@@webrarian I am really happy of their decision, I am glad I can discover more about my favorite Gilbert&Sullivan, Ruddigore. Thank you very much for the upload
@@webrarian The John Reed recording had the original overture which might be better with a cut in the rendering of the Double Chorus. However we were rather frustrated at the absence of the Basingstoke Finale which ends the overture. We had a petition to restore the cut-bits. As the work is long it's probably better to have Robin singing a bit of either! second act patter-song unaccompanied as he exits in Act ll. The extra music to the Ghost Scene is probably best left out (and some extra tremolo in Act l though I like the orchestral intro. to "My Boy you may take it from Me" repeated but not the refrain with Richard till the last verse). The cuts of bars like intro. to Rose's waltz-song are personal choice. (A similar cut was made, intro. to the Head-Waiter's Song "la Vie Parisienne"). The worst damage by Toye was the re-orchestration. The 1960s radio series has wonderful atmosphere with sound-effects!
That's what you get when you employ the future Dame Patricia Routledge for the part! I grew up with this recording and always found other portrayals to be lacking what she brought to it. The same goes for Laura Sarti as 'Julia Jellicoe' in "The Grand Duke".
Ruddigore was never revived during Gilbert and Sullivan's lifetimes after its first run. When the D'Oyly Carte company finally did so, after WW I, they made a number of cuts, large and small. The main reason they needed to commission a new overture (by Geoffrey Toye) is that two numbers featured prominently in the original (by Hamilton Clarke, I believe, who also did The Mikado) had been dropped: "The Battle's Roar Is Over" (Act I) and the Finale of Act II.
Dearest Savoyards! This is ‘Top of the Tree, or, Mister Gilbert and the Unlikely Yankee’: A Victorian Rock Opera for the Ages. “Beautiful!”, “Eccentric!”, “Gilliam-esque!”, “Weird but Worth Watching!” is what has been said by other G&S fans of the early installments of this completely original project. While it is accessible to all, it was written for you! Skeptical? Understandably. But please give it a chance, after which, if you remain unmoved or un-intrigued, I am sorry for having wasted your time. But if you like it, and wish to see more, please consider backing my Kickstarter campaign. If enough of you backed even a minimal amount, I could complete the project in one year’s time ‘from the start to the triumphant matrimonial finish’. (Not to give it away, but as Mr. G. expounds in the Finale, “Now you can see the direction we’re heading/ These things always end with a wedding!”) The Kickstarter Campaign ends soon, October 10th, and it’s going just well enough to make me do a Carte load of promotion. The Backer Rewards are varied and unique and customized. Many thanks, Maria There are Four Animated Sequences so far: Introverture, Scene #1, Song #1, and a Promo (for the why and wherefore). Under twenty minutes total. www.topofthetreemovie.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225947559/top-of-the-tree-or-mister-gilbert-and-the-unlikely Ps. Thank you Mr. Goddard, for sharing your Gilbert and Sullivan experience/expertise on the Web!
No, they did them all but my parents didn't bother recording the ones you could get commercially. I've uploaded the GD and Utopia now. I also remember tapes of The Sorceror, Ida and Iolanthe, but they were wiped (it wasn't only the BBC who did these things...)
I like how they kept the old overture
They reinstated other bits which were removed in the 1920s revival.
@@webrarian I am really happy of their decision, I am glad I can discover more about my favorite Gilbert&Sullivan, Ruddigore.
Thank you very much for the upload
@@webrarian The John Reed recording had the original overture which might be better with a cut in the rendering of the Double Chorus. However we were rather frustrated at the absence of the Basingstoke Finale which ends the overture. We had a petition to restore the cut-bits. As the work is long it's probably better to have Robin singing a bit of either! second act patter-song unaccompanied as he exits in Act ll. The extra music to the Ghost Scene is probably best left out (and some extra tremolo in Act l though I like the orchestral intro. to "My Boy you may take it from Me" repeated but not the refrain with Richard till the last verse). The cuts of bars like intro. to Rose's waltz-song are personal choice. (A similar cut was made, intro. to the Head-Waiter's Song "la Vie Parisienne"). The worst damage by Toye was the re-orchestration. The 1960s radio series has wonderful atmosphere with sound-effects!
