July 2022
It's a
Musicals World
(28 July – 5 August 2022)
First of all
my apologies for not pointing you
in the direction of Go Go, Matt
Monro on Talking Pictures, a
30-minute film made in 1962 in
which Matt mimes to a variety of
songs in his apartment and at
Heathrow Airport as he boards a
BEA flight to a very damp Rome,
where he sings at the Trevi
Fountain and other famous sites.
Matt's guests are Marian
Montgomery and Roy Castle.
It’s all rather contrived
but Matt is on tremendous form.
Catch it while you can.
This schedules
this week are dominated by the
Commonwealth Games BUT by way of
compensation the hills are alive
with classic musicals (all on
BBC2 unless otherwise stated):
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(Saturday 3.55 pm), Evita (Great
Movies Classic, Freeview 52,
Saturday 6.20 pm), Oliver!
(Great Movies Classic, Sunday
9.40 am), Summer Holiday
(Sunday 1.50 pm), Kiss Me
Kate (Monday 2.45 pm), Annie
(1962 version with Albert Finney)
(Film 4 Freeview 14, Monday 3
pm), Easter Parade
(Tuesday 2.50 pm), Carousel
(Wednesday 2.25 pm), Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes (BBC4,
Thursday 8.45 pm) and The
Band Wagon (Friday 1.50 pm).
Also:
Thursday
28 July
3 pm Discovering
Gene Kelly (Sky Arts)
8 pm The Directors: Stanley
Donen) (Sky Arts) A perfect
pairing.
Friday 29 July
11 am Discovering Gene Kelly (as
yesterday) (Sky Arts)
1 am (Saturday) Piano Flow:
Lianne La Havas plays soothing
tracks by Fats Waller, Bill Evans
& Nina Simone in this laid
back night-time slot (Radio 3)
Saturday
30 July
9 am ** How To
Have A Hit Show – A repeat
of a three hour 1968 special in
which Maria Friedman delves into
the BBC Archives in search of
advice from some of the greatest
popular composers and songwriters
of the 20th Century –
including Rodgers &
Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Yip
Harburg, Cy Coleman, Dorothy
Fields and Alan Jay Lerner. With,
of course, samples of their work.
Unmissable ** (Radio 4 Extra)
1.15 pm Some Like It Hot
(1959) – to make the 60th
anniversary of Marilyn's tragic
death) (BBC2 1.15pm)
3.10 pm Marvellous Musicals:
archive interviews with the
biggest stars and directors
(BBC2)
7 pm ** The Flight For Saturday
Night ** Now here’s
something really special –
Michael Grade "tells the
tale of skulduggery and dirty
dealings that took place as TV
channels battled to win the crown
for the best Saturday night
ratings". Unmissable I
reckon! (BBC4) ** Followed by:
8.30 pm Bruce Forsyth's
Generation Game – a 1993
edition (BBC4)
9 pm Kate Bush In Concert (BBC2)
11.45 pm ** "What We Were
Watching": Grace Dent
examines the light entertainment
output in the 1960s & 70s **
(BBC4)
Sunday 31
July
1 pm EP on Sunday
(Radio 2)
Thursday 4
August
11.30 Cover Story:
Gershwin's A Foggy Day In
London Town: the story
behind Judy Garland's version and
its significance in her life
(Radio 4)
2.20 pm Newsies: the Broadway
Musical (2017) A live
recording of the hit Disney show
with music by Alan Menken and
lyrics by Jack Fierstein, which
is apparently coming to London in
November (BBC2)
7 pm Cameron Mackintosh, The
First 50 Years (Sky Arts Freeview
11) – "I don’t
believe it!"
10.15 pm Some Like it Hot
(1959) Terrific performances in
this Billy Wilder classic with
Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
and plenty of 20s music. In case
you missed it on Saturday.
Anthony
Wills
July 2022
Bramwell
Tovey
1953 - 2022
We regret to
record the death of Bramwell
Tovey, the principal conductor of
the BBC Concert Orchestra, after
a protracted illness, on 12th
July 2022.
An obituary by
Roderick Elms can be found on our
website here.
(Some may remember
Roderick Elms as the speaker at
our October 2019 meeting.)
June 2022
David
Lloyd-Jones [1934-2022]
It is with regret
that we record the death –
after a short illness –
of the conductor David
Lloyd-Jones, who passed-away on
June 8th 2022.
The founder of
Opera North, he was principally
associated with the 'serious' end
of the musical spectrum and
showed a particular interest in
British and Russian music.
Mr. Lloyd-Jones
was a prolific recording artiste,
whose name appeared on several
labels, including Philips,
Hyperion, MRF, Marco Polo, Dutton
Epoch, Chandos, Melba and Oriel.
He conducted well
over thirty CDs for the NAXOS
company, including four volumes
of English String Miniatures,
featuring Light Music works by
many celebrated composers,
including Haydn Wood, John
Rutter, George Melachrino, Frank
Cordell, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs,
Philip Lane, Peter Hope, Adam
Carse, Ernest Tomlinson, Gustav
Holst, Paul Lewis, Frederick
Delius and Peter Warlock.
© Tony
Clayden June 2022
June 2022
Aspidistra
Drawing Room Orchestra
New CD
The Aspidistra
Drawing Room Orchestra have now
received the CDs of 'Café
Bonheur’, their brand new
recording.
More CD
information on their website
May 2022
British
Vintage Wireless and Television
Museum
Afternoon
of Music - May 14th 2022
A very warm and
sunny Saturday saw the first
musical gathering of 2022 at the
Museum. Although the numbers were
[rather disappointingly] lower
than customary, those attending
were treated to enjoyable
presentations by Brian Reynolds
[on orchestras which used to
appear on BBC radio], Alex
Gleason, [who played a selection
of his favourite musical
compositions written for films],
Chris Money [on the American
composer Leroy Anderson] and Tony
Clayden [on the English composer
and arranger George Melachrino].
Tony also organised and
introduced the programme.
Visitors were able
to view [at a distance] the
progress of the site improvements
– including the new cabin
and groundworks – which were
nearing completion in time for
the forthcoming Garden Party at
the beginning of June.
Brian Reynolds
– whose grandfather and then
father ran a very successful
Radio and Television business in
Bromley for many years – was
delighted to see that the shop's
signboard, which had languished
for many years in Brian's garage,
has now been awarded
pride-of-place on the front of
the TV room.
As always, a light
lunch was provided by Eileen
Laffey and the whole afternoon
was 'overseen' by John Thompson.
© Tony Clayden
2022
Further music
events at the Museum are
scheduled for:
Saturday 27th August
and Saturday 15th October
2022 both at 1pm
May 2022
A new
Hospital Radio fund raising CD
compiled by Steven Wills
Intermission
Accomplished
European Sound Stage Orchestra
Featuring the
music of Brian Bennett, Alan
Hawkshaw, Keith Mansfield, Johnny
Pearson and many others from the
KPM music library.
Full CD details
can be found on Amazon here or
click on the CD cover above
January 2022
1952
- A Royal Year
Steven Wills
celebrates The Queen's Platinum
Jubilee with a programme of music
from 1952
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