Stephen Sondheim In His Own Words, Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim In His Own Words, Stephen Sondheim
List: $10.13 | Sale: $7.10
Club: $5.06

Stephen Sondheim In His Own Words

Author: Stephen Sondheim

Narrator: Stephen Sondheim

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2013


Synopsis

Stephen Sondheim was a multi award-winning American composer, whose works garnered over 60 Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for Best Song and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: PM, BBC Radio, 21 July 1973 (featuring Pete Myers); The Lively Arts, BBC Television, 2 January 1977 (featuring André Previn); The Levin Interviews, BBC Television, 24 May 1980 (featuring Bernard Levin); Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio, 16 August 1980 (featuring Roy Plomley); Face To Face, BBC Television, 9 January 1995 (featuring Jeremy Isaacs) and Front Row, BBC Radio, 19 October 2010 (featuring Mark Lawson).

Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary.

©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abby on October 07, 2024

5 stars I've really fallen into the Sondheim rabbit hole 😩......more

Goodreads review by Behrooz on April 21, 2022

This audiobook is a collection of segments from interviews with Stephen Sondheim [1930-2021], originally published in the Guardian and the Observer. In the interviews, the genius American songwriter comes across as pensive, cultured, and quotable. For example, he mused in 1987 that "All works of nar......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on June 16, 2023

We are so lucky to live in a world where Sondheim’s work exists.......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on March 08, 2023

Fairly short but I learned so much!......more

Goodreads review by Monica on November 22, 2023

Interviews were somewhat repetitive, but I enjoyed how each one revealed a new detail to Sondheim's fascinating life and mind. I miss him very much 🥹......more