Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 3rd October 2024
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Phil Hopkins Popular Jazz Trio
Phil Hopkins, jazz harmonica
John Parricelli, guitar
Paul Morgan, double bass
Programme
Broadway to Brazil
Arthur James Johnston (1898-1954)
from the 1936 film of the same name
Pennies from Heaven
Richard Charles Rodgers (1902-1979)
from the 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Ivan Guimaräes Lins (b1945, Brazil)
Começar de Novo Starting Over (1979)
Richard Charles Rodgers
from the 1949 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific
Happy Talk
Antönio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (aka Tom Jobim, 1927-1994)
Corcovado Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (1960)
Carole King Klein (b Carol Joan Klein, 1942)
(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman (1967)
Richard Charles Rodgers
Blue Moon (1934)
George Gershwin (b Jacob Gershwine 1898-1937)
from the 1938 film The Goldwyn Follies
Our Love is Here to Stay
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
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Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins was a music scholar at King’s School Canterbury, graduated from Oxford University and studied chromatic harmonica with the great classical harmonica player, Tommy Reilly.
In a thirty-eight year career as a professional musician playing percussion and/or harmonica, Phil has played for more than 120 London theatre productions spanning over 4500 performances across the West End, Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chromatic harmonica performances include: the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta at St John Smith’s Square, and West End musicals such as The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Sir Tim Rice’s From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and Gone With The Wind (New London Theatre).
Phil has toured the USA many times with various artists including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall, Boston. In 2018 he played the percussion part in the worldwide cinema broadcast of the Broadway production of The King and I from the London Palladium. He has recently been working on the Broadway production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
Other West End shows Phil has played for include The Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Matilda, Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. He has been performance musical director for 21 productions at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Phil has recorded for films such as Iris, Anonymous, The Merchant of Venice and Dance of the Steel Bars, as well as many TV productions including Only Fools and Horses, Wolf Hall and Allo Allo, along with a harmonica solo on This Morning with Phillip Schofield on live TV.
Phil’s harmonica recording of the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy has had more than 127,000 plays on the streaming service Spotify.
Phil has coached many actors to play harmonica for London theatre shows including The Night of the Iguana, Peter Pan, Girl from the North Country, and Assasins. He has played harmonica at many private parties for celebrities including Cameron Mackintosh, Victoria Wood and Sir Mark Rylance.
In a thirty-eight year career as a professional musician playing percussion and/or harmonica, Phil has played for more than 120 London theatre productions spanning over 4500 performances across the West End, Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chromatic harmonica performances include: the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta at St John Smith’s Square, and West End musicals such as The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Sir Tim Rice’s From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and Gone With The Wind (New London Theatre).
Phil has toured the USA many times with various artists including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall, Boston. In 2018 he played the percussion part in the worldwide cinema broadcast of the Broadway production of The King and I from the London Palladium. He has recently been working on the Broadway production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
Other West End shows Phil has played for include The Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Matilda, Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. He has been performance musical director for 21 productions at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Phil has recorded for films such as Iris, Anonymous, The Merchant of Venice and Dance of the Steel Bars, as well as many TV productions including Only Fools and Horses, Wolf Hall and Allo Allo, along with a harmonica solo on This Morning with Phillip Schofield on live TV.
Phil’s harmonica recording of the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy has had more than 127,000 plays on the streaming service Spotify.
Phil has coached many actors to play harmonica for London theatre shows including The Night of the Iguana, Peter Pan, Girl from the North Country, and Assasins. He has played harmonica at many private parties for celebrities including Cameron Mackintosh, Victoria Wood and Sir Mark Rylance.
John Parricelli
John Parricelli’s illustrious career has followed dual paths, as distinguished jazz musician and as first call film session guitarist. Originally one of the founding members of the seminal 1980s jazz collective Loose Tubes, John went on to work with
world-famous names such as Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Lee Konitz, Peter Erskine and Vince Mendoza among many others.
In the recording studio John has played for many major movies including Harry Potter, Mary Poppins Returns, Fantastic Mr Fox, Elizabeth the Golden Age, The Constant Gardener, Finding Neverland, Billy Elliott – the list goes on and on!
John has also been the guitarist for BBC's Strictly Come Dancing for many years.
world-famous names such as Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Lee Konitz, Peter Erskine and Vince Mendoza among many others.
In the recording studio John has played for many major movies including Harry Potter, Mary Poppins Returns, Fantastic Mr Fox, Elizabeth the Golden Age, The Constant Gardener, Finding Neverland, Billy Elliott – the list goes on and on!