Softly! Quite, quite softlyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!，best dialogue i've ever heard
That's what you get when you employ the future Dame Patricia Routledge for the part! I grew up with this recording and always found other portrayals to be lacking what she brought to it. The same goes for Laura Sarti as 'Julia Jellicoe' in "The Grand Duke".
Have a look at the portrayal of Mad Margaret by the American Ohio company. Quite brilliantly done
Hyacinth Bucket is Mad Margaret! Fantastic! Thanks, and God bless the BBC!
Excellent thanks, more G&S please. Best wedding of words and music ever. I love Ruddigore and hearing the dialogue is awesome.
Wonderful to hear this, Pat Routledge is stunning.
I love this channel....it's like the best radio station with pictures ever!
great to hear rhe.first BBC recordings: the use of actors and singers doesn't jar and sounds fine to me. Thank you!
The easier overture version is presented in this and a later BBC version.
Ruddigore was never revived during Gilbert and Sullivan's lifetimes after its first run. When the D'Oyly Carte company finally did so, after WW I, they made a number of cuts, large and small. The main reason they needed to commission a new overture (by Geoffrey Toye) is that two numbers featured prominently in the original (by Hamilton Clarke, I believe, who also did The Mikado) had been dropped: "The Battle's Roar Is Over" (Act I) and the Finale of Act II.
@@treesny thank you!
Dearest Savoyards! This is ‘Top of the Tree, or, Mister Gilbert and the Unlikely Yankee’: A Victorian Rock Opera for the Ages. “Beautiful!”, “Eccentric!”, “Gilliam-esque!”, “Weird but Worth Watching!” is what has been said by other G&S fans of the early installments of this completely original project. While it is accessible to all, it was written for you! Skeptical? Understandably. But please give it a chance, after which, if you remain unmoved or un-intrigued, I am sorry for having wasted your time. But if you like it, and wish to see more, please consider backing my Kickstarter campaign. If enough of you backed even a minimal amount, I could complete the project in one year’s time ‘from the start to the triumphant matrimonial finish’. (Not to give it away, but as Mr. G. expounds in the Finale, “Now you can see the direction we’re heading/ These things always end with a wedding!”) The Kickstarter Campaign ends soon, October 10th, and it’s going just well enough to make me do a Carte load of promotion. The Backer Rewards are varied and unique and customized. Many thanks, Maria
There are Four Animated Sequences so far: Introverture, Scene #1, Song #1, and a Promo (for the why and wherefore). Under twenty minutes total.
www.topofthetreemovie.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225947559/top-of-the-tree-or-mister-gilbert-and-the-unlikely
Ps. Thank you Mr. Goddard, for sharing your Gilbert and Sullivan experience/expertise on the Web!
Thank you for posting this wonderful material :o) . May there be more BBC G&S operas ?
"Utopia Limited" and "The Grand Duke" are in the pipeline.
Oh modified rapture! I gather that the BBC only did the less well known G&S operas, perhaps constrained by D'Oyly Carte permission.
No, they did them all but my parents didn't bother recording the ones you could get commercially. I've uploaded the GD and Utopia now. I also remember tapes of The Sorceror, Ida and Iolanthe, but they were wiped (it wasn't only the BBC who did these things...)
Thank you so much. I never expected to find them online. Your link works perfectly.
Now I'll sip no sup, and I'll crave no crumb
Until I've listened to every one!
Can you add a full Cast List?
Click on "SHOW MORE" and you'll see it.
Thanks, Have now found it in my farher's diary for 1966 - Recorded 30th & 31st March, 1966. - Broadcast repeated 26th May, 1968 at 14:45
Have you heard it since then? (Until now, that is)
I was 2 and a half when it was first broadcast. I've never heard it before now. Thanks for posting.