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Simon Russell Beale, Kim Criswell, Maria Friedman, Rod Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, et al. Set for BBC Prom Concerts

Maria Friedman
Maria Friedman

Simon Russell Beale, Maria Friedman, and Bryn Terfel will perform in Sondheim at 80, a special BBC Prom concert to be held on July 31 at Royal Albert Hall. Martin Duncan will direct the performance, which will feature the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell.

Sondheim will attend the concert, which will feature numbers from A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George, among others.

In addition, it has also been announced that Kim Criswell, Anna Jane Casey, Julian Ovenden, and Rod Gilfry will perform in a Prom concert dedicated to the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, to be offered on August 22 and performed by the John Wilson Orchestra.

Both events will be broadcast on BBC2.

For further information, visit: www.bbc.co.uk.