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Tony Awards and the Movies

Saturday Cinema - June 15, 2024

Celebrate the Tony Awards on this episode of Saturday Cinema! Host Lynne Warfel shares music from films that have been made from Broadway plays and musicals, including selections from from Cabaret, My Fair Lady and Steel Magnolias. Listen now!

Playlist

Driving Miss Daisy: End Titles
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460

Our Town
Composer: Aaron Copland
Conductor: Aaron Copland
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 42429

Oklahoma!: Main Title
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA 63835

Cabaret: Willkommen
Composer: John Kander/Fred Ebb
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Joel Grey, vocals
MCA 40027

Carousel Waltz
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA 63835

Rope: Main Titles
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1045

Sleuth: Overture
Composer: John Addison
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80189

My Fair Lady: Why Can’t the English
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Franz Allers
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast
Soloists: Rex Harrison, vocals
Sony 89997

My Fair Lady: Main Title
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops 4

Symphony No. 25: 1st movement (opening)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Warner 54928

Steel Magnolias: Suite
Composer: Georges Delerue
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460

Anastasia
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 184

Dial M for Murder: Suite
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1101

A Streetcar Named Desire: Suite
Composer: Alex North
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80708

Hamlet: The Ghost
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Chandos 8842

The Producers: Overture
Composer: Mel Brooks
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops 4

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