Programmes

Music from Stage and Screen

Full programme

  • Schwartz, That’s Entertainment (The Band Wagon)  (5mins)
  • Loesser, Luck Be a Lady (Guys & Dolls)  (4mins)
  • Arlen, Somewhere Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)  (5mins)
  • Rodgers, My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)  (3mins)
  • Nigel Hess, Ladies in Lavender (Ladies in Lavender)  (4mins)
  • Styne, Don’t Rain on my Parade (Funny Girl)  (4mins)
  • Alan Menken, Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)  (5mins)
  • Alan Menken, A Whole New World (Aladdin)  (4mins)
  • Sherman, Mary Poppins: Overture (Mary Poppins)  (7mins)
  • Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future Main Titles (Back to the Future)  (5mins)
  • Claude-Michel Schönberg, Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)  (3mins)
  • John Kander, All That Jazz (Chicago)  (4mins)
  • Mel Brooks, The Producers: Overture (The Producers)  (4mins)
  • Bernstein, Tonight (West Side Story)  (5mins)
  • Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Waving through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen)  (4mins)
  • Schwartz, Defying Gravity (Wicked)  (5mins)
  • Rodgers, Carousel Waltz (Carousel)  (7mins)

Performers

  • Stephen Bell

    Conductor

  • Katie Birtill

    Vocalist

  • Tim Howar

    Vocalist

Introduction

I am thrilled to be back with the CBSO to celebrate music that comes from both stage and screen.

Many stage shows have famously made their way onto our silver screens with spectacular results over the years, and occasionally, the process has been particularly successful the other way round and a celebrated movie has transferred to a live stage version. Tonight’s concert showcases both in the company of our two sensational vocal soloists – Katie Birtill and Tim Howar.

We go right back to the 1930’s for Arthur Schwartz and his anthem for the entire show-biz world, through the classic days of Bernstein’s groundbreaking West Side Story, classic Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Sherman brothers – all of which enjoyed a double life as stage productions and film versions over the decades.

Some, such as West Side Story, graced our screens on more than one occasion; in 1961 and the brilliant remake released in 2021. Of course, Disney films and stage musicals have entertained generations of the young (and young at heart) for many years. Bringing us more up to date with musicals such as Dear Evan Hansen, and the recently released Wicked film gives us an opportunity to focus on more contemporary lyricists and composers.

Throw in a few classics like Les Misérables, The Producers and The Wizard of Oz, and we hope we have a line up from the West End, Broadway and Hollywood that includes something for everyone. Enjoy!

Stephen Bell
Conductor