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Stephen Sondheim 80th birthday Prom

A special Prom marking the 80th birthday in 2010 of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, with a cast featuring Bryn Terfel and Dame Judi Dench.

In 2020, 91热爆 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鈥檚 Royal Festival Hall in 2007.

Terfel led a strong cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the 91热爆 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.

Presented by Georgia Mann

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

91热爆 Performing Arts Fund Singers
91热爆 Concert Orchestra
David Charles Abell (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 Jul 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    String Quartet No 2, 'Intimate Letters'

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 31 Jul 2020 19:30

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