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| Sarah Fox and Sir Thomas Allen at the Prom 22, 2009. |
One of the nice things about the
BBC Proms is that they cover such a wide range of music. Late last night for example the
BBC HD channel rebroadcast
Prom 22, "
A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals", one of the absolute highlights of the 2009 Proms.
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| Soprano Sarah Fox. |
Conductor
John Wilson and his hand picked
orchestra, the
Maida Vale Singers and an array of star vocalists, including
Kim Criswell,
Sarah Fox,
Sir Thomas Allen,
Curtis Stigers and
Seth MacFarlane, made this celebration of the golden age of
Hollywood musicals truly unforgettable. John Wilson had painstakingly reconstructed the original orchestral scores, which were lost when the studio destroyed its music library to make way for a car park.
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| Sir Thomas Allen. |
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| Sir Thomas Allen and Sarah Fox. |
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| Kim Criswell |
For friends of all those great movie classics, including
The Wizard of Oz,
Meet Me in St Louis,
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
High Society,
Gigi and
Singin' in the Rain, this stunning evening of great film music is fortunately
available also on DVD.
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