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Bangalore Chorus enthrals audience with Broadway classics

Last Updated 20 August 2017, 20:54 IST

The stage was set for a beautiful evening, the light drizzle added to what was to be a magical and musical Sunday. The Big Bang 100, a celebration of iconic Broadway musicals sung by 100 singers and directed by Maya Mascarenhas and Judith Roby Bidapa, was a treat for any music lover.

The Bangalore Chorus, a 100-member strong troupe, set the tempo with ‘Circle of Life’, a song adapted from the 1984 The Lion King musical. The troupe carried on with some more iconic songs likes ‘Ascot Gavotte’ from My Fair Lady (1964), ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (1929) from the movie by the same name, ‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Misérables (1980) and ‘Pure Imagination’ from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

But the performance that stole the show in the first half of the programme was the medley of ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘Dancing Queen’ the songs by Abba from the musical Mamma Mia (1999). The enthusiasm of the kids, coupled with the energy of Lauren Rasquinha, Maya Saldanha and Vidya Samuel, had the audience humming and tapping their feet along.

A special shout out to Arthur Pais, Niranjan Joseph, Alex Koshy, Ryal Sequeira and Rohan Kamath for their performance of the song ‘Stars’ from Les Misérables, as they hit the right notes and gave the audience goosebumps.

The second session was dedicated to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Bangalore Chorus performed songs from the musicals composed by multiple Grammy Award winner. They performed some of his most popular songs like, ‘Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’, and also included a medley of ‘O What a Circus’, Requiem and ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ from Lord Webber’s Rock Opera Evita.

DH News Service

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(Published 20 August 2017, 20:45 IST)

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