Broadway Lights Vol. II

ABOUT

In collaboration with Steven Mercurio, our project Broadway Lights brings the dazzling lights of Broadway and an influx of its most popular melodies to the stage. This performance will mark the second time it has been played during the three decades of the CNSO's activity on the Czech and international scene. 

The previous concert was conducted by Carl Davis, who passed away in August 2023. We want to dedicate this concert to him and remind everyone of his genius and the genius of the numerous beloved musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma mia! and The Lion King. We’ll also look further back into Broadway history and include gems such as My Fair Lady or Les Misérables. 

Our onductor Steven Mercurio, who lives in New York, is a frequent guest on the Broadway stage and in the Philadelphia Opera. The soloists for this concert are from America's unique Jeremy Winston Chorale. And supporting them is none other than American tenor Richard Troxell, who recorded his 2015 album Classic Broadway in collaboration with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Steven Mercurio. 

Programme

• Girl Crazy, George Gershwin - Overture
• Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin -Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Bess, You Is My Woman Now
• My Fair Lady, Frederick Loewe - On the Street Where You Live
• West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein- Maria, Tonight
• On the Town, Leonard Bernstein - New York, New York
• South Pacific, Richard Rodgers - Some Enchanted EveningYounger Than , Springtime
• Carousel, Richard Rodgers- You’ll Never Walk Alone
• The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber- Music of the Night
• A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim- Send in the Clowns
• Pippin, Stephen Schwartz- Corner of the Sky
• Jekyll & Hyde, Frank Wildhorn- Someone Like You
• Mamma Mia!, ABBA- The Winner Takes It All, Dancing Queen
• Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda - Wait for It
• Les Misérables, Claude–Michel Schönberg -Bring Him Home
• The Lion King, Elton John -The Circle of Life
• New York, New York, John Kander New York, New York

Performers

Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Mercurio, conductor

Richard Troxell, tenor
Soloists from the Jeremy Winston Chorale