The Picnic Party

by Anthony Godwin, Palm Court Theater Orchestra, Palm Court Theatre Orchestra

Overview

The Palm Court Theater Orchestra appears to have no trouble playing any kind of music current during the first half of the 20th century, from gentle turn-of-the-century parlor music to hot swing from the 1940s and '50s. Both of these styles are featured on The Picnic Party and the music is pleasant enough, though the group doesn't take many chances. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2004
Label:	Chandos
UPC:	0095115667323
Rank:	161707

Tracks

1. The Grasshopper's Dance, characteristic piece
2. There's a Ring Around the Moon
3. Black Eyes
4. Silver Birds, piccolo waltz with orchestra
5. Fiddlesticks Rag
6. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (interpolated into the Passing Show of 1918)
7. Get Out And Get Under
8. Schwarzwaldm¿¿del, operetta~Parade of the Tin Soldiers
9. Humpty Dumpty, a novelty rag
10. Cinderella's Wedding, a dainty dance
11. Rag Doll, novelty foxtrot
12. Teddy Bears' Picnic, for orchestra
13. The Happy Frog, a humorous march
14. Pattering Feet, an intermezzo two-step
15. Dainty Miss, novelette foxtrot
16. Whistle for Me, a whistling serenade
17. In the Shadows
18. Polly, syncopated novelty
19. Down in Zanzibar, a two-step
20. The Ragtime Bass Player, characteristic novelty
21. Two Little Sausages (from The Girls of Gottenberg)
22. In a Persian Market, intermezzo-scene for chorus & orchestra

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Palm Court Theatre Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Palm Court Theater Orchestra   Primary Artist
Linda Murray   Primary Artist,Vocals,Soprano (Vocal)
Tony Purkis   Primary Artist,Violin,Vocals
Anthony Godwin   Primary Artist,Director,Conductor,Clarinet (Bass),Sax (Soprano)
Purkis   Violin
Nigel Shipway   Percussion
John Williams   Oboe
Stuart Allen   Clarinet
John Braddock   Flute,Piccolo
Kevin Rundell   Double Bass
Peter Witham   Violin
Paul Searle-Barnes   Piano

Technical Credits

Patricia Godwin   Liner Notes
Michael White-Robinson   Booklet Typesetting
Purkis   Performer
Pat Godwin   Design,Liner Notes
Bernard Barnes   Composer
Tim Feeley   Design
John W. Bratton   Composer
Michael White Robinson   Booklet Typesetting
Ralph Couzens   Engineer
Lionel Monckton   Composer
Leon Jessel   Composer
Bill Todd   Assistant Engineer
Jaan Kenbrovin   Composer
Linda Murray   Performer
Maurice Abrahams   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
John Kellette   Composer
Brian Couzens   Producer
Herman Finck   Composer
Dave Partridge   Booklet Typesetting
John Stepan Zamecnik   Composer
Philip Couzens   Assistant Engineer
D.M. Cassidy   Design
Charles Ancliffe   Composer