#fnimn

Hadley (potato-quality) Twitter photo of the day.

Hadley plays the Tin Man in the BBC’s Friday Night is Music Night: The Wizard of Oz, which celebrated the 80th anniversary of the MGM classic film, "The Wizard of Oz". The concert also featured music from "Wicked", and the Diana Ross starring movie "The Wiz", all of which were based from Frank L. Baum’s original Oz stories. This episode originally aired in August 2019.

Episode link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007l6x

HADLEY'S REPERTOIRE

Button Up Overcoat

Follow The Yellow Brick Road / We're Off To See The Wizard

If Only I Had A Brain/Heart/Nerve

The Jitterbug

The Merry Old Land Of Oz

Brand New Day

PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW

Photo credits to BBC Symphony Orchestra

Photo credits to BBC Symphony Orchestra

Photo credits to BBC Symphony Orchestra

Photo credits to BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bonus behind the scenes photo from Hadley himself! (From L-R: Hadley Fraser, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Joe Stilgoe)

From @hadleyfraser

SNIPPET FROM THE SHOW

Friday Round Up with Alfie Boe: No. 3

Last week we had the chance to hear Alfie on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night, recorded back in October.  All I can say is that it was worth waiting for  – Alfie sang a handful of songs from Serenata and of course the obligatory Bring Him Home.  After all this time, Alfie sings this song differently every time and FNIMN was one of the most moving I’ve heard for a while.  Thanks again to…

Alfie Boe’s Serenata is Here!

At last, I was able to download Alfie Boe”s Serenata this morning which made a fantastic start to an otherwise drab and dreary Monday.  At this early stage I don’t have a favourite track, although Addio Sogni di Gloria may be it, they are all just absolutely beautiful.  Forgive me, a longer review will appear here…SOON!

Before that, though, Alfie was a guest on BBC Breakfast today with Bill…