"The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty", from Radio Times, by Val Biro
Polish up your G & S !
Gilbert & Sullivan Concert, with Singalong Chorus
Sunday 25 October, 7.30pmArias, scenes and choruses prepared by participants in the Polish up your G & S! workshop, directed by Stephen Anthony Brown and accompanied by Colin Forbes made up a fun night of great music from HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, Mikado, Patience, Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida and Yeomen of the Guard, complete with singalong chorus.
Program and cast
| 1. Sequence from Patience , Act 1 | ||
| Twenty love sick maidens we | Maidens, Angela, Ella | |
| Still brooding on their mad infatuation | Patience, Saphir, Angela, and chorus | |
| I cannot tell what this love may be | Patience | |
| Twenty love sick maidens we | Maidens | |
| Patience | Rosemary Lohmann | |
| Lady Angela | Julianne Patterson | |
| Lady Ella | Lorna Gamble | |
| Lady Saphir | Judith Swanson | |
| Lady Jane | Leila Fetter | |
| 2. HMS Pinafore | ||
| We sail the ocean blue | Sailors | |
| Buttercup's song | Buttercup | |
| Recitative | Buttercup and Boatswain | |
| Madrigal | Ralph Rackstraw and sailors | |
| A Maiden fair to see | Ralph and sailors | |
| Refrain, audacious tar | Ralph and Josephine | |
| Glee | Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter and sailors | |
| Never mind the why and wherefore | Josephine, Captain Corcoran and Sir Joseph Porter | |
| Buttercup | Leila Fetter | |
| Boatswain | Geoff Millar | |
| Ralph Rackstraw | Kenneth Goodge | |
| Josephine | Rosemary Lohmann | |
| Carpenter | Alexander O'Sullivan | |
| Captain Corcoran | Ken Smith | |
| Sir Joseph Porter | Alexander O'Sullivan | |
| 3. Princess Ida | ||
| Minerva | Ida (Judith Swanson) | |
| Kiss me, Kiss me | Cyril (Stephen Anthony Brown) | |
| I built upon a rock | Ida (Katie Cole) | |
Interval | ||
| 4. Mikado | ||
| Braid the raven hair | Girls and Pitti Sing (Denise Manley) | |
| The Sun whose rays | Yum Yum (Madeleine Rowland) | |
| Katisha's song | Katisha (Leila Fetter) | |
| 5. Yeoman of the Guard | ||
| Dame Carruthers' song | Dame Carruthers (Estelle Canning) and yeomen | |
| 6. Iolanthe | ||
| Iolanthe's song | Iolanthe (Rachel Parsons) | |
| 7. Pirates of Penzance | ||
| Climbing over rocky mountain | Girls, Edith and, Kate | |
| Stop, ladies, pray | Frederic, Edith, Kate and girls | |
| Oh, is there not one maiden breast | Frederic, Mabel and girls | |
| Poor wand'ring one | Mabel and girls | |
| What ought we to do? | Edith, Kate and girls | |
| How beautifully blue the sky | Girls, Mabel and Frederic | |
| When Frederic was a little lad | Ruth | |
| When a felon's not engaged in his employment | Sergeant and policemen (and audience!!) | |
| Hail poetry! | Whole company | |
| Edith | Alison Knight | |
| Kate | Madeleine Rowland | |
| Ruth | Rachel Parsons | |
| Frederic | Anthony Nolan | |
| Mabel | Jessica Harris | |
| Sergeant of Police | Chris McNee | |
Thanks!
Stephen Anthony BrownColin Forbes
St Philip's Anglican Church, O'Connor
Patricia Whitbread
Leighton Mann and the Food@St Philip's team
The singers!
The Singalong Chorus!
Alexander O'Sullivan
The CAMRA Committee