http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/ The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald /leisure/theatreandarts/ en-gb Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:19:45 +0100 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:19:45 +0100 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/resources/images/727477/?type=rsslogo http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/ http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4476511.Review__City_of_Bath_Bach_Choir_with_the_Will_Todd_Trio__Wiltshire_Music_Centre/?ref=rss It’s inevitable, emotionally, I suppose that most of the attention would focus on the first half of this programme because of the appearance of the Junior Choir but, musically and significantly, the second half, featuring Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, was monumental. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:01:24 +0100 4458d6a9fee1a658ed76d21de57aed44 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4477102.Review__The_Apple_Cart_by_George_Bernard_Shaw__Theatre_Royal_Bath/?ref=rss This is an extraordinarily timely revival of Shaw’s political comedy on a government in crisis. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:59:50 +0100 c1777da6058c11c764c833d432169f23 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4472827.Review__West_Side_Story__Bristol_Hippodrome/?ref=rss West Side Story Hippodrome Bristol West Side Story, which hit Broadway in 1957 and the cinemas world wide in 1961, was the birth of a new kind of musical. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:27:38 +0100 d0c053eb32313a80cc07b93ed79881fc http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4466623.Corsham_Festival__Makrokosmos__Nicholas_Keyworth__piano__Julia_Leyden__visuals/?ref=rss One shouldn’t expect this immensely challenging festival to produce anything ordinary. This concert was totally extraordinary; intense, gripping and deeply moving. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:21:54 +0100 8574ce1b9c0c98e815be468b8491bf72 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4466644.Corsham_Festival__Counterpoise__The_Power_of_Love/?ref=rss Violin, saxophone, trumpet and piano produce a dramatic sound effect: Add a narrator with a voice that can coerce with her rich European timbre or instil foreboding with clipped crystalline consonants and there is a basis for high drama. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:28:54 +0100 3b88ffbba67962aab57f3a4d403a40f8 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4466638.Corsham_Festival__Retorica_Duo__Harriet_Mackenzie_and_Philippa_Mo_violins__St_Bartholomew___s_Church/?ref=rss Few could have expected this concert to have been so good. Dressed in matching white and white these two young, attractive violinists made a charming picture standing in front of a too-small audience; when they started to play it was a case of not just pretty faces… Mozart’s Duo for 2 violins, from the Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311, was a touch hurried causing a phrenetic, somewhat muddy final movement. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:25:47 +0100 378f85a6b9b95d0bab3371ee1db9a736 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4466586.Corsham_Festival__Hannah_Marcinowicz__saxophone__Daniel_Swain__piano/?ref=rss Finely balanced playing with telling accenting showed how well saxophone and piano can blend. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:32 +0100 9f6c8d773c0028b660e43943c9482afe http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463268.Corsham_Festival__Barb_Jungr__The_Pound/?ref=rss Corsham Festival: Barb Jungr: The Pound From her opening number, Walking In Memphis, I was hooked. And through almost all the first half of her show, the penultimate in the festival, I felt Barb Jungr had flicked through my personal music collection and plucked out the favourites. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:19:57 +0100 2d1a87b33bb6acfec9a760348b323bbf http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463272.Corsham_Festival__Vauxhall_Pleasure_Tuesday_June_23__The_Pound_arts_cntre/?ref=rss Vauxhall Pleasure was something of an unknown quantity: it was hard to tell from the Corsham Festival programme exactly what might happen – except that film and music were involved. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:36:45 +0100 36bf4b5ba37a006ccb2ee6e880bc474a http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463271.Corsham_Festival__Zum_Trio__Gypsy_Tango_Inferno_Monday_June_22__Pound_arts_centre/?ref=rss Blending the fire of Eastern European gypsy fiddle music and the passion of Argentinian Tango, the Zum Trio took Corsham Festival by storm at a concert in the Pound Arts Centre on Monday night. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:33:26 +0100 8f182f320e935965d41b7694d23f0399 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463270.Corsham_Festival_Review__Tracey_Smith__The_Book_of_Rubbish_Ideas/?ref=rss Corsham Festival: Tracy Smith: The Book of Rubbish Ideas Monday June 22: Pound Arts Centre Feisty, down to earth and burning with enthusiasm, writer and broadcaster Tracy Smith took the subject of sustainable living by the scruff of its neck to give out all sorts of useful advice on reducing waste and saving money. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:27:21 +0100 5096b129ee811354dd25c894022f4259 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463266.Corsham_Festival__Black_Hair/?ref=rss This is the kind of off-the-wall performance for which festivals are the perfect ambience. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:14:16 +0100 11939f7eac85fd2366bc181e97d4a4b0 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463267.Corsham_Festival__The_Tin_Forest__PuppetCraft/?ref=rss This was a charming piece of theatre for children – of all ages. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:17:38 +0100 28ec36c8f492f69ea93b52dc8f056828 http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4463265.Corsham_Festival__Linda_Marlowe__The_World___s_Wife/?ref=rss Linda Marlowe is another of the festival’s previous cover girls invited back to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:09:56 +0100 ae1af4fb2412cc5c4a03ecb44788bbdb http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/leisure/theatreandarts/4462785.Corsham_Festival__Pluck__The_specialists/?ref=rss These three madcap musicians are a splendid means of easing young people into classical music. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:12:28 +0100 77706a85dd0716180f2a5d90f367838f