On Your Toes
(On Your Toes
Rodger and Hart)
Gary Wilmot
Ten Cents a Dance
(Simple Simon
Rodgers and Hart)
Maria Friedman
Shall We Dance?
(King and I
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Philip Quast
Ruthie Henshall
Waltz Medley:BBC Concert Orchestra
Lover (Love Me Tonight: Rodgers and Hart)
Out Of My Dreams (Oklahoma!: Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein)
The Most Beautiful Girl In the World (Jumbo: Rodgers and Hart)
Falling In Love With Love (Boys from Syracuse: Rodgers and Hart)
This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific: Rodgers and Hammerstein)
A Wonderful Guy (South Pacific: Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
(The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Ruthie Henshall
I Enjoy Being a Girl
(Flower Drum Song
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Instrumental
Some Enchanted Evening
(South Pacific
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Philip Quast
When the Children Are Asleep
(Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Ruthie Henshall
Gary Wilmot
What Do We Do? We Fly!
(Do I Hear A Waltz?
Rodgers and Sondheim)
Maria Friedman
Henry Goodman
Ruthie Henshall
You'll Never Walk Alone
(Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Maria Friedman
With a Song in My Heart
(Spring Is Here
Rodgers and Hart)
All

Production Team
Produced byEMMA KINGSLEY
ALAN BOYD

Notes

Maria was 36 weeks pregnant when this concert was staged - she also had a broken leg which was in plaster - she therefore sung most of her songs while sitting down.


Radio Broadcast

This concert was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday 28 June 2002 - the actual centenary of the birth of Richard Rodgers.


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