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Performance TitleRefugee Voices for Dafur
Performance Date8 December 2004
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersYusuf Islam,
Nicole Russo,
Daniel Pearce,
Roisin Murphy,
Sir Willard White,
Alison Moyet,
Chrissie Hynde,
Jocelyn Brown,
Barbara Hendricks,
Mario Frangoulis,
Deborah Myers,
Andrew Coleman,
Ruthie Henshall,
Antony Costa,
Koko,
Robbie Craig,
Mick Hucknall - vocals

Magnus Lindgren - saxophone,
Jan Lundgren - piano,
John Themis - guitar

Fergal Keane (BBC World Affairs Correspondent),
Sorious Samura - speakers

Cat Stevens - spontaneous performance
Secondary PerformersFranz Ferdinand (via video)
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra,
Brand New Heavies
ChoirsThe London Community Gospel Choir
ConductorsNick Ingman
Set List'The Cole Porter Overture' (Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra),
'I Get a Kick Out of You', C Porter (Nicole Russo),
'You Do Something to Me', C Porter (Nicole Russo),
'I Feel No Pain', S Swindells (Daniel Pearce, The London Community Gospel Choir),
'It's All Right To Me', C Porter (Roisin Murphy)
'If I Were a Rich Man', J Brock, Sheldon, Harnick (Sir Willard White),
'Alfie', Burt Bacharach (Alison Moyet),
'Windmills of Your Mind', Le Grand, Bergman, Bergman (Alison Moyet)
Video about Darfur (Fergal Keane)
INTERVAL
Video Message (Franz Ferdinand),
'I Concentrate on You', C Porter (Chrissie Hynde),
'Ev're Time We Say Goodbye', C Porter (Jocelyn Brown),
'Night and Day', C Porter (Barbara Hendricks, Magnus Lindgren, Jan Lundgren),
'If I'd Love You', Rodgers and Hammerstein (Mario Frangoulis, Deborah Myers),
'Begin the Beguine', C Porter (Mario Frangoulis, Deborah Myers)
INTERVAL
Video extract from "Living with Refugees" by Sorious Samura,
'All it Takes is Love', A Coleman (Andrew Coleman),
'Let's Do It', C Porter (Ruthie Henshall),
'You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To', C Porter (Ruthie Henshall),
'Moondance', Van Morrison (Antony Costa, John Themis, Koko),
'In the Still of the Night', C Porter (Chrissie Hynde),
'So in Love', C Porter (Jocelyn Brown, Robbie Craig),
'I've Got You Under My Skin', C Porter (Mick Hucknall),
'Love for Sale', C Porter (Mick Hucknall),
Finale - 'With a Little Help From My Friends', McCartney, Lennon (All)
Performance NotesA diverse line-up of musicians and singers accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the music of Cole Porter in their own unique styles. The concert was designed to raise awareness and funding for the more than 1.8 million people affected by the continuing crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The concert ultimately raised over $350,000 in support of Darfur victims.

The event was broadcast on TV and released on DVD as 'Voices for Darfur: Gala Performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London' by EMI in September 2005, with proceeds going towards refugees in Darfur and Chad.

Franz Ferdinand sent a video message while on tour in Mexico City and contributed their Mercury Music Prize money to the event. Coldplay, who couldn't perform on the night, also donated a substantial sum of money to the cause. David Gray, who was scheduled to perform two songs from his new album was forced to cancel due to ill health.

Roused by the onstage emotions, singer Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) emerged from his seat in the audience and sang a moving impromptu song, one of his very rare public performances since the late 1970s.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2004/189),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2004/55)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2004/189Refugee Voices for Dafur8 December 2004
RAHE/6/2004/55Refugee Voices for Dafur8 December 2004
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Osarcrokoid_KRefugee Voices for Dafur1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/16833Brand New Heavies (1985)
DS/UK/15677Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO); 1987-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1836Hucknall; Mick (8 June 1960); English singer songwriter
DS/UK/4664Islam; Yusuf (21 July 1948); British singer songwriter
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