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Finishing the Hat

Tom Service explores the lyrics and legacy of Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021, with musical director Jason Carr, and archive interviews with Sondheim himself.

Tom Service explores the unique relationship between music and lyrics in the work of Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021. Credited with 'reinventing the American musical' his works include Follies, Passion, Company, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd. Our witnesses are musical director Jason Carr, and thanks to archive interviews, Stephen Sondheim himself.

Producer: Ruth Thomson

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29 minutes

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Fri 29 Dec 2023 16:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - musical

    Performer: Cast Ensemble.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-3550.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - musical

    Performer: Dean Jones.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-3550.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Into the woods - musical

    Performer: Cast Ensemble.
    • MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
    • 82876-68636-2.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Passion - musical

    Performer: Maria Friedman.
    • First Night Records.
    • CAST CD61.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sunday in the park with George - musical

    Performer: Mandy Patinkin.
    • RCA.
    • RD-85042.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    A little night music - musical

    Performer: Judi Dench.
    • Tring.
    • TRING001.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    I Pagliacci - opera in 2 acts

    Performer: Carlo Bergonzi. Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 449 727-2.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Merrily we roll along - musical

    Performer: Cast Ensemble.
    • MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
    • 82876-68637-2.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Follies - musical

    Performer: Bernadette Peters.
    • PS CLASSICS.
    • PS-1105.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sweeney Todd - musical

    Performer: Cast Ensemble.
    • MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
    • G010003494120L.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum - musical comedy in 2 acts [after Plautus]

    Performer: Zero Mostel.
    • Broadway Angel.
    • ZDM 0777 7 64770 2 2.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - musical

    Performer: Pamela Myers.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-3550.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    A little night music - musical

    Performer: D'Jamin Bartlett.
    • Columbia Broadway Masterworks.
    • SK 65284.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - musical

    Performer: Dean Jones.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-3550.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 27 Mar 2022 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Fri 1 Apr 2022 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Fri 29 Dec 2023 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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