John Wilson Orchestra Gershwin

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Live from the bbc Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

The John Wilsontra Orches performs Gershwin

George & Ira Gershwin‘s Hollywood Hits Rediscovered

John Julian Louise Matthew Wilson Ovenden Dearman Ford The John Wilsontra orches performs Gershwin

George & Ira Gershwin‘s Hollywood Hits Rediscovered

George and Ira Gershwin Overture from Rhapsody in Blue “Fascinating Rhythm”, “But Not for Me” & “Treat Me Rough” from Girl Crazy Ballet & “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” & “’S Wonderful” from An American in Paris “The Babbitt and the Bromide” from Ziegfeld Follies Final ballet from Shall We Dance “Strike Up the Band” from Strike Up the Band “Funny Face” from Funny Face “Love Walked In” from The Goldwyn Follies “Let’s Kiss and Make Up” from Funny Face Ballet from An American in Paris “Applause, Applause” from Give a Girl a Break” Burton Lane & Ira Gershwin Once again John Wilson and his orchestra, “combining swing “In Our United State” from Give a Girl a Break” authenticity with the poise of a deluxe concert Orchestra” Harry Warren & Ira Gershwin (The Times), return to the Royal Albert Hall with a performance “You’d Be Hard to Replace”” & ”The Swing-Trot” counted among “the star attractions” (Financial Times) of this from The Barkleys of Broadway year’s Proms. Their concert, accompanied by three of the “greatest West-End musical theatre stars” Louise Dearman, Jerome Kern & Ira Gershwin Matthew Ford and Julian Ovenden (also known from Downtown “Long Ago and Far Away” from Cover Girl” Abbey), pays tribute to George and Ira Gershwin, one of Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin America’s most celebrated song-writing duos. “The Man That Got Away” & “It’s a new World” from A Star Is Born Although the music celebrated in this concert is well known and loved worldwide, John Wilson could only find 6 out of 18 original scores. The others were thrown away by the film studios at the Conductor John Wilson time, believing they had no further value. John Wilson with Orchestra John Wilson Orchestra this incredible concert proves, that they could not have been Chorus Maida Vale Singers more wrong: Having spent two decades reviving the music from Chorus Master Christopher Dee Hollywood’s Golden age, John Wilson recreated the lost scores by listing to the movie soundtracks and transcribing them one Vocals Louise Dearman note at a time. “Nothing has been so complex and as rewarding Matthew Ford to unravel as George Gershwin’s music” John Wilson stated, but Julian Ovenden it certainly has been worth the effort: “A top-class tribute to the Gershwins” (Radio Times) and a first time live performance Video Director Bridget Caldwell for a dozen pieces, since their original recording.

Divided between film score theme tunes, dance numbers, and Length: 114' songs from musicals such as the favourites “Embraceable You”, Cat. no. 025 50155X “Love Walked In”, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” and the ballet music from the 1951 film An American in Paris, “this glorious concert” A co-production of (The Times) just “dazzled on every level.” (The Telegraph) BBC and UNITEL

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