Forged In Sheffield - The Day Before Spring

A long-forgotten musical performed by a full Broadway-sized orchestra.

Romance stirs on campus in this charming musical, which had lain forgotten in a California library for over half a century; this will be the first time the whole score has been heard since 1953.

Rediscovered in 2009 by the Department of Music’s Dominic McHugh, it has been newly orchestrated by Matthew Malone for performance by student musicians as part of the Forgotten Broadway Musicals project.

Pre-concert talk 4 May, 6.10pm: Dominic McHugh and Matthew Malone discuss the background to The Day Before Spring, with live performances of three songs cut before the show opened in 1945.

Part of the Festival of Arts and Humanities.