soon he was writing his own music as well. # for a small fee in america... most of the shows that followed were hits. and then in 1970 he came up with a new idea — a musical that didn't follow an obvious plot. # phone rings, door chimes, in comes company... company was a series of vignettes featuring a dozen central characters. no two sondheim musicals were the same. i don't want to get bored writing. and you know, it's — when you hit a chord that you've hit before or a technique of using a song that you've done before — or when i do, i get very nervous. and i think "i've written that, i mustn't do that again." somebody will catch me up on it, so to speak. it's as if somebody�*s saying, "wait a minute, you did that in that show." into the woods was based on fairy stories like jack and the beanstalk. sondheim's music was rhythmically complicated and harmonically sophisticated.

# we've no time to sit and dither. # while her withers wither with her. # and no—one keeps a cow for a friend... that's one of my favourite things about a sondheim musical, is the material that you learn is some of the most complex series of notes put together that you can learn, and so you feel such a sense of accomplishment when you finally get to — when you've arrived at a place where you realise i've got it. i've figured out how to sing this sondheim lyric and sing this beautiful phrase that he wrote. # i thought that you'd want what i want, sorry, my dear... for his admirers, stephen sondheim produced some of the most sophisticated and thoughtful musicals ever written. # quick, send in the clowns. # don't bother, they're here.

now to bring you more on the news the newly identified variant of coronavirus has been identified in the uk. we will be hearing from the prime ministerfrom a downing street news conference at five o'clock this afternoon. we will bring you that live here on bbc news with the chief medical officer, chris whitty and the chief scientific adviser, patrick vallance as well. boris johnson with a five o'clock news conference on the latest on covid—i9 at five o'clock. let's get a look at the weather in the meantime. although the storm is moving away and winds are moderating it is still

extremely windy out there, especially along the north sea coast where we are seeing lots of showers, gusts of 60 miles an hour and some of the big waves still hitting the coastline. these are some of the gusts as the afternoon comes to a close. bit higher than this along the north sea coast and it is feeling very cold when you factor in the wind. these are the very best temperatures today. close to freezing for much of the day in scotland, more snow showers overnight. more snow to come in the north york moors and a widespread sharp and penetrating fast on the way tonight. icy patches across much of scotland, northern and eastern areas of england. into tomorrow, find start for many but an area of sleet and snow from scotland moving down into northern ireland. bit patchy rain in northern ireland, a few sunny spells out there, it is not as windy and still feeling cold and another frost on the way on sunday night.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the government says two cases of omicron, a new variant of covid—i9, have been discovered in the uk, amid fears it has a higher re—infection risk. the two individuals concerned are self isolating alongside a whole house side. further tests and sequencing is being carried out and contact tracing. the two cases are linked. two men are killed by falling trees as storm arwen hits parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24—year—old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraq. now on bbc news it's time for mothers reborn — the story of a group of women in poland who are becoming mothers to fake babies.

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i am not ashamed at what i am doing here. i know it brings joy to someone else after i have finished. to hold, play? hello. sunshine has become more widespread across the north and west of the uk this afternoon in the wake

of the uk this afternoon in the wake of the uk this afternoon in the wake of the storm. it is still a windy and cold afternoon, and on the wind, most snow showers around in northern scotland, rain showers of sleet and hail snow on the eastern side of england. it is on the north sea coast we have the strongest gusts, 60 mph and still dangerous conditions with big waves. the wind is moderating into tonight. the best temperatures across much of scotland, we are barely above freezing. showers and eastern england will continue and there will be more over the north york moors. showers intima is part of wales and cornwall. increasingly cloudy into north—west scotland. it is clear, very cold and the sharp penetrating frost and icy patches across northern and eastern england tomorrow. rain, sleet and snow out of scotland into northern england as the day goes on. some sunny spells are the side of that, it is cold and not as windy.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines: the government says two cases of omicron, a new variant of covid—i9, have been discovered in the uk, amid fears it has a higher re—infection risk. the two individuals concerned are self isolating alongside their whole household whilst further tests and sequencing is carried out and contact tracing. the two cases are linked. two men are killed by falling trees as storm arwen hits parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24—year—old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraq. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he's �*sorry for all the hurt�* azeem rafiq went through during the

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