Twelfth Night Concert and Dance

Date & Time

Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 17:00

Venue

Konserthuset Stockholm, The Main Hall (Stockholm)

In the entertaining Epiphany Concert, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by the British conductor John Wilson. He is an authority on film music and has reconstructed and arranged many classic soundtracks for concert settings. Since 1994, Wilson leads his own hand-picked orchestra, specializing in film and musicals, and performs annually at The Proms summer festival.The Twelfth Night Concert 2023 was a resounding success when British conductor John Wilson led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in a program blending... Read full text

Keywords: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson	Conductor
Julian Ovenden	Vocals
Susanne Rydén	Presenter

Program

Overture to Oklahoma! arr Adolph Deutsch	Richard Rodgers
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’ from Oklahoma! arr Adolph Deutsch	Richard Rodgers
Almost Like Being in Love from Brigadoon arr Conrad Salinger	Frederick Loewe
Overture to Funny Face arr Don Rose	George Gershwin
Luck Be A Lady from Guys and Dolls arr George Bassman/Ted Royal	Frank Loesser
On the Streets Where You Live from My Fair Lady arr Robert Franklyn	Frederick Loewe
March of the Siamese Children from The King and I arr Robert Russell Bennett	Richard Rodgers
Soliloquy from Carousel arr Don Walker	Richard Rodgers
Overture to South Pacific arr Herbert Spencer	Richard Rodgers
I Won’t Send Roses from Mack and Mable arr Andrew Cottee	Jerry Herman
The Carousel Waltz from Carousel arr Edward B Powell	Richard Rodgers
Love, I Hear from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum arr Irwin Kostal/Sid Ramin	Stephen Sondheim
Younger than Springtime from South Pacific arr Edward B Powell	Richard Rodgers
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue from On Your Toes arr Robert Russell Bennett	Richard Rodgers
Something’s Coming from West Side Story arr Irwin Kostal/Sid Ramin	Leonard Bernstein
Maria from West Side Story arr Irwin Kostal/Sid Ramin	Leonard Bernstein
Being Alive from Company arr Jonathan Tunick	Stephen Sondheim

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