Gilbert and Sullivan
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Sep 11, 2026
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
They weren't that crazy about opera.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
My dad loved Gilbert and Sullivan, and so did I.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
But I started going to the Hallé every Sunday evening on a season ticket with them at the time that John Barbirolli was the music director.
John WilsonHOST
Mm.
Pat PanettaHOST
He's reminding us of a stage show in Clayton.
Pat PanettaHOST
The Savoy Opera Company presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman and the Guard, or The Merry Man and His Maid.
Pat PanettaHOST
So that's today, Saturday the 12th.
Pat PanettaHOST
Yes, it is.
Pat PanettaHOST
He's reminding us of a stage show in Clayton.
Pat PanettaHOST
The Savoy Opera Company presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman and the Guard or The Merry Man and His Maid.
Pat PanettaHOST
So that's today, Saturday the 12th.
Pat PanettaHOST
Yes, it is 8 p.m. tonight.
DamienHOST
People did that.
AntHOST
Isn't there a famous musical about people at sea by Gilbert and Sullivan? So are we saying that actually Gilbert was a cat that wrote The Pirates of Penzance? Is this what we're discovering here?
DamienHOST
I was thinking Gilbert O'Sullivan, which like, doesn't that just confuse things?
AntHOST
Yeah.
Nick CoatesGUEST
And you have to understand that my, my dad was like this slightly intellectual character who was, um, music for him was like Wagner and Beethoven.
Nick CoatesGUEST
For a bit of light relief, you might get Gilbert and Sullivan.
Nick CoatesGUEST
And then he had some kind of comedy records.
Nick CoatesGUEST
He had some, I don't know what it was, but he also had a, like a, um, a, a record of, of steam engine sounds or something that he was really into.
Tim MawsonGUEST
So, you know, there it is.
Tim MawsonGUEST
I stuck with Gilbert and Sullivan, which are much more accessible to us.
Miles K. DonahueHOST
Well, we're nearing the end, but the other half of the implied thesis of your book is that there are things God cannot add to life's meaning.
Miles K. DonahueHOST
What are some of those things? What differences does theism or God not make to life's meaning?
speaker_3NARRATOR
15th to 17th of October, 5 PM and 7:30 PM, The Pirates of Penzance.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Performed by Stamford GNS, expect all the usual Gilbert and Sullivan topsy-turvy silliness and sparkling wit that you've come to know and love.
speaker_3NARRATOR
A show for all ages and one you definitely won't want to miss.
speaker_2NARRATOR
We Will Rock You, Stamford Corn Exchange.
CJHOST
And me, Liz.
CJHOST
And we are like if the Modern Major General song was three people and not a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song.
LizHOST
Yeah, that made sense to me.
CJHOST
guys uh we got a request and as you know i never turn down a challenge uh because i have uh guy who won't do kingdom hearts yeah i won't do that
SarahHOST
Okay.
SarahHOST
But he is the great nephew of Arthur Sullivan, as in Gilbert and Sullivan.
SarahHOST
Oh, wow.
SarahHOST
He has listened to some Gilbert and Sullivan.
SarahHOST
Yes.
SarahHOST
Because he's got a stage presence,
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