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Performance TitleBritain Salutes America, in aid of The Muscular Dystrophy Group
Performance Date4 July 1985
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersBen Kingsley,
Sir John Mills,
Elizabeth Harwood,
Niall Murray - narrators
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsIain Sutherland
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)(London Symphony Orchestra),
'American National Anthem' (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Star Wars', J Williams (London Symphony Orchestra),
Welcome Address (Sir John Mills),
'Soliloquy' from Carousel, Rodgers and Hammerstein (Niall Murray, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Serenade' (Student Prince), Romberg (Niall Murray, London Symphony Orchestra),
Three Dance Episodes (On the Town), Bernstein (London Symphony Orchestra),
'The Great Lover Displays Himself',
'Lonely Town' (Pas de Deux),
'Times Square' (Finale Act I),
'I Could Have Danced All Night' from My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe (Elizabeth Harwood, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Glitter and be Gay' from Candide, Hellman Bernstein (Elizabeth Harwood, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Symphonic Story of Jerome Kern', Robert Russell Bennett (London Symphony Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'On the Trail' from Grand Canyon Suite, Ferde Grofe (London Symphony Orchestra),
'Bess, You Is My Woman, Now' from Porgy and Bess, Dubose Heywood, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (Elizabeth Harwood, Niall Murray, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Wanting You' from The New Moon, Romberg (Elizabeth Harwood, Niall Murray, London Symphony Orchestra),
'Lincoln Portrait', Copland (Ben Kingsley),
'Closing Address' (Sir John Mills),
'An American in Paris', Gershwin (London Symphony Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of Kent,
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1985/54),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1985/7),
Poster (RAHE/2/1985/15)
Ticket Prices£5-£10
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1985/54Britain Salutes America in aid of The Muscular Dystrophy Group4 July 1985
RAHE/6/1985/7Britain Salutes America, in aid of The Muscular Dystrophy Group4 July 1985
RAHE/2/1985/15Britain Salutes America, London Symphony Orchestra4 July 1985
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Csokczoix_GcxBritain Salutes America, in aid of The Muscular Dystrophy Group1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/7751Mills; Sir; John (1908-2005); English actor
DS/UK/10684Harwood; Elizabeth (1938-1990); English soprano
DS/UK/13467Murray; Niall (fl 1980s); Irish baritone
DS/UK/13469Kingsley; Sir; Ben (1943-); CBE; English actor
DS/UK/11957Sutherland; Iain (fl 1960s-); Scottish violinist and orchestra conductor
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
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