'You'll Never Walk Alone' Rodgers+Hart+Hammerstein Concert October 2016

From the 1945 musical Carousel.
In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, dies during a failed robbery attempt.
It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member.
The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to Earth for one day in order to redeem himself, watches the ceremony and is able to silently motivate the unhappy Louise to join in the song.
The song is also sung at association football clubs around the world, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on matchday; this tradition began at Liverpool F.C. in the early 1960s.
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Conductor: Drew Downing
Musicians: Marc Alexander (piano), Ivan Itod (viola), Evie Matthews & Matthew Chalmers (violin), Sava Djukic (cello)
Video and Post Production by:
Little Man Screaming & Skybird Entertainment
Producer: Mark White (contact: 0405 092 773/1962 [e-mail])
Camera: Chris McKee, Dean Woodward & Tom Conyers
Editor Tom Conyets