Performance on 3 - BBC Proms 2010 - Prom 49 - Rogers and Hammerstein

BBC PROMS 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny Another chance to hear this glorious medley of songs from the evergreen musicals that lyricist Oscar Hammerstein wrote with composer Richard Rodgers, the Waltz king of the musical. Kim Criswell headed the cast at the Royal Albert Hall in August, performing numbers ranging from the ground-breaking scores of Oklahoma! and the dark-themed Carousel, to the family favourites - The King and I and The Sound of Music. Musicals expert John Wilson conducts the lushly-scored movie orchestrations. Featuring excerpts from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music. Kim Criswell, Sierra Bogess, Julian Ovenden, Anna-Jane Casey and Rod Gilfry, vocalists Maida Vale Singers John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson, conductor.