programme - Saturday 9 July 2011

ABBA Symphonic

Not so much a tribute - one mighty celebration!

Following the massive success of The Music of Queen - A Symphonic Spectacular in 2010, Henley's Saturday night again resounds to an orchestral spectacular as conductor Pete Harrison, singers Annie Skates, Kate Graham, David Coombes and Lance Ellington, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra explode on stage with the ABBA songs everybody loves to love.

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Dixie Ticklers

The development of jazz has to be one of the most organic and fascinating stories in music. Dom James and his Dixie Ticklers would like to provide the first chapter for you with an atomic Dixieland explosion. Combining some of the brightest young talent in the UK, with the oldest charts from New Orleans archives, their goal is to entertain with skill and charm.

Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton would hopefully have approved of their renditions of "Salty Dog", "I wish I could Shimmie like my sister Kate" and "Wild Man Blues". These guys are so hot, that even New Orleans enthusiast Woody Allen has a copy of their record.

Prue Leith - The Gardener

Prue Leith is the author of Choral Society, The Gardener, Leaving Patrick and Sisters; Chair of The School Food Trust and Judge of The Great British Menu.

And how about The Gardener? Historic garden, sexy millionaire, a bit of rumpy-pumpy in the potting shed, twist in the tail.

www.prue-leith.com

Fifth Quadrant - The Film Session

The marriage of music and image has been a defining feature of cinema since its earliest days. Even before the advent of "talkies", moving images on the cinema screen were accompanied by live musicians.This evening, FIFTH QUADRANT will explore more flexible relationships between sound and image, presenting a short film with a number of musical accompaniments. The music has been chosen to provide a range of viewing experiences, but also for the links of each work to the history of film music.

Gustav Mahler never wrote for film, but borrowings from his concert works have made a big impact in the cinema. Visconti used Mahler's music to haunting effect in Death inVenice, and more recently Scorsese's Shutter Island, has made effective use of Mahler's early Movement for Piano Quartet. OneAustrian composer who did succeed in Hollywood was Erich Korngold. Before his emigration to America, Korngold was considered one of the brightest compositional talents inVienna.He achieved similar success in the States, but only for his film work.

A movement from one of his unduly neglected chamber pieces will be making a rare appearance this evening. Like Korngold before him, John Williams is now considered the most accomplished master of the Hollywood score. Legend has it that Williams tried to turn down the commission for Schindler's List saying "You need a better composer than I am for this film", to which Spielberg replied "I know, but they're all dead!" In the event, Williams produced one of the most haunting scores in cinematic history, winning the film one of its seven Oscars.

www.fifthquadrantmusic.com

Les Follies Rivieres - MC Neil Henry

A collaborative show including street theatre artists Scales of the Unexpected, The Strong Lady Show, Cocoloco and Silvia Pavone.

www.cocoloco.co.uk
scalesoftheunexpected.co.uk

Kanda Bongo Man

The man who single-handedly gave the world the infectious Kwasa Kwasa dance; Kanda Bongo Man is one of the most well known stars of world music, and one of the first pioneers of he African Soukous music.

His exhilarating performances are fast moving and exciting combinations of dance music and dance moves rooted deep in the Congolese tradition.

Firework Spectacular

Pains Fireworks deliver a thrilling and emotional show set to music and fired from within the back drop that is quintessential England - and that will leave you buzzing for the rest of your evening and beyond - Enjoy!

www.painsfireworks.com