A Celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonJust a day before the 50th anniversary of the death of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, the Proms commemorated his collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers on a sequence of musicals that have proved to be among the most durable in the genre's history. Their five most famous shows were remembered here, plus the less familiar Flower Drum Song.Consisting of a sequence of hit numbers providing almost too much enjoyment at one go – like being presented with an entire box o...

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