October 2016 wins

1st Oct - Jack Daniels  t-shirt

6th October - Two tickets to BBC Philharmonic tickets at Bridgewater Hall for a programme which featured Walton, Elgar and Sibelius. Enjoyable night with the BBC Phil who were as professional as ever.  Some of the pieces were a little heavy, but some lovely moments too. 

7th October  – I won two tickets to the Ronnie Scott Story at the Charter Theatre, Preston.  

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The Ronnie Scott Story was an evening of dialogue, photographs, video and music presented by the house band from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the Ronnie Scott Allstars. The concert told the story of both the man and the club. There was dialogue, pictures, video and lots of live jazz recreating some of the styles from the history of the club.  Really enjoyable night.

20th October - I won two tickets to Mozart by Candlelight at Charter Theatre,  Preston.  An evening featuring music and operatic pieces by Mozart in full period dress and by candlelight.

The band (sorry Ensemble) were all dressed in colourful period costume and powdered wigs; and were accompanied by three singers dressed similarly for the operatic pieces.

It was promoted as including excerpts from Mozart’s Operas such as: The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, and many more beautifully sung moments from his world famous operas. Also some of his most memorable musical pieces including; Symphony no. 40, Lacrimosa (Requiem D minor), and Eine Kleine Nacht Musik.. I’m sure it did, but as I’m too mean to but a programme I can’t confirm that for certain.

The show was enjoyable throughout, even for those like me who are not fanatical about Mozart or the classical genre. It was littered with familiar pieces, which could be appreciated both by the expert and the less knowledgeable audience member. The only real disappointment for me was the setting –billed as “by candlelight,” the ambiance was largely drowned out by the stage lights. Say what you like but the Mozart chap wrote some really good tune