Side by Side – Sondheim – June 18th 2016
A Saturday evening concert in Sunderland Minster, starting at 7.30 p.m., conducted by David Murray.
Tickets £14.00 for Nave (£8 concessions for full-time students and on income related benefits) or £8.00 (Gallery – limited view). Accompanied under 16s free. Tickets are available from members of the Society, at the door, or on-line from http://www.wegottickets.com/BCS – who also have a direct link on the home page of this website.
Soloists :- Anne Marie Owens, Laurie Ashworth and Adrian Powter. Narrator :- David Timson.
Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of the Broadway and film composer Stephen Sondheim. Its title is derived from the song “Side by Side by Side” from Company. The musical had its origins when David Kernan was asked by Cleo Lane and her husband John Dankworth to put together a revue as a benefit for The Stables, a theatre they owned in Wavendon. Kernan contacted director Ned Sherrin and suggested that they do a review of Sondheim material. The producer Cameron Mackintosh saw the benefit revue, which featured Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, Kernan, and Ned Sherrin as the narrator, and agreed to produce it.
The music is in the form of a revue, with various sections tied together by being from a particular Sondheim musical, or having a common theme, and all tied together by the Narrator. He explains what show the songs are from, and in some cases provides background on why a song was written.
