Main Performers | Dame Shirley Bassey, Rumer, Alfie Boe - vocals Julian Jackson - harmonica, Nigel Hitchcock - saxophone, Derek Watkins - trumpet, David Arnold - vocal, piano, Timothy Dalton, Sir Michael Parkinson, Jon Patrick Barry, Sir George Martin, Sir Michael Caine - speakers |
Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Set List | Sir Michael Parkinson, Jon Patrick Barry, 'The Goldfinger Instrumental', 'The Knack', Sir Michael Caine, 'Zulu', 'The Ipcress File', 'Somewhere in Tim'e, 'Don Black', 'Born Free', 'Midnight Cowboy' (Julian Jackson), 'The John Dunbar Theme from Dances with Wolves', Nicholas Dodd, 'We Have All the Time in the World' (Rumer) INTERVAL Sir Michael Parkinson, 'Body Heat' (Nigel Hitchcock), 'Remembering Chet' (Derek Watkins), 'Out of Africa', 'The Beyondness of Things', 'Ave Maria' (Alfie Boe), Blessing by John O'Donoghue - read by Timothy Dalton, 'Tick the Days' (David Arnold), 'James Bond Suite - The James Bond Theme, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, 007, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever', Sir George Martin, 'Diamonds are Forever' (Dame Shirley Bassey), 'Goldfinger' (Dame Shirley Bassey), Flower Presentation (Phoebe Ingleby, Florence Ingleby), Finale |
Performance Notes | A memorial concert to celebrate the life of five time Oscar winning composer, John Barry, will be held at the Hall. All profits from the concert will benefit the new established, John Barry Scholarship For Film Composition, at the Royal College of Music, London.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform throughout the evening under the baton of conductor, Nicholas Dodd. The programme assembled by John's wife, Laurie Barry, and composer, David Arnold.
One of the most celebrated film composers of his generation, John Barry scored more than one hundred and twenty five films over the course of his career. The concert will reflect his most famous and best loved compositions.
The event was filmed by the BBC and recorded by BBC Radio for later boradcasting. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2011/47), Digital Photographs |