Category: Concerts

Musical Director John KellawayWarners Bay Theatre The Concert opened with the traditional O Come All Ye Faithful, followed by Mistletoe and Wine, made popular by Sir Cliff Richard when released in 1988. Murray Hetherington then featured as soloist on flugel horn with the ever popular Away in a Manger. Next were Happy Christmas (War is…

John Kellaway chose well-known music from the movies from the period 1939 to 2003, opening the program with Tara’s Theme from the 1939 epic romance film Gone with the Wind. In 1978 Jeff Wayne produced a musical album for the 1953 film, The War of the Worlds. The Eve of the War is the first…

A tribute was paid to Luke by the Band Committee at his last Concert conducting Cardiff Brass on 27th April. It was printed in the Audience Program for all to read. It reads as follows. Your decision to end your time as Musical Director of Cardiff Brass was not one that we were happy to…

Luke Bradbery chose Streets and Destinations as the main theme for his last Concert as Musical Director of Cardiff Brass. Penny Lane, a Beatles hit released in 1967, opened the program, with other numbers listed in order of performance. The lyrics of Penny Lane refer to life in a street in Liverpool, a city in which…

WARNERS BAY THEATREMUSICAL DIRECTOR: LUKE BRADBERY The program chosen was designed to instill that “Christmas Feeling” in the audience, opening with The Wonder of Christmas. White Christmas, always associated with crooner Big Crosby, followed. It was then time for the sound of bells, with Silver Bells and Swingle Bells delighting the audience. The four Movements…

And All That Jazz, the opening song from the 1975 musical Chicago, provided a lively start to the Concert, attended mainly by a senior audience. The Lincolnshire Poacher, a traditional folk song (and foot-tapping number) about the joys of poaching hares on the properties of wealthy Englishmen, with lyrics dating back to 1776, followed. Bohemian…

The Musical Director had chosen a Celtic Theme for this Concert, with most of the Titles featuring music identified with Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Strathcarron-Sword Dance, one of seven Movements from Hymn of the Highlands, opened the Concert to an audience, mainly Seniors, of about one hundred. Erin Shore, a well-known Irish folk song followed,…

WARNERS BAY THEATRE The audience responded well with acclamation to the opening number, The Christmas Feeling, composed specifically to engender joy. Let it Snow was next (cool!), followed by Mary’s Boy Child, a lively 1956 composition made popular by the vocal group Boney M. The upbeat arrangement by David Ayma of Kings of Orient kept…

WARNERS BAY THEATRE Conductor: Luke Bradbery The Concert opened to about one hundred senior citizens with that very lively medley of six tunes from Broadway Musicals, Breezin’ Down Broadway. L-O-V-E, a song made popular by Nat King Cole in 1965, followed, adding a touch of romance. The audience next listened quietly as the melancholy and…

WARNERS BAY THEATRE Brisbane Water Brass and Cardiff Northlakes Brass The Concert opened with Brisbane Water Brass, conducted by E-Yang Lui, presenting the well-known march Glorious Victory. This was followed by TV March Themes, a medley of marches from TV Shows. The Great Escape Theme, from the 1963 Movie of the same name, starring Steve…