A new orchestration of the Variations for a sixteen-piece theatre orchestra was produced from the original symphonic version played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra but Harry Rabinowitz retained the baton for the stage production. īlack altered some of the songs from the original album and worked with Lloyd Webber on new material: "The Last Man in My Life", "I Love New York" and "Married Man", the latter set to the same tune as "Sheldon Bloom". Producer Cameron Mackintosh proposed that the two pieces be combined under the umbrella title Song and Dance to acknowledge the primary aspect of each act, billing the piece as "a concert for the theatre". The opening sequence was utilized as the theme music for London Weekend Television's South Bank Show. The Dance portion was recorded in 1978, and nearly became incorporated into Cats. It was subsequently recorded and aired as a one-hour television special by the BBC the following January.
The Song portion was written specifically for Marti Webb, and presented at the Sydmonton Festival in the summer of 1979.
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