Pacific Overtures

BBC Radio Broadcast (1987)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Broadcast
Origin: Radio
Material Included: Complete Show
Air Date: September 30, 1987

Identifying Features: not entered yet

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

James Holmes

Cast

... Reciter	Richard Angas
... Kayama Yesaemon, a minor Samurai	Malcolm Rivers
... John Manjiro, a fisherman	Christopher Booth-Jones
... Lord Abe, First Councillor to the Shogun	John Kitchiner
... Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry	Graham Fletcher
... Kuroko	Carolyn Choa Diana Choy Miki Harvey Donna Louise Claire Lutter Ave De Souza
... Second Councillor	Leon Berger
... Third Councillor	Gordon Christie
... The Shogun's Mother	Simon Masterton-Smith
... Tamate, Kayama's wife	Michael Sadler
... First Samurai	Thomas Marty
... Second Samurai	Ian McLaren
... First Observer	Edward Byles
... Second Observer	Alan Woodrow
... A Fisherman	Terry Jenkins (i)
... A Merchant	Eric Roberts (ii)
... His Son	Ian Comboy
... The Grandmother	Paul Strathearn
... A Thief	John Cashmore
... The Shogun's Wife	Edward Byles
... The Shogun's Companion	John Cashmore
... HIs Physician	Terry Jenkins (i)
... His Soothsayer	Ian Comboy
... His Priests	Harry Nicoll
... His Priests	Gordon Christie
... Madam	Terry Jenkins (i)
... Geisha Girls	Gordon Christie Michael Sadler John Cashmore Leon Berger
... The Spirit of a Samurai	John Kitchiner
... Old Man	Eric Roberts (ii)
... Boy	Harry Nicoll
... Warrior	Alan Woodrow
... The Emperor's attendants	Ian McLaren Thomas Marty
... First Noble	Edward Byles
... Second Noble	Simon Masterton-Smith
... The American Admiral	Alan Woodrow
... The British Admiral	Eric Roberts (ii)
... The Dutch Admiral	Paul Strathearn
... The Russian Admiral	Ian Comboy
... The French Admiral	Harry Nicoll
... The Lords of the South	Michael Sadler Gordon Christie
... The Storyteller	Terry Jenkins (i)
... A Fencing Master	Simon Masterton-Smith
... His Daughter	Harry Nicoll
... Three British Sailors	Leon Berger Edward Byles Alan Woodrow
... A Samurai	Paul Strathearn
... Assassins	John Cashmore Ian Comboy Harry Nicoll Eric Roberts (ii)
... Dancers	Carolyn Choa Diana Choy Miki Harvey Donna Louise Claire Lutter Ave De Souza

Track List

Tracks

The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea .... Company
There Is No Other Way .... First Observer, Second Observer
Four Black Dragons .... Company
Chrysanthemum Tea .... The Shogun's Mother, The Shogun's Wife, The Shogun's Companion, HIs Physician, His Soothsayer, His Priests
Poems .... Kayama, Manjiro
Welcome to Kanagawa .... Madam, Geisha Girls
Someone in a Tree .... Old Man, Boy, Warrior, Reciter
The Lion Dance of Commodore Perry .... Commodore Perry
Please Hello .... Lord Abe, Reciter, The American Admiral, The British Admiral, The Dutch Admiral, The Russian Admiral, The French Admiral
A Bowler Hat .... Kayama, Reciter
Pretty Lady .... Three British Sailors
Next .... Company

Trivia & History

Broadcast on September 30, 1987. We think that the broadcast was live, but we are not sure. There was an interview with Stephen Sondheim during intermission.

Recording Info

Recording Type: Broadcast
Origin: Radio
Material Included: Complete Show
Air Date: September 30, 1987

Identifying Features: not entered yet

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