National Concert Hall, Dublin - 1st Aug 2008

[thomas]

Hi all!

Have a great night in Dublin! I'm sure you'll enjoy every moment.
Don't hesitate with reports and pictures! ;D

Thomas

[comet]

Hi Folks.

A note from the official Programme :

" THIS CONCERT WILL BE RECORDED FOR FUTURE BROADCAST ON RTE RADIO 1 "

Would whoever finds out first when the concert is being broadcast let the rest of us know !

the concert was wonderful.
This was the first time I saw All Angels live and they are truly amazing, The sound levels at the National Concert Hall were higher than the usual vocal performances there ie Hayley's.
To hear voices like these live and at close quarters makes you realise that your home stereo and your listening environment leave a lot to be desired, no matter how good they are.

Dazza is more or less on his way home now and I am sure he will fill you in on more details.

He is the only bloke I know who has had his ball signed by four very beautiful young women

[comet]

I would like to thank :

Charlotte, Daisy, Laura and Melanie

for a wonderful evening of entertainment,
I was absolutely spellbound and enchanted by your beautiful voices



also to THANK YOU for meeting with us after the concert
and signing various cds, programmes and THE POSTER for Dazza

Best wishes to you All for the future from Dublin

[comet]

A few more photos from the Dublin after concert meeting.

below Charlotte signs Dazza's poster



below Daisy signs Dazza's poster



below Laura signs Dazza's poster



below Melanie signs Dazza's poster



more later !

[comet]

Below :
Laura is wondering what is coming next out of the bag !

Melanie has just signed the poster and said something like "wow it's big " about the poster.




Ok ! so you want us to sign your BALL ?



Above Charlotte signs Guinness ball for Dazza



Above Laura signs ball !



Above Melanie signs Guinness ball.

I must have missed Daisy signing the ball, maybe I was waiting for the flash to charge, Pity !

[comet]

:applaud: Thanks for a great evening folks :applaud:

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all the excellent pictures posted so far comet.

How far would you travel for a concert? Having just watched them perform in Northampton, instead of going home I flew to Ireland to see them perform at the National Concert Hall in Dublin just two days later, and I am so glad that I did.

I am in love with Ireland, and Dublin and The National Concert Hall is a beautiful venue, one that I have visited a few times now. The Irish certainly love their music and this is the best reception that I have seen the girls receive out of all the concerts that I have been to, it was a wonderful performance.

Here is the set list...

RTE ORCHESTRA
Fingal's Cave (Herbrides Overture)

ALL ANGELS
Steal Away
The Flower Duet
Songbird
Pie Jesu

RTE ORCHESTRA
I Will Wait For You
You Must Believe In Spring

ALL ANGELS
Windmills Of Your Mind
Barcarolle
Salve Regina
Singing You Through

INTERVAL

RTE ORCHESTRA
Overture from 'Marriage Of Figaro'

ALL ANGELS
Sancte Deus (Nimrod)
Sull Aria
Northing Compares 2 U

RTE ORCHESTRA
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Fantasia on Greensleeves

ALL ANGELS
In Paradisium
Angels
Ave Maria

Encore - Sound Of Silence

The highlight for me was Sancte Dues, they don't perform it often as it needs an orchestra but I think that is just stunning live. Singing You Through deserves a mention too, it is not only my favourite song, but a song which Laura dedicated to her brother Paddy, who was over for the concert with family as they are half Irish.

The RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy were also excellent and we were informed that this concert was going to be broadcast later in the year on RTE Radio 1.

It was lovely to meet the girls again afterwards, they said during the concert that they had visited the Guinness Storehouse earlier that day and afterwards I discovered that I had only just missed them during a visit there myself.

That is where the Guinness football comes in, as I had already had everything signed by the girls I was walking around looking for something Irish for them to sign, and you can't get more Irish than Guinness! When I showed them the ball Laura tried to play with it!

