| Main Performers | Eric Idle,
Shannon Mercer,
William Ferguson,
Christopher Purves,
Michael Palin,
Terry Jones,
Terry Gilliam,
Carol Cleveland,
Neil Innes
Rosalind Plowright (Brian's mother),
Graham Chapman (Brian) - vocals |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
| Set List | 'Not the Messiah', E Idle, J Du Prez
'Liberty Bell March', S P Sousa,
'Chaos and Confusion',
'There Shall Be Monsters',
'O God You Are So Big!',
'Mandy's Song',
'Woe Woe Woe!',
'We Love Sheep',
'Spiritual',
'Brian's Dream',
'What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?',
'The People's Front of Judea',
'I Want to Be a Girl',
'The Market Square',
'You're the One',
'Hail to the Shoe',
'Amourdeus',
'The Chosen One Has Woken',
'When They Grow Up',
'Take Us Home',
'The Chosen One',
'Individuals',
'Find Your Dream',
'Arrested!',
'A Fair Day's Work',
'The Final Song',
'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life'
ENCORE
'The Lumberjack Song',
'Finale'
SECOND ENCORE
'Liberty Bell March', J P Sousa |
| Performance Notes | A celebration of 40 years of Monty Python.
The European premiere of the 90 minute long comic oratorio, 'Not The Messiah', based on the Monty Python film, 'Life of Brian'.
The event was recorded by BBC TV for subsequent broadcast and release.
"...The audience, forming one barmy army of Python devotees - as if in paraody of the Last Night of the Proms - waved fake candles in the air, sang and whistled along. There was little disguising the fact though, that between the start of the show - when we got a fantastic blast of that theme tune (The Liberty Bell) - and the hugely nostalgic finale, there was little to get genuinely worked up about.
...Overall, it never felt naughty enough. But who wants to be the party-pooper? The Pythons have earned their place in history. And they've earned the right to muck about with experiments like this. We can't quite get enough of them, even now."
(The Daily Telegraph, 24 October 2009) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2009/140),
Digital Handbill,
Digital Photographs |