Katherine Jenkins and the National Symphony Orchestra
Celebrating Liberation 65th Anniversary
Friday 30th April and Saturday 1st May 2010.
Katherine Jenkins was here to kick off Guernsey’s 65th Liberation Anniversary Celebrations in a concert at Beau Sejour, Sir John Loveridge Hall.
Miss Jenkins, was accompanied by the full 32-piece National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), sang a combination of classic and contemporary songs from her repertoire and the NSO will also perform a number of pieces of their own.
Things to do Guernsey are very grateful for corporate sponsorship, our lead sponsor is Carey Olsen, with Terra Firma, Bachmann Group,The Partnership, Ray and Scott, Kleinwort Benson also sponsoring the event.
The National Symphony Orchestra is one of the busiest freelance orchestras in the UK, many popular classical artists. The NSO began in Britain in wartime 1940 One of the main things which distinguished the NSO from the other orchestras during the war years was that almost all the musicians were serving in the forces, and therefore unlike the LSO and LPO of the day (who relied on those who were too old or unfit for military service. Today members of the NSO can be heard on many major film soundtracks, and among the many stars with whom they have appeared are Reba McEntire and Sir Cliff Richard, who was backed by the ladies of the NSO string section at the Royal Albert Hall. The NSO has shared the stage in Hyde Park with Sir Elton John. A vast number of our audience said they came to the concert to hear them as much as they did to hear Katherine. I have to say they were truly amazing, also very delightful people to be with. Members were invited to have a little bus tour of the island, which they thoroughly enjoyed. We are now talking about many other things that we might be able to bring them over for. So watch this space, personally I can’t wait.
The conductor for the concerts was Mr. Steve Sidwell, wow what credentials this man comes with, musician, composer, arranger, conductor Steve studied Trumpet, piano and composition at the royal college of music and Guildhall School of Music and drama. Steve’s orchestrations and compositions feature on numerous albums, television shows, advertising campaigns and films, Album Credits include orchestrating and conducting Robbie Williams best selling album ‘ swing when you’re winning’ the acclaimed live television recording ‘Robbie Williams Live at the Albert’. Recent projects include Sarah Brightman with the LSO. Rock Swings for Paul Young, The Pet Shop boys, Seal, and many others. There is a vast number of TV and theatrical credits and prestigious commissioned works and once again, how privileged are we to have him on the island. Let’s hope we will see him here again soon.
Katherine Jenkins not only did Katherine wow the audience with her amazing voice she charmed them on stage, coming across as the girl next door, very down to earth, she was a delightful off stage as she was on it, even though she is a global super star. Having performed with Andre Bocelli and Placido Domingo, and personally asked by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber to record the Love Never Dies from his latest musical. How honoured are we to have her here on our shores. Katherine invited the audience during the interval to bring questions written on pieces of paper to the security staff for her to read out during the second half. There were a lot of questions about her dresses, which were absolutely stunning. It was lovely to see questions from very young members of the audience and for them to be encouragedin their talents, Katherine gave advice to get involved in as much singing and performing as possible, to enter as many competitions as they could, even if they don’t win, it’s the experience that counts, having lost in many competitions she had entered. Both nights Katherine delighted the audience in sing in welsh, a cappella style, Friday night some members of the Guernsey Boy’s aloud, were scattered through the audience, and Saturday singing ‘Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’. The Land Of My Fathers. As I watch the audience from the balcony everyone was sat so still even near the end of the concert. As Katherine sang ‘Time to say goodbye’ you could hear a pin drop. The concert ended with a rousing “last night of the proms’ section. At this time it was delightful to see all the hand flags being waved, and everyone joining in singing. Our new forces sweetheart gave an encore of We’ll meet again and the singing of our national anthem Sarnia Cherie. So many of the thank-you’s I have received have mentioned this the most special part of the evening, how proud we can be!
Performance Program
Light Cavalry Overture
La Vie en Rose
‘Til There Was You
Se si Perde un Amore
The Arrival of the Queen of
The Dam Busters – March
A Nightingale Sang in
The White Cliffs of
The Godfather
INTERVAL
Water Music – 9d Hornpipe
Love Never Dies
Habanera
Angel
Masquerade Waltz
Non ti Scordar di Me
I Believe
Time to say Goodbye
Sea Songs…. Rule, Britannia
Land of Hope & Glory
Encore
We’ll meet again
Katherine's Website http://www.katherinejenkins.co.uk/
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Beau Sejour Sir John Loveridge Hall - 15th & 16th September 2010
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Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra were joined by a host of stars for 2 exciting nights at Beau Sejour. Jools and his orchestra were not alone when they took to the stage in the Sir John Loveridge Hall at Beau Sejour – Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall will be guest vocalists for the two nights along with special guest Marc Almond of Soft Cell. At the age of eight Jools was already a fluent piano player and by the time he reached his early teens he was regularly playing in many pubs in South East London and the East End Docks. It was at this time that he was introduced to Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford and Gilson Lavis who together formed Squeeze. Up the Junction and Cool for Cats helped propel the group to huge levels of success, including cracking the notoriously difficult American market, which saw them perform live at New York’s famous Madison Square Garden. Jools will be joined in Guernsey by his former Squeeze colleague Gilson Lavis who, in 1987, became a founding member of The Jools Holland Blues Band. That band has grown and metamorphosed into the 20-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra which will be accompanying Jools on his visit to the island.
