Boris Karloff as Captain Hook in the 1950 musical production of Peter Pan
The production was initially intended as a full-blown musical, with Bernstein composing a complete score for it, but was staged with only five songs – "Who Am I?", "Pirate's Song", "Plank Round", "Build My House", and "Peter Peter" – to accommodate the limited vocal ranges of the principals.[4]
In 1998, conductor Alexander Frey began research into whether there may have existed more material that Bernstein had composed for Peter Pan. Over the next seven years, as his schedule allowed, he discovered and restored almost an hour of previously unheard music, much of the material found (and not yet orchestrated) in the archives of the composer's manuscripts. The restored songs included "Captain Hook Soliloquy" and "Dream With Me",[4] as well as other sung material, dance music and orchestral interludes. The world premiere recording of Bernstein's complete score was released on CD in 2005, conducted by Alexander Frey, and featuring Broadway star Linda Eder in the role of Wendy Darling, and acclaimed baritone Daniel Narducci as Captain Hook, on the Koch International Classics label.[5]
In September 2008 the world premiere performance of the full Bernstein score was performed in concert with Alexander Frey conducting the Gulbenkian Orchestra, with dialogue adapted from the original J. M. Barrie play by Nina Bernstein Simmons. Three performances were given in Cascais, Portugal, for a combined audience of over 10,000 people, and featured Geraldine James (narrator), John Sackville-West (Peter Pan), Charlotte Ellett and Rachel Nicholls (Wendy) and Nicholas Lester (Captain Hook).
The first stage production of the full Bernstein score was given by Santa Barbara Theater (California) in December 2008, directed by Albert Ihde with a full orchestra again conducted by Alexander Frey.
peter, 1950, musical, confused, with, peter, 1954, musical, peter, 1950, musical, adaptation, barrie, 1904, play, peter, wouldn, grow, with, music, lyrics, leonard, bernstein, opened, broadway, april, 1950, this, version, starred, jean, arthur, peter, boris, k. Not to be confused with Peter Pan 1954 musical Peter Pan is a 1950 musical adaptation of J M Barrie s 1904 play Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn t Grow Up with music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein it opened on Broadway on April 24 1950 1 This version starred Jean Arthur as Peter Pan Boris Karloff in the dual roles of George Darling and Captain Hook and Marcia Henderson as Wendy 2 The show was orchestrated by Trude Rittmann and Hershy Kay and conducted by Benjamin Steinberg 3 The show ran for 321 performances closing on January 27 1951 1 album of original Bernstein stage adaptation Boris Karloff as Captain Hook in the 1950 musical production of Peter Pan The production was initially intended as a full blown musical with Bernstein composing a complete score for it but was staged with only five songs Who Am I Pirate s Song Plank Round Build My House and Peter Peter to accommodate the limited vocal ranges of the principals 4 In 1998 conductor Alexander Frey began research into whether there may have existed more material that Bernstein had composed for Peter Pan Over the next seven years as his schedule allowed he discovered and restored almost an hour of previously unheard music much of the material found and not yet orchestrated in the archives of the composer s manuscripts The restored songs included Captain Hook Soliloquy and Dream With Me 4 as well as other sung material dance music and orchestral interludes The world premiere recording of Bernstein s complete score was released on CD in 2005 conducted by Alexander Frey and featuring Broadway star Linda Eder in the role of Wendy Darling and acclaimed baritone Daniel Narducci as Captain Hook on the Koch International Classics label 5 In September 2008 the world premiere performance of the full Bernstein score was performed in concert with Alexander Frey conducting the Gulbenkian Orchestra with dialogue adapted from the original J M Barrie play by Nina Bernstein Simmons Three performances were given in Cascais Portugal for a combined audience of over 10 000 people and featured Geraldine James narrator John Sackville West Peter Pan Charlotte Ellett and Rachel Nicholls Wendy and Nicholas Lester Captain Hook The first stage production of the full Bernstein score was given by Santa Barbara Theater California in December 2008 directed by Albert Ihde with a full orchestra again conducted by Alexander Frey Another production was held at the Richard B Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in June 2018 directed by Christopher Alden Contents 1 Musical numbers 2 Sources 3 References 4 External linksMusical numbers EditSong TitlePrelude Act IWho Am I Peter s TearsShadow DanceFlight to NeverlandFlight MusicPrelude Act IIPirate SongCroc MusicWendy s EntranceBuild My HouseScene ChangeNeverlandPirate s Song Reprise Lagoon FightScene ChangePeter PeterIndian Pirate FightHook s PoisonTinker Bell Sick Tink Lives Captain Hook s SoliloquyPrelude Act IIICrew DancePlank RoundFightScene ChangeDream With MeUnderscoreScene ChangeSources Edit Peter Pan Build My House Lyrics Decoda Decoda Retrieved 2014 08 27 lt ref gt References Edit a b Peter Pan IBDB com Internet Broadway Database Leonard Bernstein The Stars Broadway The American Musical PBS Imperial Theatre flyer April 24 1950 a b FindArticles com CBSi findarticles com KOCH Records permanent dead link Dietz Dan The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals 2014 Bowman amp Littlefield ISBN 978 1 4422 3504 5 p 17External links Edit Peter Pan 1950 version with music by Leonard Bernstein at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Pan 1950 musical amp oldid 1091709863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
