RICHARD RODGERS CENTENARY CONCERT

"Oh, What a Beautiful Evening"

Venue: The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London (UK)
Recorded on 24 June 2002
Broadcast on BBC Radio2 on 28 June 2002
(as part of the weekly programme: FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT)

Master of Ceremonies: Henry GOODMAN*
With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard BALCOMBE

GUESTS SOLOISTS (in alphabetical order):
Maria FRIEDMAN*, Ruthie HENSHALL*, Philip QUAST, Gary WILMOT

* Find updates about this artist's career on our Old Friends Page

MUSICAL NUMBERS

PART ONE
Introduction by Annie Kinsley
Richard Rodgers Centenary Overture - Orchestra
The Sweetest Sounds (No Strings) - Henry Goodman

SONG MEDLEY
Sing For Your Supper (The Boys from Syracuse) - Gary Wilmot
I Whistle a Happy Tune (The King & I) – Maria Friedman
I Like to Recognize the Tune (Too many Girls) – Philip Quast
The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music)- Ruthie Henshall

The Magazine interview

Any Old Place with You (A Lonely Romeo) - Gary Wilmot
Manhattan (The Garrick Gaieties) - Philip Quast
PIANO ROLL – My Heart Stood Still (One Damn Thing after Another)

20s MEDLEY
Thou Swell (A Connecticut Yankee) - Ruthie Henshall
The Blue Room (Too Many Girls) - Philip Quast
You took advantage of me (Present Arms) - Maria Friedman
Mountain Greenery (The Garrick Gaieties) - Gary Wilmot

The Bad in Every Man (Manhattan Melodrama) - Maria Friedman
Blue Moon - Ruthie Henshall
My Romance - Maria Friedman

The Phonecall

BABES IN ARMS MEDLEY
Where or When - Philip Quast
The Lady is a Tramp – Gary Wilmot
My Funny Valentine – Ruthie Henshall
I wish I were in Love again - Maria Friedman

Radio Recording
It's a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair) - ALL

PART TWO
Oh what a Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!) - Philip Quast
People will say we're in love (Oklahoma!) - Maria Friedman & Philip Quast
If I loved You (Carousel) - Gary Wilmot
Hollywood Party - Henry Goodman
March of the Siamese Children (The King & I)- Orchestra

DANCE MEDLEY
Dancing on the Ceiling (Evergreen) – Ruthie Henshall
On Your Toes - Gary Wilmot
Ten cents a dance (Simple Simon) - Maria Friedman
Shall we dance (The King & I) - Philip Quast & Ruthie Henshall
Grand Waltz Medley - Orchestra

Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music) - Ruthie Henshall
I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song) - (Piano piece)
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) – Philip Quast
When the Children are Asleep (Carousel) – Ruthie Henshall & Gary Wilmot
What Do We Do, We Fly (Do I Hear a Waltz?) - Ruthie Henshall, Maria Friedman, Gary Wilmot, Henry Goodman
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) - Maria Friedman
With a Song in My Heart (Spring is Here) - ALL


The 4 soloists at the live Concert

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