Andrew Lloyd Webber Sydmonton Festival. Lloyd Webber received a Grammy Award in 1986 for "Requiem" in the category of best classical composition. "Pie Jesu" from Requiem achieved a high placing on the UK pop charts. Perhaps because of its large orchestration, live performances of the Requiem are rare. "Cricket" (1986), also called "Cricket (Hearts and Wickets)", reunited Lloyd Webber with Tim Rice to create this short musical for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday, first performed at Windsor Castle. Several of the tunes were later used for "Aspects of Love" and "Sunset Boulevard". Lloyd Webber also premiered "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1986, inspired
Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber American Songbook, but unlike Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and many other artists, she had never recorded a complete album of songs by one composer. The songs on the album are all taken from the popular musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, that he wrote with various lyricists. The oldest song found on the album is from the 1971 musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" which originally opened on Broadway in October of that year. Bringing it up to date the album also includes two songs from "Sunset Boulevard" which had recently premiered on July 12, 1993 in London's West End. Four songs had