Post by dani3008 on Aug 11, 2009 14:27:29 GMT 1
Elaine Paige, Jodie Prenger and the London cast of Mamma Mia! are to perform as part of BBC Radio 2’s forthcoming Hyde Park concert celebrating the work of Abba.
Paige will sing the duet I Know Him So Well from the musical Chess, with Irish singer Siobhan McCarthy.
Meanwhile, Prenger, who won BBC1’s I’d Do Anything and is currently starring in the new West End production of Oliver!, will perform One of Us.
The event, called Thank You For The Music - A Celebration of The Music of Abba, which will take place on September 13 and will be presented by Radio 2 drive time host Chris Evans.
It will be broadcast live on Radio 2, with contributions from Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Other confirmed acts include Lulu, who will sing Gimme Gimme Gimme, and Chaka Khan, who will perform The Winner Takes It All.
Beth Nielsen Chapman, West End star Kerry Ellis, Marti Pellow and Jason Donovan will also perform.
Paige will sing the duet I Know Him So Well from the musical Chess, with Irish singer Siobhan McCarthy.
Meanwhile, Prenger, who won BBC1’s I’d Do Anything and is currently starring in the new West End production of Oliver!, will perform One of Us.
The event, called Thank You For The Music - A Celebration of The Music of Abba, which will take place on September 13 and will be presented by Radio 2 drive time host Chris Evans.
It will be broadcast live on Radio 2, with contributions from Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Other confirmed acts include Lulu, who will sing Gimme Gimme Gimme, and Chaka Khan, who will perform The Winner Takes It All.
Beth Nielsen Chapman, West End star Kerry Ellis, Marti Pellow and Jason Donovan will also perform.