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A Tribute
to Leslie Bricusse
(A Musical Theatre
Melodies broadcast from Inner FM)
A Musical Theatre
Melodies broadcast pays tribute to the
Academy, Grammy and Ivor Novello
Award-winning composer, lyricist,
librettist and screenwriter, Leslie
Bricusse (who passed away at his home in
the South of France last week at the age
of 90).
The program
features an archival interview with
Leslie from July 2021 to mark the 60th
Anniversary of the London premiere of the
Bricusse – Anthony Newley musical
Stop The World – I Want to Get Off,
in which Leslie also discussed his
up-coming projects, which included the
long-awaited British premiere of his
Sammy Davis Jr. bio-musical Sammy, plus
his recently completed stage work The
Great Musical Comedy (aka Sunday Dallas),
the concert presentation of A Few Words
With George (for which Leslie wrote
lyrics to accompany the orchestral works
of George Gershwin), animated film
versions of Noah’s Ark (featuring a
song score originally written in the
1960s) and Scrooge (based on his 1970
film and subsequent stage adaptation) and
the projected film version of Jekyll
& Hyde.
The programme
concludes with a replay of excerpts from
a 90th Birthday tribute to Leslie
Bricusse which featured a selection of
his songs written and co-written (with
collaborators including Anthony Newley,
Cyril Ornadel, Henry Mancini, John
Williams and Frank Wildhorn) for the
stage musicals Stop The World – I
Want To Get Off, Pickwick, The Roar Of
The Greasepaint – The Smell Of The
Crowd, The Good Old Bad Old Days,
Sherlock Holmes, Jekyll & Hyde and
Cyrano de Bergerac; and screen musicals
Charley Moon, Doctor Doolittle, Goodbye
Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the
Chocolate Factory and Victor/Victoria,
from the respective original cast and
film soundtrack recordings.
See Leslie
Bricusse's Obituary
by Anthony Wills
We are pleased to
reproduce recordings on LONDON LIGHT
MUSIC ONLINE, with due
acknowledgement.
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