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“Superlative” and “that was the best Jersey Chamber Orchestra concert yet!” were just a few of the accolades heard at the end of this foot tapping concert as the auditorium was filled with smiling faces after the shows.
Less than a month before the 2019 Academy Awards, Jersey charity Music in Action put on a concert of Oscar-winning, spine-tingling and toe-tapping classics from films. There were so many amazing performances. A personal avourite is always Star Wars, which saw five star wars actors from Princess Leia to a storm trooper enter the auditorium, the magical world of Harry Potter, James Bond, Lord of the Rings thanks to sponsorship by Mulberry Property Management and UBS Wealth Management.
In the daytime, at the Matinee a family friendly educational concert included the audience drumming on their seats and jumping to create the sound of a rain storm. Around that the audience were entertained by the 70 strong St Michaels Junior Choir and the Jersey Sings Chamber Choir performing the Lion King and Lets Talk to the Animals from Dr Dolittle. In between some fine singing the audience loved hearing the Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens – a comic look at the animals through the instruments of the orchestra.
In the evening, there were so many highlights. Internationally renowned conductor Eamonn Dougan, who conducts the celebrated choir, the Sixteen brought out the best of well know tunes such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, and a fun and uplifting James Bond medley finishing with local girl Danni Le Feuvre singing Skyfall.
Other opportunities for players in the orchestra to step up and show us how good they are included Anna Smith on violin playing a delighted tango from Scent of a Woman and clarinetist Jordi Juan Pérez playing the slow movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto known as the soundtrack to Out of Africa. St Michael’s Senior Choir sang a set of three songs including Randy Newman’s Oscar-winning ‘If I Didn’t Have You’ from Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Incand Edward Shore’s theme song from Lord of the Ringsfinishing with real pizazz and showing us their jazz hands.
Then to finish an “Oscars” choir put together from members of the finest choirs in Jersey also sung a superb encore of Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan. A happy audience went out smiling into the night. Make sure you are ready for the next outing which will songs from the American Songbook in a Broadway Gala on 11thMay.
