FWSO Pop Series "Rodgers and Hammerstein At The Movies:

CONCERT PROGRAM

The Travelling Toe and a Dear Friend attended the Sunday matinee performance of the Pop Series presented by the Fort Worth Symphony.  The program was based on the marvelous music of Rodgers and Hammerstein.  The guest conductor for the concert was Maestro Stuart Malina.

Stuart Malina

What made this program so enjoyable was seeing the movie shown on a large screen and the movie actors singing with the FWSO accompanying them. Maestro Malina also shared interesting tidbits about the movie,the stars and the music.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

The program began with an overture of lovely music from "The Sound of Music".

The next segments were from the movie "Carousel".  The lovely voices of Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae serenaded us.  

From New England we went to the "South Pacific", which starred Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor.  The Travelling Toe must admit that this musical and movie are personal favorites. This portion of the program began with the funny song "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" sung by all the sailors on the South Pacific island. 

After a short intermission, the second half of the program started with a visit to Siam and "The King and I", starring of course Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.

After that,we attended the "State Fair" seeing both the one staring Dana Andrews and Jeannie Crain, the newer version starting Pat Boone and Ann-Margret.


The last movie shown was of course,"Oklahoma" starting Shirley and Gordon again.  The program ended with the icon song from the play and the musical and is also the state song of "Oklahoma"!

What a wonderful program.  We both truly enjoyed it.

Bass Hall

Bass Hall

Fort Worth Symphony