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!
John Barry Memorial Concert
Started by Greg1138, Apr 12 2011 09:39 AM
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Posted 12 April 2011 - 09:39 AM
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Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:23 AM
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.
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Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:50 AM
Rang up the box office - turns out tickets go on sale on the 15th (this coming Friday).
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Posted 13 April 2011 - 01:16 PM
It'd be nice it the beeb televised it.
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Posted 13 April 2011 - 01:45 PM
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...
Think I might try and make this concert...
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 10:59 PM
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.
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 11:08 AM
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.
Unexpectedly, this was one of the highlights for me - a track from Playing By Heart, performed superbly by Bond score veteran trumpeter Derek Watkins.
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Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:34 PM
Excellent! Thanks for the link 
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Posted 01 July 2011 - 09:14 PM
Darn, too late. Has anyone recorded this (in lossless?)?
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Posted 02 July 2011 - 11:15 AM
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).
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Posted 02 July 2011 - 11:45 AM
I'm listening to this right now. Very nice. Love the Michael Caine's anecdote.
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