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Review: John McCusker, Under One Sky, Pocklington Arts Centre
2:33pm Thursday 4th December 2008
THIS was an unmissable show for anyone with an interest in contemporary folk music.
Comments (0)Review: York Symphony Orchestra (YSO); Bootham School Hall, York
9:52am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
YSO is leading a nomadic existence. Crowded out by rising rents or university schedules, it found a temporary home on Saturday in Bootham School Hall, tucking itself down one side of the auditorium, with the audience on the other or in the balcony. It took both groups time to adjust.
Jolie Holland, The Band Room, Farndale
8:14am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
CHANGING circumstances can force people to rely on their instincts.
Review: Mostly Autumn, York Opera House
8:09am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the future of British progressive rock, and it’s name is Mostly Autumn.
Review: RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet; Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
10:50am Monday 1st December 2008
IT is unusual to have music by both Brahms and Schumann in the same string quartet programme, but the Vanbrugh – who are now into their third decade together – know all about breaking with convention. They opened with Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet, K. 465 in C, which certainly does just that.
Review: The View, The Duchess, York
9:36am Saturday 29th November 2008
IT’S fair to say that The View have got attitude, but that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Review: Vampires Rock, Grand Opera House, York
2:30pm Friday 28th November 2008
Think Cabaret meets Spinal Tap and you have the essence of Vampires Rock.
Preview: Oren Marshall and The Charming Transport Band, The Shed, Hovingham Village Hall, November 29
11:21am Friday 28th November 2008
BOTH gigs at The Shed were billed as Standing Only gigs, but only one is still standing. Whereas Led Bib’s dirty, noisy jazz night last weekend had to be cancelled, Oren Marshall and The Charming Transport Band have sold out tomorrow gig at Hovingham Village Hall, near York.
Preview: Hands and Voices, Winter Through The Ages, National Centre for Early Music, York, December 5
11:17am Friday 28th November 2008
Hands and Voices focus on Winter Through The Ages in their annual Christmas concert at the National Centre for Early Music, York, next Friday at 7.30pm.
Jazz notes
10:48am Friday 28th November 2008
THE University of York’s visiting professor in jazz, pianist/composer John Taylor, and saxophonist Julian Arguelles, with his Octet in Residence, are world figures in jazz and they are attracting some outstanding young musicians to the York campus.
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Every local authority in the country has been ordered to review its child protection services following the death of Baby P. But how confident can we be that a similar tragedy could not occur in York? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL reports.
When life is a list of chores
WHAT are the most annoying words in the English language? How about those sentences that start off: “Since it’s your day off today….”
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Review: Blood Brothers, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday
IMPRESARIO Bill Kenwright has wanted West End actress and chart singer Marti Webb to play Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers for 20 years.
Be excellent
THE run up to the holiday season tests everyone’s patience on so many levels, especially in the area of shopping for gifts.
York Railway Institute Ladies post intent to hang on to York Badminton League title
DOMINANT form was shown by York Railway Institute ladies, who routed University Staff Club 9-0 to signal their intention to keep hold of the York Badminton League division one trophy.
Can anyone explain this ‘chessboard’?
MY ATTENTION was recently drawn to what appears to be a chess or draughts board carved into the well trodden paving flags on the city wall near Victoria Bar.
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