Mark Pentleton

I’m sticking with more Andrew Lloyd Webber today after yesterday’s Take that look off your face. Think of me is from Phantom of the Opera. After the appearance of the phantom, the diva Carlotta refuses to sing and chorus girl Christine Daaé steps up to perform this song to the surprise of the opera producers.
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Today’s song comes from the one-woman show Tell me on a Sunday written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black. I’ve played two other songs from this show: Unexpected Song and Tell me on a Sunday itself, and I thought that this well-known song from the show would suit my 365songs project. It was released [...]

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This song comes from the 1996 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle down the wind. A pop version was released by Boyzone in the same year and reached #1 in the UK and Ireland.
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Tonight I decided to play Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu from his 1985 Requiem Mass. It was dedicated to his father who died in 1982 and the recording featured his then-wife Sarah Brightman and Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo, conducted by Lorin Maazel.
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Today it’s the final song in my Sunset Boulevard ‘trio’: Too much in love to care, sung by Joe, the struggling screenwriter and Betty, the script editor. I hope you’ve enjoyed these songs from Sunset Boulevard!
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Today I’m playing the first of a trio of songs from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard based on the 1950 film of the same name. With one look is sung by the principal character in response to the comment “you used to be big”. Norma Desmond states, “I am big – it’s the [...]

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This song started life as Variation 5 in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Variations, a set of variations on a theme by Paganini for cello and rock orchestra which were written for Andrew’s brother Julian following a lost bet on a Leyton Orient football match! Variation 1 became the theme tune for The South Bank Show.
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Today’s song comes from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. First performed as a 15-minute “pop-cantata” in 1968, the show has grown into a full-length West End and Broadway production featuring performers such as Jason Donovan, Philip Schofield and Donny Osmond.
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Hmm. Not sure about this one. After working very late last night I wasn’t feeling very inspired this morning and this is all I came up with! Any suggestions for the next um… 240 days?!
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This song was specially written for the film version of the musical Evita and was performed by Madonna in the film in the role of Eva Perón as she realises that her husband, Juan, has loved her all along. It’s a beautiful song and I hope I’ve done it justice.
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Today’s song for Good Friday comes from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar and is the song sung by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane as he contemplates what is in front of him. I’ve always enjoyed playing this song – it’s a really powerful piece and I hope you enjoy listening!
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Today’s song is the most famous song from the 1978 musical Evita, performed by the Eva Perón character, traditionally from the Casa Rosada, the seat of the government in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has been covered by many artists, perhaps most famously by Madonna in the 1996 film version of the musical.
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I don’t know how to love him features in the 1970 musical Jesus Christ Superstar and is sung by Mary Magdalene. It first appeared with different lyrics in 1967 as Kansas morning, but it was rewritten for the musical, and the rights for the song were purchased for £50! I hope you enjoy today’s performance.
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Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical Love Never Dies opened this week. I bought the soundtrack yesterday and I think this is the strongest song from what I’ve heard so far. I think it’s a bit reminiscent of With One Look from Sunset Boulevard, and the vocal by Ramin Karimloo is very good (YouTube link). [...]

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Today’s song is by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black and was from the musical of the same name, first performed at the Sydmonton Festival in 1979 by Marti Webb. The one-act musical was included as the first part of the show Song and Dance in London’s West End in 1982.
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