Date: Saturday 1st November 2008 (starting this evening). Susan Bickley, mezzo (Leokadja Begbick), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, tenor (Fatty), Alan Opie, baritone, (Trinity Moses), Giselle Allen, soprano (Jenny), Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor (Jimmy Mahoney), Peter Hoare, tenor (Jack Smith, Toby Higgins), Stephan Loges, baritone (Bill), Brindley Sherratt, bass (Joe), Hannah Gordon (narrator), Ladies of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Christopher Bell (chorus master), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/HK Gruber.Īs before, these broadcasts are streamed from the Radio 3 website and some may be available for seven days after broadcast. Introduced by Donald Macleod, who also talks to the conductor about the context of the work and Weill and Brecht's influence on subsequent operatic developments. Prostitution and cheap alcohol attract many prospectors, but when Jimmy the barman declarates that all restraints are to be removed, there can only be tragic consequences. The opera's story centres on three fugitives' setting up of a city in an American desert devoted solely to pleasure and debauchery. HK Gruber conducts soprano Susan Bickley and the Royal National Scottish Orchestra in a performance of Weill and Brecht's anti-capitalist satire, given in August at the Usher Hall in the opening concert of this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Date: Saturday 20th September 2008 (starting this evening). Hopefully this band won’t wait so long again to return for another concert in The Netherlands.Opera on 3. Chris Scruggs stole the show with his awesome bass playing while “Handsome” Harry Stinson nailed the vocals of a few good ole “Easy Rider” tunes.Īfter the show the gentlemen were so kind to take their time and meet with fans outside the venue for a chat and a photo opportunity. Kenny Vaughan was on fire, another master on the Telecaster. Stuart by all means proved to be country royalty, delivering each song with the pride, swagger, sincerity and conviction he is so known for, you just had to believe every word escaping his lips and every tasteful note squeezed out from his vintage prototype b-bender Telecaster. The band performed a perfect concert in the Dutch equivalent of the Ryman, showcasing all they got with lead roles for each band member.

It had been more than 20 years since the man had played on Dutch soil, let alone ever took the stage with his Fabulous Superlatives. Dutch diehard fans had been waiting a long time for Marty to come back to their country.

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