The band and Jools loved being here, they thought the audience were great, what a party we had!
Jools in thanking me for bringing them said " thank-you for everything how you have looked after us, cared for us, taken care of all the details, it has been brilliant, one of the best! and we played pretty darn good too, but that is partly down to the enviroment you have created for us, so thank-you" you know what Jools it was totally my pleasure, I loved every minute. |
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Defending the Caveman
It's not often that a show is so popular that it returns only a year after it's first visit, but... following huge demand this prehistoric battle of the sexes is came back to Guernsey for a second time !
Defending the Caveman is a hysterically funny Broadway show that looks at men, women and why the battle of the sexes is still going strong. Hilarious insights on contemporary feminism and masculine sensitivity. Defending the Caveman mines the common themes in relationships that go straight to the funny bone.
The show opened on Broadway on March 1, 1995 and ran until June 1997 – making it the longest running solo play in Broadway history. It has enjoyed critical and public acclaim, sell-out UK tours and received a clutch of awards, including the Society of London Theatre ‘Olivier Award’ for Best Entertainment in 2000.
This one-man phenomenon has been seen by more than 7 million people in more than 40 countries and in over 15 different languages. More of a peacemaker than a club-wielding Neanderthal, Defending The Caveman explains the male mystique and contemporary feminism with great humour.
Mark Little (aka Joe Mangle from Neighbors) bought this phenomenal production to Guernsey audiences at St James 30th Sept 1st & 2nd October 2010- this was Mark's final tour as the UK's caveman, next time we see him on our shores he will be doing his stand up routine as seen at Edinburgh festival.
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SNOOKER LEDGENDS Bringing Legends Back to the Baize!
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Saturday 5th February 2011 at 7.00pm Beau Sejour Sir John Loveridge Hall We are delighted that some of Snooker’s greatest ever players came to This historic event took place at Beau Sejour on Saturday 5th February with Legends such as former World Champions Dennis Taylor, John Parrott, Cliff Thorburn and UK Champion John Virgo already confirmed. Jimmy White, the “Whirlwind”!. On this special evening Jimmy White was crowned the Guernsey Legend 2011! This event is strictly one night only where we hosted a VIP champagne reception with all the players prior to the matches, a premium seat at the event and a souvenir brochure, a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with these stars and get your photos and autographs with them. Two lucky audience members partnered a legend in a game of doubles on the night. John Virgo called on members of the audience to perform some trick shots, our very own Sir Geoffrey Rowland making a pot he will never forget. Although the crowd were somewhat boystrous we had an unforgettable night of nostalgia, fun and snooker, snooker legends... the legends were back on the baize.
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THE AMAZING RUBY TURNER
About Ruby.....
The two things we all know about a ruby is that it’s precious, and it stands the test of time. This one sounds great too. Ruby Turner is a national and international treasure. Anyone who saw her tear the roof off Ronnie Scott’s, and her other headline gigs last year, knows it. Jools Holland and his legions of fans know it: he has Ruby as a regular featured vocalist in his widely-loved Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. For those who came to see Jools Holland in September saw how amazing she is, now we get to see her perform with her own band.
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What an awesome night !! Mick and Paul Le Huray opened the night with some folk music, then Colin Falla gave us some of his own compositions.
The Ruby rocked the house with nearly 2 hours of delightful Soul, and blues.
Can't wait till we have her back on our shores!
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Julian Smith
Julian Smith graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in 1991 with distinction in performance and teaching on his first study which was at that time Bassoon. He then was offered a teaching post with Sandwell MBA, and a part time post with Cheltenham Boys College. He also at this time performed in various pit orchestras for musicals and shows including the Royal Shakespeare Company. Saxophone for Julian was also a great passion, and in 1993 he heard Kenny G for the first time and became instantly hooked on this instrument and in particular the soprano saxophone. Julian built a band around himself which became very popular in the Midlands area playing in restaurants, and prestigious corporate events on invitation. Julian’s musical style could be described as easy listening “Crossover Classical/Pop/Smooth Jazz” as another big influence for his musical style is the vocal group “Il Divo”. Combining performance on saxophone and teaching on clarinet and saxophone, Julian could now make a living as a musician/teacher. After producing a couple of self financed albums with producer and arranger Ty Unwin a track called Silver was placed on the multiplatinum compilation album called Classic Chillout series by Sony in 2001, and subsequently more tracks were commissioned from Julian over the next two years. Frustrated without any further real success in the music industry after a period of six years, Julian decided to enter BRITAINS GOT TALENT IN 2009 and achieved second runner up placement with nearly 700,000 public telephone votes and millions of YouTube hits on the internet.
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