Tony Stace
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, (Orbison medley) In Dreams, Carolina Blue, You Got It , (Jazz singer medley), Kol Nidre, Hello Again, On The Robert E. Lee, Mascherata, Hooked on Classics medley, Pizzicato Polka, Beethoven Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13 Pathetique, Ave Maria, Granada, Lady of Spain, Spanish Flea, Spanish eyes, Spanish Gypsy Dance, Unforgettable, Sparks (Kenneth Alford) – xylophone solo.
Tony’s reputation is well known and a ‘good concert’ was anticipated. His musical prowess and humour kept all entertained. He played his nearly 40 year old Yamaha HX1, (he does have 6 more) the instrument still sounding great despite its advancing age. Tony enhanced the depth of sound with a connected Roland BK7M expander for those extra sounds and rhythms.
Usual brilliant concert from him with a wide variety of recognisable music which brought the audience at times to its feet. There was a definite call to ‘encore’ as the audience called – More More!!
Brown Eyed Girl, A Hard Day’s Night, Amarillo, Rockin All Over The World, Lady in Red, Simply the best, Flick – Flack, A Latin medley, To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before, Lili Marleen, Eso Beso, Enjoy Yourself, Dancing Queen, Rasputin, YMCA, Irish medley, Irish Washerwomen, Danny Boy, Drunken Sailor, Lord of the dance, MacNamara’s Band, Annen-Polka op. 117 – Johann Strauss II,
Encore:- Doris Day – Que Sera Sera, Wild Rover, She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Georgy Girl,
Downtown, There’s Always Something
There to Remind Me, The Way You
Look Tonight, Top Of The World,
(Sung Elspeth), True Love Ways (Sung
Elspeth), Autumn Leaves, pirates of
Penzance overture, Five Foot Two, Eyes
Of Blue, Sleepy Shores, (Owen MD)
River Dance,
Medley of songs from The Sound of
Music (All sung by Elspeth)
Stepping in late to replace Paul McCulloch who withdrew for personal reasons, Michael Sullivan, his first return to us since 27th Nov 2017 and this time with his wife Elspeth, together produced for us a concert memorable for all the right reasons. Playing the Yamaha Genos 2 keyboard plus pedalboard and with the accomplished singing of Elspeth, who has a very good voice, the songs she sang added to the entertainment. We heard a broad range of appreciated and recognisable music pieces spanning many a genre including a captivating personal arrangement of ‘Hooked on Classics’. A very good concert with plenty of positive comments at the end.
What a shame this concert attracted the lowest attendance this year.
If you didn’t attend, you certainly missed out!
All Creatures Great and Small Theme,
Gershwin songs medley, Maple Leaf Rag,
Nola (Felix Arndt), The Deadwood Stage,
The Black Hills Of Dakota, A Teenager In
Love (Sung Elspeth), Diana (Paul Anka
), I Dreamed a Dream (Sung Elspeth),
Sweet Georgia Brown, Hooked on Classics (Pts. 1 & 2), Brassed off (Film)
medley including March of the Cobblers,
Duelling Banjos (film Deliverance), Puppet On A String, Delilah, Sir Duke, You
Are The Sunshine Of My Life
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Get happy, The way we were, Medley from 42nd Street Inc, Lullaby on Broadway, We’re in The Money, A Glen Miller Medley, Little Brown Jug, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, In The Mood, Medley in classic organ style, Songs of Praise (theme), Fauré, Requiem – Pie Jesu, V. Monti, Czardas, Frank Sinatra medley – Call me, Moon river, Music to Watch Girls by, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
After Michael last performed for us 22nd November 2022 the Club was pleased to welcome him back for our 23rd July 2024 concert. Disappointingly fewer of our members attended than expected, perhaps reflecting the summer holiday season now with us. For the concert the instrument brought was his smaller Roland AT-15. Size didn’t matter?? The AT-15 was loaded with sounds from his larger Atelier organ and with it he performed to great effect. An excellent well applauded concert with medleys of many genres including some captivating pipe organ sounds punctuated with moments of humour.
Blaze Away. Carmen medley – prelude March of the Toreadors, Reductio, Fantasia, Chanson du Toreador, 60’s medley inc – Can’t buy me love, Norwegian wood, She loves you, Yesterday, Yellow Submarine, Hey Jude, ‘Theatre Organ sounds’ There’s No Business Like Show Business, Beautiful Dreamer, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Camelot, How to Handle a Woman, If I Ruled The World ,On the Sunny Side of the Street, Strangers in the night, Some Enchanted Evening, Witchcraft, My Way
Encore — New York, New York.
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Concert review 21st May 2018 – Michael Wooldridge
Artiste’s instrument – Customised 3 tier bespoke Rolland Atelier with a Paramount Virtual pipe organ provided via his laptop.
Although not a large audience to greet Michael he did provide an evening of solid musical entertainment enjoyed by most. Amongst the music we heard were:- Get Happy, the wind beneath my wings, A medley of Wurlitzer theatre organ music, a medley of the UK’s ‘successful’ Eurovision wins. (We had just had the 2018 event on TV) followed by yet more medleys from Gershwin, Latin America, Jazz.
After the interval we returned to 76 Trombones, and more well filled medleys from Flanagan and Allen, a classical collection, Abba (to which many sang along too) a collection of Tommy Steele hits, concluding with a medley of Glen Miller Big band sounds. In all the music we listened to was an accomplished performance it could though have been better appreciated by a larger audience to help create atmosphere.
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