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Sondheim on Sondheim

As a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who died in November, another chance to hear Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a review of his words and music from March 2018.

As a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who died in November, another chance to hear a review of his words and music recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in March 2018. Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and a host of music theatre stars, featuring some of his best-known songs such as 'Send in the Clowns' and 'Losing my Mind', from some of his greatest shows including Company, Follies, Gypsy and A Little Night Music. The concert includes specially recorded introductions to some of the songs by Stephen Sondheim himself.

Singers: Liz Callaway, Claire Moore, Julian Ovenden, Rebecca Trehearn, Tyrone Huntley, Damian Humbley
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Keith Lockhart
Director: Bill Deamer.

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Mon 27 Dec 2021 19:30
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Music Played

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company (overture)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Overture

  • Stephen Sondheim

    So Many People (Saturday Night)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Take me to the World

  • Stephen Sondheim

    So many people

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Something's Coming (West Side Story)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Something's Coming

  • Stephen Sondheim

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Invocation; Love is in the air; Comedy tonight

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Merrily We Roll Along

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Franklin Shephard, Inc

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Good Thing Going

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sweeney Todd

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Epiphany

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Passion

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    I Read

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Is this what you call love

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Loving You

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Happiness; Ever After; A Weekend in the Country; Sunday

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sunday in the Park with George

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Cole Porter

    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

    Music Arranger: Joe Chindamo. Ensemble: James Morrison Quartet. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • ABC.

  • Cole Porter

    Ev'ry time we say goodbye

    Performer: James Morrison. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Music Arranger: Joe Chindamo. Ensemble: James Morrison Quartet. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • ABC.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Performer: James Morrison. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Music Arranger: Andrew Cottee. Ensemble: James Morrison Quartet. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • ABC.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: James Morrison. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Sammy Fain

    Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing

    Music Arranger: Graeme Lyall. Ensemble: James Morrison Quartet. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • ABC.

  • Sammy Fain

    Love is a Many-splendoured thing

    Performer: James Morrison. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Opening Doors (Merrily We Roll Along)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Kiss me

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Opening Doors

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sondheim Medley

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Losing my mind; Not a day goes by

  • Stephen Sondheim

    The best thing that ever happened

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Being Alive (Company)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Being Alive

  • Stephen Sondheim

    In Buddy's Eyes (Follies)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    In Buddy's Eyes

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Something just broke: Gun Song

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Assassins

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sunday in the Park with George

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Finishing the Hat

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Beautiful

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Children Will Listen (Into the Woods)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Children will listen

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the Clowns

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company; Old Friends; Anyone can Whistle

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sondheim finale

    Performer: Liz Callaway. Singer: Damian Humbley. Singer: Tyrone Huntley. Singer: Claire Moore. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Rebecca Trehearn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe, BWV 1060

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Ray Still. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.

  • Samuel Barber

    A Slumber Song of the Madonna

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

Credit

Performer BBC Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Tue 20 Mar 2018 19:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 27 Dec 2021 19:30
    BBC Radio 3