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BBC Radio 3 broadcast  29 Aug 2011 of BBC Prom 59: Film musical

(Note this year's proms: 2013 
prom #59   Aug 26, 20.30-22.45 (Dutch time) BBC Radio 3  Hollywood Rhapsody Prom
                  (TV broadcast BBC4 Aug 30th - time unspecified)
prom #65   Aug 31, 20.30-22.45 (Dutch time) BBC Radio 3  Film scores Prom  

A celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals featuring Annalene Beechey, Charles Castronovo, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Caroline O'Connor, Clare Teal, the Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orchestra and John Wilson (conductor).

The appearances of John Wilson and his hand-picked, high-octane orchestra have been among the most sensational Proms events of recent years.

Joined by a formidable line-up of today's vocal stars, they give what one critic has described as 'the auditory equivalent of a steam-clean' to another cache of show-stoppers.

'Hooray for Hollywood' takes us from the dawn of the talkies and the birth of the movie musical through to the 1960s. An extended sequence pays special tribute to the RKO films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who was born 100 years ago.