Wollaton Classics 25/07/10

[mark01]

Just found the following on Nottingham City Council Website

Mark


Wollaton Classics

Nottingham City Council is bringing an afternoon of classical music to the city's beautiful Wollaton Park.

The internationally renowned Hallé orchestra will be headlining the day with a sensational line up of classical music and memorable film scores on Sunday 25 July from 2pm.

Ticket Information

Founded in Manchester by Sir Charles Hallé (1858), the Hallé is Britain's longest-established professional symphony orchestra, performing classical music around Britain and overseas for more than 150 years.

This year the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Northern College of Music were awarded the South Bank Show classical music award with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for 'Nielsen: Inextinguishable', a collaboration celebrating the work of Carl Nielsen.

Accompanying the Hallé is Natasha Marsh – the Welsh operatic soprano signed to EMI. A highly acclaimed performer, Natasha has toured with well known artists such as G4, Russell Watson and ll Divo and her debut album, Amour, topped the classical album charts in 2007.

Just announced are all girl group All Angels, who launched to fame in 2006. This stellar vocal quartet delivers a seductive crossover of music. With a repertoire spanning classical, choral, opera and pop, their beautiful four part harmonies combine into a unique and entrancing sound.

Watch this space - more acts to be announced soon

Click here to see the full programme of music

Classical music fans will be pleased to hear that as well as additional live music, there will be stalls, a fully licensed bar and kids activities – ensuring a great day out for the whole family.

Councillor David Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Culture and Customers for Nottingham City Council said:

''It's really great that as a Council we can provide a range of events and entertainment to meet the various interests and tastes of people who live, work, study or visit Nottingham. Wollaton Park is a beautiful location in which to stage this type and scale of event and I'm sure everyone who attends will have a fantastic afternoon. Nottingham City Council offers an amazing summer events programme, from the long-standing Riverside festival, to the more recent Beach in the Square. Splendour will be taking place just a day before this Wollaton Classics event so it's sure to be a busy weekend and a busy summer here in Nottingham.''

[drew]

Well found Mark.

Wollaton Classics

[dazza]

Hi Everyone

This concert has been confirmed by the TCB Group and has now been added to the Concert Schedule.

Dazza

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

I have booked this concert, fantastic value for £15, even cheaper if you live in Nottingham.

This is an afternoon concert starting at 2pm finishing at 6pm.

Dazza

[johnh]

I also have a ticket for Wollaton . I'll look out for you, Dazza.
I guess that you are the big one between Laura and Charlotte in the picture?

John

[dazza]

Hi John,

Yep, that's me... see you there!

Dazza

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

I really enjoyed this afternoons concert in Nottingham. I thought that it was very relaxed at Wollaton Park and I really liked the setup. Never before have I arrived at a concert after the gates have opened and there still been plenty of room at the front.

Natasha Marsh and the Halle Orchestra were fantastic, playing a selection of musical and film theme tunes, which if you love your films like I do, was a real treat. It's put me in the mood for a Lord of the Rings marathon! Although I had heard Natasha before I have never really listened to her that much but I was very impressed. She has a fantastic voice.

But now for the reason I was there... All Angels. The girls were joined by Rachel Fabri in the place of Laura. Whether this is going to be a permanent arrangement or not we will have to wait and see, but I was quite impressed with her, although looking a bit nervous at first she did very well and fitted in nicely with the group.

The girls opened the concert with a seven song set, here is the set list...

Barcarolle
I Loves You Porgy/Summertime Medley
Windmills of your Mind
Singing You Through
Sound of Silence
I'll Fly Away
Mr Sandman

Singing You Through was the highlight for me although Mr Sandman deserves a mention too, the girls version is just fantastic and they even hinted that they may record it one day. It capped a brilliant performance from the girls.

Photo's to follow soon...

Dazza

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

Here are the photo's that I took....






































Dazza

[johnh]

Great photos, Dazza. Thanks for posting them.
Most of mine will have the back of your head in the foreground.
Rachel does look rather worried in some of them, but you managed to get a couple where she looks more relaxed.
It was a fantastic concert overall. All Angels were my primary reason for going but I also like Natasha Marsh, though this was the first time I had seen her live.
The Halle definitely chose music with popular appeal, and there is nothing wrong with that. I think sometimes people get a bit sniffy about what they consider to be 'real classical music'.

[tigersfan]

Fantastic Pictures Dazza thanks for sharing them.
The concert was great from start to finish.
All Angels whole performance was outstanding and I think that Rachel did very well, at times she seemed nervous and did not smile much but that was expected under the circumstances.
The only down side was the gap between All Angels finishing and the Halle starting.
I would have been more than happy for the girls to continue performing until the Halle came on.

Can I also thank you for the positive comments about Tasha, I have been a fan for quite a long time now.

Nice to see you again Dazza.

For some reason I have been unable to post my pics on Facebook so I have said anyone wanting to see pics to pop over here.
Mary

[dazza]

Hi Mary,

Nice to see you again too. Glad you like the photos

The Gap between the two performances was a bit long, it was almost like two seperate concerts rather than part of one event. I didn't mind too much though - it gave me a chance to start writing my report! ;D

Natasha has an excellent voice and I was very impressed. Her album is on order and I would definitely see her again if I got the chance.


It was nice to meet you too John.

Dazza

[candijerrell]

I wondered why there is no concert of All Angels in past few years? In the same token, as a music lover, I am also planning to attend a music concert at Portland, ME this year and tried to find either any of my favourite band like All Angels is performing or not? But unfortunately, I didn't find anything about any upcoming music concert of All Angels in Maine from here concerts50.com/upcoming-concerts-in-maine. May I ask why this band is continuing? Actually, I didn't follow music news from long ago.