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Finishing the Hat (Book of the Week)
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4
Monday 20 to Christmas Eve Friday 24 December 2010 09:45-10:00
To mark his 80th birthday, musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim appraises his long career and dissects his own lyrics from West Side Story to Sweeney Todd.
In Finishing The Hat – a title borrowed from one of his most autobiographical songs – Sondheim provides a forensic account of the lyric-writing process. Stephen discusses the lyrics for several of his major musicals from 1954 to 1981, including West Side Story, Gypsy, Company, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. He offers an illuminating insight into the lyric-writer's art, as well as a number of warm and witty anecdotes about the remarkable figures with whom he has worked.
Stephen also discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with talents such as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Ethel Merman and Harold Prince.
Penetrating and self-deprecating, thoughtful and witty, Finishing the Hat is not only an informative look at the art and craft of lyric writing, it is also a window on musical theatre history since the 1950s.
Part 1 - We hear how his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein, influenced the early career of the budding composer and lyricist, and how he came to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story.
Part 2 - Sondheim recounts his experience of writing the lyrics for Gypsy - and of working with the indomitable Ethel Merman.
Part 3 - He discusses his first outing on Broadway with his own music - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - and the critical importance of getting the opening number just right.
Part 4 - Sondheim looks back on the development of A Little Night Music.
Part 5 - He talks about the inspiration behind the music and lyrics of his 'love song to London' - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Additional readings are by Juliet Stevenson.
Reader/Stephen Sondheim, Producer/Emma Harding for the BBC
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4
Monday 20 to Christmas Eve Friday 24 December 2010 09:45-10:00
To mark his 80th birthday, musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim appraises his long career and dissects his own lyrics from West Side Story to Sweeney Todd.
In Finishing The Hat – a title borrowed from one of his most autobiographical songs – Sondheim provides a forensic account of the lyric-writing process. Stephen discusses the lyrics for several of his major musicals from 1954 to 1981, including West Side Story, Gypsy, Company, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. He offers an illuminating insight into the lyric-writer's art, as well as a number of warm and witty anecdotes about the remarkable figures with whom he has worked.
Stephen also discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with talents such as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Ethel Merman and Harold Prince.
Penetrating and self-deprecating, thoughtful and witty, Finishing the Hat is not only an informative look at the art and craft of lyric writing, it is also a window on musical theatre history since the 1950s.
Part 1 - We hear how his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein, influenced the early career of the budding composer and lyricist, and how he came to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story.
Part 2 - Sondheim recounts his experience of writing the lyrics for Gypsy - and of working with the indomitable Ethel Merman.
Part 3 - He discusses his first outing on Broadway with his own music - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - and the critical importance of getting the opening number just right.
Part 4 - Sondheim looks back on the development of A Little Night Music.
Part 5 - He talks about the inspiration behind the music and lyrics of his 'love song to London' - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Additional readings are by Juliet Stevenson.
Reader/Stephen Sondheim, Producer/Emma Harding for the BBC