Robert Wyatt

Solo Piano Recital
2017-04-15 07:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Historic Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA, 02540

Solo Piano Recital
2017-04-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | VT

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
2017-03-30 18:45 - 21:00 UTC | Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave and 7th St SW, Washington, DC, 20560
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British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988, is now nearing 12,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits, Cats.
Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians, he also possessed passions for architecture, history, mechanics, and staging, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur.
His early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits, Sunset Boulevard, on Broadway next season.
There have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express, By Jeeves, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world, and compositions such as “Memory,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs.
Join music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.

We've Grown Accustomed to Lerner & Loewe
2017-03-29 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Goodwin House, 4800 Fillmore Street, Alexandria, VA, United States
In temperament, personality and background, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe were perhaps the most dissimilar of all of the great songwriting teams. Yet together they penned some of the most original and successful musicals written during the Golden Age of Broadway, hits beginning with Brigadoon in 1947 and ending with Gigi in 1973. Between those bookends fell Paint Your Wagon, the blockbuster My Fair Lady which made Julie Andrews an over-night sensation, and Camelot, pairing Ms. Andrews with a young Richard Burton. Often at odds with each other personally, their resulting music was both inspired and enduring.
Learn the origins of immortal songs like “Almost Like Being in Love,” “Thank Heaven for Little Girls,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “If Ever I Would Leave You,” and “They Call the Wind Mariah,” explore their film adaptations, while delving into the personal lives of the songwriting team, underscored with correspondence, testimonials and film footage.

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
2017-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Historic Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA, 02540
British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988, is now nearing 12,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits, Cats.
Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians, he also possessed passions for architecture, history, mechanics, and staging, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur.
His early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits, Sunset Boulevard, on Broadway next season.
There have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express, By Jeeves, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world, and compositions such as “Memory,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs.
Join music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
2017-03-23 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Historic Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA, 02540
British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988, is now nearing 12,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits, Cats.
Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians, he also possessed passions for architecture, history, mechanics, and staging, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur.
His early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits, Sunset Boulevard, on Broadway next season.
There have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express, By Jeeves, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world, and compositions such as “Memory,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs.

Solo Piano Recital
2017-03-21 14:00 - 15:30, 2017-02-21 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Helen Porter Home, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT

An Enchanted Afternoon with Rodgers and Hammerstein
2017-01-27 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Residence at Otter Creek, 50 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT, 05753
For sixteen years the songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II produced a novel brand of musical play which wove book, music, lyrics and dance into a seamless tapestry of near-perfect theater art. Hit after hit flowed from their collective genius between Oklahoma! in 1943 and Hammerstein’s death in 1960: Carousel, State Fair, South Pacific, The King and I, Cinderella, The Flower Drum Song and, finally, The Sound of Music.
Through original cast recordings, film clips, interviews, correspondence, and other primary materials furnished by The Library of Congress, The New York Public Library and The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, learn about the lives of these two icons of the American musical, experience their great productions, and listen to their music which has kept the American public hopeful through wars, recessions, natural disasters, and political intrigue.

Cole Porter: Sophisticate of American Song
2017-01-24 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Helen Porter Home, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, VT
His energy was unparalleled, his charisma addictive and the monikers inevitably attached to his name — dilettante, hedonist, snob — were simply tossed off with an impish smile and a shrug while the tunes continued to spin magically from his fingertips. For whatever Cole Porter was as a person, his reputation as a quintessential creative genius has never been questioned.
Walk through Porter’s life on Broadway and in Hollywood, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members, including Ethel Merman, Fred Astaire, Patricia Morison, Gertrude Lawrence, Mary Martin, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, are featured along with Porter himself singing and playing “You’re the Top,” which he was.

Solo Piano Recital First Night Chatham
2016-12-31 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | St. Christopher’s Church, 625 Main Street, Chatham, MA, 02633
Robert Wyatt will be performing at St. Christopher’s Church for First Night Chatham. Robert is a Steinway Artist who has performed throughout the USA and internationally, gathering critical acclaim for sensitive and colorful solo and chamber music recitals, Mr. Wyatt is one of the nation’s foremost Gershwin scholars who is also known for chamber music recitals.

Solo Piano Recital at Longwood
2016-12-20 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Longwood at Oakmont, 500 Route 909, Verona, PA, 15147, United States
Steinway Pianist Robert Wyatt will be performing for residents of Longwood at Oakmont. The concert will include holiday favorites and classical selections.

Solo Piano Recital in Pittsburgh
2016-12-18 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
An annual event featuring nationally known Steinway Pianist Robert Wyatt.
This year, the concert will include holiday favorites and classical selections and is open to non-members. The concert is followed by a holiday luncheon buffet with Christmas beverages and food.
Cost for the concert and lunch is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. All payments must be cash or checks made out to The Twentieth Century Club.
For information and reservations, call The Twentieth Century Club at 412-621-2353.

Cole Porter: Sophisticate of American Song
2016-12-15 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Yacht & Raquet Club of Boca Raton, 2711 N Ocean Blvd, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, United States

Gershwin, by George!
2016-12-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Florida Atlantic University, Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, Boca Raton Campus, Boca Raton, FL, United States
George Gershwin, a giant of American music, is singular in that he was both a brilliant writer of popular songs (Swanee, I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away from Me) and more serious musical scores, including Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess. Although his career covered less than two decades, and ended with his tragic death in 1937, his music endures. Join pianist and Gershwin-authority Robert Wyatt, co-editor of Oxford University Press’ The George Gershwin Reader, in this lively lecture and recital exploring Gershwin’s life and legacy. The evening includes live performances of the solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue, early and unpublished music, the piano improvisations and other Gershwin hits. Rare film footage obtained from the Gershwin family will illustrate the program, along with unpublished photographs of the composer and his friends. Attendees will also hear archival recordings of his 1932-33 radio program, Music by Gershwin. The audience will exit with an appreciation of the influence of Gershwin’s compositions on American music and a better understanding of his relationships to other artists of his era.

The Hollywood Musical Part 4: From West Side Story Hello, Dolly!
2016-11-15 18:45 - 21:00 UTC | Smithsonian Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
Films created during the 1960s belong to the most creative era in cinema history, one in which Hollywood responded to a time of tremendous changes reflected in shifting social and cultural values, the Vietnam War, new forms of rock and pop music, and the acceleration of technological ingenuity. The dominance of television led to a rapidly diminishing movie audience, with just 145 musicals produced in the decade, compared to the 453 all-singing, all-dancing extravaganzas churned out in the 1930s.
Though the musical would continue to decline as the decade unfolded, three films of the 1960s were among the screen’s greatest spectacles and successes: West Side Story, The Sound of Music, and My Fair Lady. Other straightforward adaptions of Broadway hits like Gypsy, Can-Can, Oliver!, Camelot, Funny Girl, and Bye Bye Birdie suggested that the beloved musical movie was in good health. Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Doctor Dolittle, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, original film musicals, ended the decade with a flourish of creativity.
Enjoy an evening of memorable film clips, musical recordings, and historical anecdotes with American music specialist Robert Wyatt. Be entertained by the emergence of Barbara Streisand, witness Julie Andrews’ transformation from a nanny to a nun, and revisit a decade in which the movie musical tradition reached heights in terms of story, song, star power, and box-office success that it would never again achieve.
