A Night under the Stars is the annual gala concert in aid of The Passage, a London charity that provides resources which encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives. This year, at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 8 November 2016, performers include Simon Trpčeski (piano), James O'Donnell (organ), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), Streetwise Opera, Toby Purser (conductor) and the Orion Orchestra, along with BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny. Guest stars will include writer Armando Iannucci and impressionist Jon Culshaw.
The event takes place on the day of the Presidential Election in the USA, so the title is Stars and Stripes for Ever, and the programmes is a lovely selection of mainly 20th century American music, including Bernstein's overture to Candide and music from West Side Story, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and selected songs, Barber's Adagio for Strings, some of Copland's Old American Songs, music from Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and Carousel, and of course Sousa's march Stars and Stripes Forever arranged by composer Raymond Yiu for organ and orchestra.
Monday, 7 November 2016
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts this month
-
What about blowing the box to pieces: composer Eímear Noone on writing for video games, films and TVEímear Noone (Photo: Andy Paradise) Dublin and LA-based composer Eímear Noone is known for her scores for video games, films and TV. She re...
-
Holly Harman Ground: Nicola Matteis, Heinrich Biber, Turlough O'Carolan/James Oswald, Marco Uccellini, Alice Zawadzki, Sid Goldsmith; H...
-
Bach: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen - Olivier Stankiewicz, Lucy Crowe, ensemble led by Maria Włoszczowska - Wigmore Hall (taken from live s...
-
Jack Bazalgette (Photo: Ehimetalor Unuabona) Jack Bazalgette is perhaps best known as the co-founder and director of through the noise , wh...
-
Jonathan Sells (Photo: Paul Marc Mitchell) In April, the Monteverdi Choir released a disc of motets by Bruckner and Gesualdo conducted by J...
-
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, cellist Senja Rummukainan & conductor Ryan Bancroft at 2024 Lichfield Festival (Photo: Tyler Whiting) F...
-
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Sarasota Opera, 2025 - (Photo: Robert Millington for Sarasota Opera) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro , Verdi: Stiff...
-
Georges Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles ; Julie Fuchs, Cyrille Dubois, Florian Sempey, L'orchestra nationale de Lille, Alexandre ...
-
Britten: Peter Grimes - Nicky Spence - Welsh National Opera, 2025 (Photo: Dafydd Owen) Britten: Peter Grimes; Nicky Spence, Sally Matthews,...
-
Natalie Burch, James Way and Annemarie Federle at St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington where their recording of Britten's Canticles ...
No comments:
Post a Comment