John has also been the guitarist for BBC's Strictly Come Dancing for many years.
Paul Morgan
Paul Morgan is one of the UK’s best-known jazz bass players.
From early days with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Paul progressed to principal bass with the BBC Radio Orchestra. Along the way he has worked with many of the biggest names in UK and US jazz, including Zoot Sims, Peggy Lee and Ronnie Scott.
In the wider world of the music business Paul played for Robbie Williams’ concert Swing When You’re Winning at the Royal Albert Hall, for the Hollywood film Chicago and on records with artists ranging from Elaine Paige to Icelandic pop singer Björk.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Arthur James Johnston (1898-1954)
from the 1936 film of the same name
Pennies from Heaven
Let's hear a piano accordion duo: Jack Emblow (The Guv'nor) and Tony Compton, playing at the Rothley Centre, Leicestershire in 2013 for the Soar Valley Accordion Club.
from the 1936 film of the same name
Pennies from Heaven
Let's hear a piano accordion duo: Jack Emblow (The Guv'nor) and Tony Compton, playing at the Rothley Centre, Leicestershire in 2013 for the Soar Valley Accordion Club.
Richard Charles Rodgers (1902-1979)
from the 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Here comes a great recording from The Hank Jones Trio, Milt Hinton, double bass, Bob Rosengarden, percussion, and Hank Jones, piano:
Ivan Guimaräes Lins (b1945, Brazil)
Começar de Novo Starting Over (1979)
Let's hear this beautiful song, sung here by Elis Regina, with quite a line-up of musicians, including Ivan Lins, himself!
piano & arrangement, Gilson Peranzzetta
electric piano & keyboard, Ivan Lins
Violão/acoustic guitar, Claudio Jorge
double bass, David Finck
drums, Jurim Moreira
percussion, Armando Marçal
Guitarra/electric guitar - Victor Biglione
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Text (Portuguese)
Começar de novo E contar comigo Vai valer a pena Ter amanhecido Ter me rebelado Ter me debatido Ter me machucado Ter sobrevivido Ter virado a mesa Ter me conhecido Ter virado o barco Ter me socorrido Começar de novo E contar comigo Vai valer a pena Ter amanhecido Sem as tuas garras Sempre tão seguras Sem o teu fantasma Sem tua moldura Sem tuas escoras Sem o teu domínio Sem tuas esporas Sem o teu fascínio Começar de novo E contar comigo Vai valer a pena Já ter te esquecido |
Starting Over - English Version
Starting over, counting on myself It will be worth having woken up Having rebelled having struggled Having hurt myself having survived Having turned the table getting to know myself Having turned the boat having looked after myself Starting over, counting on myself It will be worth having woken up Without your claws always so tight Without your ghost without your frame Without your spurs without your control Without your support without your fascination Starting over counting on myself It will be worth it having already forgotten you |
Richard Charles Rodgers
from the 1949 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific
Happy Talk
We have found the piece of the 1958 film of South Pacific. Although Juanita Hall's lips are moving most accurately, the voice we hear is that of Muriel Smith. She is singing to John Kerr as Lt Joe Cable and her own daughter Liat, played by France Nuyen. This was her first of 21 film appearances, and she went on to appear in several TV series. 85-year old Miss Nuyen lives in Marseille.
Antönio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (aka Tom Jobim, 1927-1994)
Corcovado Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (1960)
From ZDF German television comes this recording of Antonio Carlos Jobim setting a calming bossa nova rhythm:
Carole King Klein (b Carol Joan Klein, 1942)
(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman (1967)
Are you ready for a little karaoke on this one? It's not easy. We've tried !
Richard Charles Rodgers
Blue Moon (1934)
With over 235,000 followers we're guessing Per-Olov Kindgren is a decent guitar-player. So let's listen to his version of Laurindo Almeida's arrangement of Blue Moon:
George Gershwin (b Jacob Gershwine 1898-1937)
from the 1938 film The Goldwyn Follies
Our Love is Here to Stay
And so we come to the final piece in this week's concert. At last, a harmonica, you might say. This is Nobuo Tokunaga. Born in 1950, he lives in Osaka, where he teaches harmonica. He has played with many great names in the USA and Asia.
Previous concert
26 September 2024 - International Concert Pianist
Margaret Fingerhut - click here
Margaret Fingerhut - click here
Next concert
10 October 2024 - Ensemble Mirage, Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, clarinet, violin, cello, piano click here
