Amy hudsone Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) MIKA will perform a song of Andrew Lloyd Webber on radio2 for a dedicated show http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/andrew-lloyd-webber Imagine some of the greatest songs written by Andrew Lloyd Webber - I Don’t Know How To Love Him, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina and Jesus Christ Superstar - and then imagine them again as never before. This Easter, as part of BBC Radio 2’s commitment to celebrating the UK’s musical cultural heritage, the station will broadcast four programmes to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of Britain’s most successful composers, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lewis Carnie, Head of Radio 2 says: “What a great way to say Happy Birthday! We wanted to make this show to prove how great these songs are and how they stand up to interpretation. These really are at the core of The Great British Songbook and will be performed and interpreted for generations to come.” Jo Whiley presents Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations, starring artists who’ve been asked to select and perform a famous hit from the master’s songbook. In this programme, Rick Astley records Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Ronan Keating performs Tell me On A Sunday, Holly Johnson sings his version of As If We Never Said Goodbye and Anne-Marie performs Whistle Down The Wind. Other songs and singers are All I Ask Of You (Imelda May), Another Suitcase In Another Hall (Nerina Pallot), Any Dream Will Do (Seth Lakeman), Close Every Door (Hoseah Partch), Gethsemane (Marc Almond), I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Bright Light Bright Light), It’s Easy For You (Jack Savoretti), Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter Bence), Only You (Mica Paris), Memory (The Shires), Phantom Of The Opera (Ricky Wilson), Pie Jesu (Nikhil D’Souza), Song Of The King (The Vamps), The Music Of The Night (Mika), Unexpected Song (Vincent Niclo), Variations (Leo Green and Band). Jo Whiley says: “These are all such wonderful songs; all of our listeners will have their own favourites. Now they can hear them again, but in a completely different way. I am sure many like me, can’t wait to hear the new versions.” In addition, Melanie C, who played Mary Magdalene in the hit 2012 arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, will present the story of this hit rock opera from the early seventies that shot Andrew Lloyd Webber to fame. The Superstar Story will see contributions from performers, producers, directors and critics including Tony Hadley, Murray Head, Paul Nicholas, Marcia Hines, Cameron Mackintosh, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber himself. Melanie C says: “I am really looking forward to telling the story of this fantastic musical, which I love, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70th birthday celebrations on BBC Radio 2.” In other programming, Jonathan Ross will contribute to the celebrations with Jonathan Ross On Andrew Lloyd Webber and Michael Ball will introduce rarely-heard interviews with the composer from the 1970s in Andrew Lloyd Webber at The BBC. Andrew Lloyd Webber At The BBC will be broadcast on Friday 30 March (midday-2pm) Jonathan Ross on Andrew Lloyd Webber will be broadcast on Sunday 1 April (1-3pm) The Superstar Story, presented by Melanie C will be broadcast on Sunday 1 April (7-9pm) Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations will be broadcast on Monday 2 April (8-10pm) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BBC Radio 2 Andrew Lloyd Webber... Variations MixCloud ( a whole of the radio program ) AudioMack : you may D/L MP3 audio-file (15.6 MB) MIKA2018.04.02 Mika [The Music of the Night] YouTube Edited April 3, 2018 by Kumazzz updating 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Wow, I can´t wait to hear or see the result 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Amy hudsone said: The Music Of The Night one of my dreams comes true !!! Hope they upload the video. the song anybody knows Edited March 29, 2018 by Kumazzz typo 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenagedreamer98 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I am beyond excited right now. As a huge fan of musical theatre, it will be a dream come true to hear Mika perform this song. "Music of the Night" is one of my favourite songs, and to hear Mika sing it will be simply magical. The strange thing is, I was talking to my mum yesterday, and I specifically remember saying how I'd love to hear Mika perform this song... and now he is! My prayers have been answered. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy hudsone Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 I wonder how he is gonna perform it, it's a challenging song I don't listen to this kind of music, I checked it, it goes low and high so excited to here his version, hope he's gonna do an operatic performance 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabry74 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Can't wait! I love to hear him on the radio! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominika Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Wow I'm so excited to hear it! Thanks for letting know 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelady Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) looking forward to listen to it first for Mikas cover but there re also some other artists I like Edited March 30, 2018 by Littlelady 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy hudsone Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, Littlelady said: looking forward to listen to it first for Mikas cover but there re also some other artts I like For me, I only know MIKA from the list of artists participating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyolivier Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I started nearly crying when I saw this! I am absolutely obsessed with phantom and have been saying for years how much I want Mika to sing anything from Phantom. This was honestly a wish I did not think was ever coming true. I am so ridiculously happy! I can't wait to hear what he does with it. I would love to hear him break out that classically trained Baritone he doesn't use nearly enough; however the Phantom is not necessarily a very deep voice. While Broadway usually casts actors with very deep voices in the role, the first phantom ever (Michael Crawford) is a tenor and generally sang the role in a higher register. The thing with Phantom is that his voice isn't supposed to be supernaturally deep or sexy, it's just supposed to be