As we said our goodbyes to the girls it wasn't long before we saw them again, in the hotel across the road where we were enjoying a few post concert drinks. They quickly retired to their rooms though and left us to talk over the evenings events.

A wonderful concert and I have since returned to the National Concert Hall three times, it has become one of my favourite venues and I am always on the lookout for potential future concerts there.



And here is me with the girls...



We had arrived at the Concert Hall earlier in the afternoon to pick up our tickets, we actually got there just as the girls were getting there themselves, and this poster was on the wall...



Thanks to comet, and especially his wife, we were given the poster which I got the girls to sign after, and for it to be made out to the forum, so here it is, from All Angels, to the forum....



Dazza

[comet]

I was so enchanted by the Angels singing that I took no pictures during the concert
(Apart from the camera police who are very strict at this venue )

I did get this one after the encore, With the conductor David Brophy

[lauraisbestangel]

Thanks for the reports and pictures Dazza and comet. Sounds like it was a great time. The poster is cool.

xxx

[chris]

Thanks for the pictures and reports Dazza and Comet. Its sounds like it was a fantastic evening

Dazza, is there anything you haven't got the Girls to sign? Maybe the kitchen sink next time! j/k

[richnorri]

From the Irish Independent...

All Angels soar -- but still fail to hit heavenly heights

By Pat O'Kelly
Monday August 04 2008

All Angels & the RTE Concert Orchestra National Concert Hall

THE weekend brought another in the RTECO's 'Signature Series', this time focussing on the nubile songsters, All Angels.

The four British singers still in their late teens -- Melanie Nakhla, Charlotte Ritchie, Laura Wright and Daisy Chute -- take turns at introducing their programme.

This covers a variety of styles among them operatic duos, expanded to foursomes, by Mozart, Offenbach and Delibes. In his 'Flower Duet' (Lakme), which presumably is sung in French, doubtful diction makes it indecipherable. Still the pleasant-sounding voices blend engagingly together.

There are some intriguing arrangements, not least Elgar's solemn 'Nimrod' in the guise of the hymn 'Sancte Deus' and Pachelbel's celebrated canon, set to extracts from the 'Salve Regina', but the Angels sound strained above the orchestra.

Faure's 'In Paradisum' (Requiem) is too heavy to waft delicately into space but John Brunning's 'Pie Jesu', written for them, and the a cappella spiritual 'Steal Away to Jesus', draw alluring harmonic sketches.

From All Angels 'popular' repertoire comes the Prince/Sinead O'Connor classic 'Nothing Compares 2 U'.

Among other items, 'Angels', from Robbie Williams' first solo album, finds articulation again rather loose although a schmaltzy 'ooh and aah' sequence bills and coos engagingly.

All Angels bow out officially with Schubert's 'Ave Maria' but the ethereal quality of the original is lacking and, like some of what precedes it, remains more earthbound than heavenly.

Under David Brophy the orchestra accompanies gallantly and gives the angelic quartet respite by way of precise Mendelssohn and Mozart and meandering Delius and Legrand.

- Pat O'Kelly

Richard

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

Here are some more pictures from after the concert, these were taken by Paul (comet) and his wife Glenda.

Myself, Charlotte and Daisy..


Another picture of me with the girls...


Laura, Charlotte, Myself, Paul, Amici, Daisy & Melanie



Laura, Charlotte, Daisy & Melanie



General pictures of the girls meeting people after the concert...


















Saying goodbye to the girls...


Until next time...


Dazza

[Northern_Lights]

The photos are wonderful Dazza and Comet! I never knew that Laura was left-handed... I knew Melanie was, but not Laura.
Are there more photos?

~NL

[lauraisbestangel]

Thanks for the new photos, they are great. Anymore to add to the collection?

xxx

[comet]

The Angels did mention that they had done a bit of shopping in Dublin.

This shot taken as they left the National Concert Hall in Dublin