Sydney Town Hall; November 2024
This concert was a celebration of the legendary Broadway musical partnership of composer Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979) and librettist/lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960),
The Sydney Philharmonia’s Symphony chorus and chamber singers joined a cast of leading Australian musical theatre stars each at the top of their craft; (Ashleigh Rubenach, direct from Sunset Boulevard; multi award-winning Johanna Allen; The Ten Tenors’ Daniel Belle; and Rob McDougall, whose stage credits include appearances at New York’s famous Birdland Cabaret Club and Carnegie Hall), and the full Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Brett Weymark OAM.
The concert was an encore to the Choirs’ sell-out 2023 Golden Age of Broadway concert, which played to a jam-packed Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
It was great to hear so many memorable Rodgers amd Hammerstein tunes so beautifully performed at the Town Hall. It has been such a long time since I’ve been to a concert at the Town Hall, a venue which has a lovely quality all of its own.
Tbis was the program from the night.
Showstoppers
Program
Prologue and The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music Main Title
Do-Re-Mi, from The Sound of Music
Edelweiss, from The Sound of Music
June Is Bustin’ Out All Over, from Carousel
I Enjoy Being a Girl, from Flower Drum Song
You Are Beautiful, from Flower Drum Song
There Is Nothin Like a Dame, from South Pacific
Keep It Gay, from Me & Juliet
People will Say We’re in Love, from Oklahoma!
Soliloquy, from Carousel
You’ll Never Walk Alone, from Carousel
INTERVAL
It’s a Grand Night for Singing, from State Fair
I have confidence in me, from The Sound of Music
Happy Talk, from South Pacific
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, from South Pacific
Some Enchanted Evening, from South Pacific
Something Wonderful, from The King and I
Kansas City, from Oklahoma!
Love, Look Away, from Flower Drum Song
If I loved you, from Carousel
I Have Dreamed, from The King and I
I Whistle a Happy Tune, from The King and I
Something good, from The Sound of Music
Climb Ev’ry Mountain, from The Sound of Music
I saw the performance that took place at the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 16th November at 7pm
Featured image : Conductor Brett Weymark OAM Photo by Keith Saunders
