a fabulous concert with the most memorable songs

from the partnerships' well known musicals

The Nottingham Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor ANDREW NICKLIN Chorus Director STEPHEN GODWARD

with Deborah Norman (Soprano) and Simon Curtis (Tenor)

and NFO's local highly talented soloists

SATURDAY 9TH JUNE 2007 - 7.30pm

NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL

www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk

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THE PROGRAMME

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ACT ONE

Lerner and Loewe Overture		Orchestra

CAMELOT
	Camelot	Simon Theobald & Chorus
	What Do The Simple Folk Do?	Deborah Norman & Simon Theobald
	If Ever I Would Leave You	Simon Curtis

PAINT YOUR WAGON
	I Talk To The Trees	Charlotte Clement & Mark Pollard
	They Call The Wind Maria	Simon Theobald & Chorus
	Another Autumn	Mark Pollard
	There's A Coach Comin' In	Simon Theobald & Chorus

GIGI
	Say a Prayer for Me Tonight	Jessica Nicklin
	Thank Heaven for Little Girls	Stephen Godward
	The Night They Invented Champagne	Chorus
	I Remember It Well	Joan Self & Stephen Godward
	Gigi	Simon Theobald & Chorus

Interval - 20 Minutes

ACT TWO

Entr'acte		Orchestra

BRIGADOON
	Come to Me, Bend to Me	Simon Curtis
	The Heather on the Hill	Charlotte Clement & Mark Pollard
	I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean	Andrew Booth & Chorus
	Almost Like Being In Love	Deborah Norman & Mark Pollard

MY FAIR LADY	Wouldn't It Be Loverly	Charlotte Clement & Chorus
	With a Little Bit of Luck	Simon Theobald with Stephen Godward, Simon Curtis & Chorus
	The Rain in Spain	Charlotte Clement, Mike Tipler & Mark Pollard
	I Could Have Danced All Night	Deborah Norman
	Get Me To The Church On Time	Simon Theobald & Chorus
	On The Street Where You Live	Simon Curtis
	Show Me	Deborah Norman
	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Mike Tipler

	Finale	Company

The partnership wrote only five major works, of which My Fair Lady is undoubtedly their best known and one of the most popular musicals ever written. However, the other four - Brigadoon, Paint your Wagon, Gigi and Camelot - were all great successes, and Lerner and Loewe have long been in that select club where Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein are the probably only other members.

Fredrick ‘Fritz’ Lerner was born in Berlin 11 June 1901, studied piano with Busoni and d’Albert and made his concert debut at the age of fourteen. Family tragedy meant that upon his arrival in the US in 1923, young Fritz had to find work. The unlikely calling of a boxer was followed by entertainer, and then, rehearsal pianist. By 1937 he had composed his first Broadway show - Great Lady – and he continued to work with various lyricists until he met Alan Jay Lerner in August 1942. Following the writing of Camelot, at the age of sixty, Loewe retired to Florida although he was tempted to work with Lerner once more when he wrote his last score for the 1971 film, The Little Prince.

Alan Jay Lerner was born 31 August 1918 and came from a wealthy American family. His father owned a large chain of departmental stores, which he eventually sold, devoting his time to the love of women and playing the stock market, skills that his son seemed to inherit. Alan studied at Harvard but eventually settled for a career as a lyricist. However, it was not until he teamed up with Loewe that Lerner made his true mark. Indeed after the partnership finished, Lerner carried on, working with well-known composers such as Burton Lane, Andre Previn and Leonard Bernstein, but although he enjoyed some success, the old magic was never quite there.

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