Compact Discoveries 174: Rodgers without Hammerstein, Part 2
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The music from Oklahoma! was arranged by master orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett and is performed by the Orchestra of the Americas conducted by Paul Freeman. Selections from South Pacific and The King and I are performed by Richard Hayman and His Orchestra. The hour concludes with Carousel: A Symphonic Portrait, arranged by master orchestrator and composer Morton Gould and performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri.
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This is the world premier of this episode.
Transcript
Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2010 by Fred Flaxman
Program 174
"Rodgers without Hammerstein, Part 2"
MUSIC: Rodgers: excerpt from “It’s a Grand Night for Singing” from State Fair [Naxos 8.555024, track 6 [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman. Stay with me for the next hour and we’ll listen together to music from the Broadway musicals of Richard Rodgers without the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein on “Rodgers without Hammerstein, Part 2.”
MUSIC: Fades out
Those of you who were with me for “Rodgers without Hammerstein, Part 1” heard Rodgers ballet music: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue from On Your Toes and Ghost Town. But, of course, Richard Rodgers is most famous for the Broadway musicals he wrote, first with lyrics by Moss Hart, then with lyrics by Osc...
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