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The songs were linked by contemporary social commentary, mostly by Flanders. Highlights included "Ill Wind", in which Flanders sings rapidly about a pilfered horn to the tune of the Rondo from Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and "New Built Up Area", a soliloquy by Flanders in which a disgruntled resident of Salisbury Plain complains of the newly ...
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs .
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann performing on the American tour, 14 September 1966, prior to taking the show to Broadway. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer, and Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, met as children at Westminster School, where they first joined up together for a school revue in 1939.
Flanders and Swann in the show. The show opened on 31 December 1956 at the New Lindsey. No West End shows were opening on that evening, and consequently, as Swann put it, "quite a number of critics turned up on spec." [7] In The Observer, Kenneth Tynan called the show "a witty and educated diversion …
Ill Wind may refer to: "Ill Wind" (song), a 1934 song by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler "Ill Wind", a song from the 1963 revue At the Drop of Another Hat; Ill Wind, a 1995 book written by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason; Ill Wind, a 1995 book written by Nevada Barr "Ill Wind", a song by Radiohead released on the special edition of the 2016 ...
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In 1963 Flanders and Swann set the Rondo movement to words for their song "Ill Wind" from the album At the Drop of Another Hat. References