supernatural. He's otherworldly and puts Christine into a literal trance with his voice. My personal favorite Phantom singer is Peter Jöback -he's not super popular and a lot of people hate his voice but I really adore the unique and ethereal nature he puts into the songs. It's very easy to believe that he's a sort of otherworldly character. Wow I'm so happy about this 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelady Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Amy hudsone said: For me, I only know MIKA from the list of artists participating It's okay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelady Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, ladyolivier said: I started nearly crying when I saw this! I am absolutely obsessed with phantom and have been saying for years how much I want Mika to sing anything from Phantom. This was honestly a wish I did not think was ever coming true. I am so ridiculously happy! I can't wait to hear what he does with it. I would love to hear him break out that classically trained Baritone he doesn't use nearly enough; however the Phantom is not necessarily a very deep voice. While Broadway usually casts actors with very deep voices in the role, the first phantom ever (Michael Crawford) is a tenor and generally sang the role in a higher register. The thing with Phantom is that his voice isn't supposed to be supernaturally deep or sexy, it's just supposed to be supernatural. He's otherworldly and puts Christine into a literal trance with his voice. My personal favorite Phantom singer is Peter Jöback -he's not super popular and a lot of people hate his voice but I really adore the unique and ethereal nature he puts into the songs. It's very easy to believe that he's a sort of otherworldly character. Wow I'm so happy about this my favorite Phantom singer is Peter Hoffman(German Version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boucarilla Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Oh là là, it will be amazing, we will hear his wonderful lyric voice!!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyolivier Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I feel like some part of my brain started screaming when I heard about this 2 days ago and it still hasn't stopped I'm having a hard enough time keeping it together while I wait, I don't know what I'm going to do once I've actually heard it! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 BBC Radio 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09x87wm On radio Today 20:00 BBC Radio 2 ( This programme will be available shortly after broadcast ) 1 hour, 57 minutes Artists and musicians, spanning several musical genres, present their re-imagined versions of some classic Andrew Lloyd songs. Presented by Jo Whiley with contributions from Imelda May, The Vamps, Anne Marie, Seth Lakeman, The Shires, Mica Paris, Rick Astley, Nerina Pallot and many more. You can hear brand new versions of, amongst others, All I Ask of You, The Phantom of the Opera, Song of the King, Memory, Don't Cry For Me Argentina and The Music of the Night. ************************************************ You can listen direct from this link at 20:00 ( GMT ) tonight. Don't miss it ! https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_two 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olya Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 4:22 PM, ladyolivier said: I started nearly crying when I saw this! I am absolutely obsessed with phantom and have been saying for years how much I want Mika to sing anything from Phantom. This was honestly a wish I did not think was ever coming true. I am so ridiculously happy! I can't wait to hear what he does with it. I would love to hear him break out that classically trained Baritone he doesn't use nearly enough; however the Phantom is not necessarily a very deep voice. While Broadway usually casts actors with very deep voices in the role, the first phantom ever (Michael Crawford) is a tenor and generally sang the role in a higher register. The thing with Phantom is that his voice isn't supposed to be supernaturally deep or sexy, it's just supposed to be supernatural. He's otherworldly and puts Christine into a literal trance with his voice. My personal favorite Phantom singer is Peter Jöback -he's not super popular and a lot of people hate his voice but I really adore the unique and ethereal nature he puts into the songs. It's very easy to believe that he's a sort of otherworldly character. Wow I'm so happy about this Your comment about his baritone and him not using it enough echoes my exact thoughts! Can't wait to hear what he makes of it! Kind of nervous for him too 😅 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boucarilla Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 42 minutes ago, Olya said: Your comment about his baritone and him not using it enough echoes my exact thoughts! Can't wait to hear what he makes of it! Kind of nervous for him too 😅 Yes I'm nervous too! But it's already recorded so he must have done it well! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boucarilla Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 The last note is very long!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) OMG Mika...his low voice performing "The Music Of The Night! it's like a whisper Edited April 2, 2018 by Mikasister 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Well, it was an interesting version 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Just now, Mikasister said: OMG Mika...his low voice performing "Music of the night! it's like a whisper It was quite sensuous, wasn't it? I just didn't like the backing music much. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Just now, silver said: It was quite sensuous, wasn't it? I just didn't like the backing music much. It was like a jazz version. I have to say that lately I like more his low voice than the high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mikasister said: OMG Mika...his low voice performing "The Music Of The Night! it's like a whisper I looove his version of the song - it was beautiful Thanks a million Eriko - for the link!! Love, love me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boucarilla Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I adored it, his low voice is just unbelievable! He should sing more like that sometimes, I begin to be like you @Mikasister, I prefer his low voice! Sensual yes and deep.. I'm a bit disapointed because he didn't use enough his lyrical voice because of this jazz version but I'm very proud of my idole one more time! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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