Greg1138 3 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Full story, as is often the case - courtesy of Auntie Beeb.Looks like a good do....hope the tickets are not extortionate! Might have to take my daughter there as her birthday present.....erm.....ahem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Sounds like a great concert, too bad I won't be able to attend. Though it was expected to some degree, it's nice to see that they decided to honour Barry this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Rang up the box office - turns out tickets go on sale on the 15th (this coming Friday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It'd be nice it the beeb televised it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I was going to say that they should have added it to the Proms schedule this year, but then again, those concert programs are probably planned at least a couple of years in advance.Think I might try and make this concert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 It'd be nice it the beeb televised it.It looked like the concert was being filmed, with several black-clad cameramen filming discreetly among the orchestra and soloists (hopefully not only for the purposes of the big screens inside the hall). I also noticed one of those large BBC Outside Broadcast lorries parked outside the Royal Albert Hall, so with a bit of luck anyone who wasn't lucky enough to attend will be able either to watch it or to listen to it at some later date.It was a really fitting tribute to John Barry, with a number of wonderful star turns from the likes of David Arnold, Shirley Bassey, trumpeter Derek Watkins and even Wynne Evans of Go Compare fame (singing a beautiful rendition of Caccini's Ave Maria, apparently one of John Barry's favourite pieces of music) amongst others. There were also moving tributes from Michael Caine (via videolink), George Martin, Timothy Dalton, Don Black and Michael Parkinson. It was very touching when John Barry's wife and son came on stage at the end.It would be great to read the thoughts of anyone else who went to the concert this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 A recording of this concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night on Friday 1st July at 20.00 BST. Click here for details.Unexpectedly, this was one of the highlights for me - a track from Playing By Heart, performed superbly by Bond score veteran trumpeter Derek Watkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Excellent! Thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 A reminder that this is just about to start. Click here to listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Darn, too late. Has anyone recorded this (in lossless?)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Darn, too late. Has anyone recorded this (in lossless?)?You can still listen to it on the BBC iPlayer via the same link as above for the next six days. I notice that they corrected poor Rumer's blunder on We Have All The Time In The World (in the concert, she came in several bars too early for the second part of the song and had to be cued in by conductor Nicholas Dodd). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I'm listening to this right now. Very nice. Love the Michael Caine's anecdote.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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