BBC Proms 2020 Season - Stephen Sondheim 80th birthday Prom [2010] [320kbps .mp3]



In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.



Marking the 80th birthday in 2010 of one of Broadway's great innovators, this first ever Sondheim Prom drew together leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds, plus an array of special guests. Bryn Terfel had previously proved himself a magnetic Sweeney Todd in performances at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2007.



Terfel led a strong cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund. On the bill were excerpts from horror musical Sweeney Todd, the Ingmar Bergman-inspired A Little Night Music and the fairy-tale compendium of Into the Woods, as well as excerpts from Company, Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George.



01. Stephen Sondheim 80th birthday Prom PtI

01a. Introduction to the Sondheim concert

01b. Interval commentary

02. Stephen Sondheim 80th birthday Prom PtII





Simon Russell Beale (vocalist)

Dame Judi Dench (vocalist)

Daniel Evans (vocalist)

Maria Friedman (vocalist)

Caroline O'Connor (vocalist)

Julian Ovenden (vocalist)

Jenna Russell (vocalist)

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)

Proms Sondheim Ensemble



BBC Performing Arts Fund Singers

BBC Concert Orchestra

David Charles Abell (conductor)

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