FULL A ROYAL BIRTHDAY GALA Queen Mothers 90th Birthday London 1990 Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Willard White
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Queen Mothers 90th Birthday "A Royal Birthday Gala" 1990
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: London Palladium, London, UK
- Recorded: July 17, 1990
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Willard White, Sarah Brightman, Elaine Paige, and many more
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- Orchestra:
- Stage Director:
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: BBC
- Date Published: 1990
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The BBC presents a Royal Birthday Gala from The London Palladium.
A galaxy of glittering stars from the world of music, theatre, film and television gather together for a special celebration to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in a musical montage of the shows around in the early 1900s.
A glittering evening’s entertainment in the gracious presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
The international stars celebrating the 90th birthday of the Queen Mother in this charity performance are: Peggy Ashcroft, Rowan Atkinson, Richard Attenborough, Lionel Blair, Sarah Brightman, Isobel Buchanan, Darcey Bussell, Simon Cadell, Michael Caine, Christopher Cazenove, Leslie Crowther, Mark Curry, Arthur Davies, Michael Denison, Placido Domingo, Stephen Fry, James Galway, Jill Gascoine, John Gielgud, Dulcie Gray, Robert Hardy, Marilyn Hill Smith, Jeffrey Holland, Anita Harris, Patricia Hodge, Kiri Te Kanawa, Howard Keel, Bonnie Langford, Vera Lynn, Lisa Maxwell, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Meadmore, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Warren Mitchell, Roger Moore, Jonathon Morris, Irek Mukhamedov, Elaine Paige, Angharad Rees, Anneka Rice, Cliff Richard, Eric Roberts, Wayne Sleep, Willard White, Bernie Winters, Jenny Wren.
Also the cast of Anything Goes (from the Prince Edward Theatre), members of the cast of Song and Dance (from the Shaftesbury Theatre), the Royal Gala Dancers and the Stephen Hill Singers.
Harry Rabinowitz was in charge of the music and associate producer Norman Maen is also the stage director for the gala.
Television director Kevin Bishop
Executive producer Yvonne Uttlewood
Programme:
01. Queen Mother´s arrival at London Palladium
02. Bonnie Langford and Lionel Blair “Tell me pretty Maiden”
03. Anita Harris “I´m Burlington Bertie from Bow”
04. Jill Gascoine “Lassie from Lancashire” and “Old Bull and Bush”
05. 1900s Musical Medley
06. Eric Roberts “ I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General”
07. Geraldine Mc Ewan and Isobel Buchanan ”The Scottish Homeland
08. Sir John Gielgud- A speech from Alan Bennett’s “40 years on”
09. Wayne Sleep in a Roaring Twenties Medley.
10. Stephen Fry “The letter” (10 30)
11. Marilyn Hill Smith and Arthur Davies “Musicals of Ivor Novello”
12. James Galway “Londonderry Air”
13. Leslie Crowther and Bernie Winters “Flanagan and Allen”
14. Patricia Hodge and Simon Cadell “Private Lives” The Musical.
15. Dame Vera Lynn with a Wartime Medley.
16. Howard Keel- Scenes from Oklahoma
17. Willard White- “Ol´man River” from the musical- Showboat
18. Warren Mitchell “Little Bit of Luck” from My Fair Lady
19. Michael Caine and Roger Moore “Ascot Gavotte” – My Fair Lady
20. Kiri Te Kanawa – I Could Have Danced All Night & Depuis Le Jour
21. Rowan Atkinson “An Invitation to a Royal Gala ”
22. Cliff Richard “The Young Ones ” and “The Best of Me”
23. Darcey Bussel and Irek Mukamiedov “Pas de Deux””
24. Dame Peggy Ashcroft “ The History of England”
25. Elaine Paige “ Anything Goes”
26. Sarah Brightman “ Music of the Night”
27. Wayne Sleep from the musical “ Song and Dance”
28. Placido Domingo “E lucevan le stele” & “You are my hearts delight”
29. Kiri Te Kanawa ““ A Birthday Song” for the Queen Mother ”
30. Sir Richard Attenborough “Happy Birthday”