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Joanna Forest
Joanna Forest is an English soprano. Early life Forest trained at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Career Soprano In 2014, Forest first performed as a solo soprano at Busting to Sing in the West End in aid of breast cancer awareness charity, CoppaFeel! where she also duetted with Paul Potts singing "Point of No Return". Forest's debut album, '' Stars Are Rising'', which was recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Arts Symphonic Orchestra, was released on 10 March 2017 and went straight to number one in the Official Classical Album Chart. This made Forest the first independent classical artist to reach number one with a debut album. The album was produced, orchestrated and conducted by Robert Emery, receiving critical acclaim including "Album of the Week" in The Sunday Mirror and nationwide radio play including Classic FM (UK) and BBC Radio. The first single from the album was a version of Slade's 1975 song " How Does It Feel". This was follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughton
Loughton () is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex. The town borders Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell, Chingford, and Buckhurst Hill, and lies north-east of Charing Cross. For statistical purposes it is part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, England. The parish of Loughton covers part of Epping Forest. It is the most populous in the Epping Forest district, and second most populous in Essex (after Canvey Island). At the 2021 census, it had a population of 33,353. Loughton has three conservation areas and there are 56 listed buildings in the town, together with a further fifty that are locally listed. History The earliest structure in Loughton is Loughton Camp, an Iron Age earth fort in Epping Forest dating from around 500 BC. Hidden by dense undergrowth for centuries, it was rediscovered in 1872. The first references to the site of modern-day Loughton date from the Anglo-Saxon period when it was known as ''Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of List of sovereign states headed by Elizabeth II, 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longest of any British monarch, the List of longest-reigning monarchs, second-longest of any sovereign state, and the List of female monarchs, longest of any queen regnant in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon Abdication of Edward VIII, the abdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Theatre
The Dominion Theatre is a West End theatre and former cinema on Tottenham Court Road, close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point, in the London Borough of Camden. Planned as primarily a musical theatre, it opened in 1929, but the following year became a cinema—it hosted the London premiere of Charlie Chaplin's '' City Lights'' with Chaplin in attendance—and in 1933 after liquidation of the controlling company was sold to Gaumont cinema chain, which later became part of the Rank Organisation. It was a major premiere cinema until the 1970s, when it began to host live concerts. In January 1981 it once more became primarily a live performance venue, and has since hosted many musicals, notably ''We Will Rock You'' which ran from 2002 to 2014. It also hosted the Royal Variety Performance seven times in the 1990s and early 2000s. It became a listed building in 1988 and after being saved from redevelopment, was sold to Apollo Leisure Group and subsequently to the Nederlander O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Crossover
Crossover is a term applied to Musical composition, musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audience, audiences. This can be seen, for example, when a song appears on two or more of the record chart, record charts, which track differing musical styles or Music genre, genres. In some contexts, the term "crossover" can have negative connotations associated with cultural appropriation, implying the dilution of a music's distinctive qualities to appeal to mass tastes. For example, in the early years of rock and roll, many songs originally recorded by African-American musicians were re-recorded by white artists such as Pat Boone in a more toned-down style, often with changed lyrics, that lacked the hard edge of the original versions. These cover version, covers were popular with a much broader audience. Crossover frequently results from the appearance of the music in a film soundtrack. For instance, Sacred Harp music experienced a spurt of crossover popularity a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman is an American film score composer and recording artist. He is the founder of Museum Music, MusicBox, and Hi-Fi Productions. In 2023 he released the album ''An Exquisite Moment''. Early life and education Goodman was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Queens, where he learned to play his first instrument (the trumpet) from public school music educator Allen Stier. He attended high school in Manhattan at The High School of Music & Art, where he played trumpet in the orchestra, and wrote arrangements and played bass for his high school jazz band. In the summer before his final year, Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music summer program. Goodman attended the Berklee College of Music as a double major focusing on both bass performance and jazz composition and arranging. During this time those he studied under included Herb Pomeroy, Michael Gibbs, Bob Freedman, John LaPorta, Gary Burton, John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Swallow and Bruce Gertz. Goodman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World In Union
"World in Union" is a theme song for the Rugby World Cup. Its melody is " Thaxted", from the middle section of "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity", a movement from Gustav Holst's '' The Planets'', and was originally adapted by Holst for its use in the British/Anglican patriotic hymn, " I Vow to Thee, My Country", using words by Sir Cecil Spring Rice. Kiri Te Kanawa version New Zealand operatic soprano Kiri Te Kanawa recorded the first version of this song for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Her version peaked at 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 5 in Ireland, and No. 10 in New Zealand. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Ladysmith Black Mambazo ft. PJ Powers version For the 1995 Rugby World Cup a version of the song was recorded by Ladysmith Black Mambazo featuring PJ Powers. Shirley Bassey and Bryn Terfel version Shirley Bassey and Bryn Terfel released a version of the song on 11 October 1999. It was performed live by both artists at the opening ceremony of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Go Fly A Kite
"Let's Go Fly a Kite" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film ''Mary Poppins'', composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. This song is performed at the end of the film when George Banks (played by David Tomlinson), realizes that his family is much more important than his job. He mends his son's kite and takes his family on a kite-flying outing. The song is sung by Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke and eventually the entire chorus. In keeping with Mr. Banks's change in character, this song was pre-recorded, and thus sung normally, by Tomlinson, rather than in his previous talk-singing in the Rex Harrison style, seen earlier in " The Life I Lead". This musical number also appears in the '' Sing Along Songs'' series of Disney videos. Development Although the notion of Mary Poppins gliding down a kite is mentioned incidentally in one of the P.L. Travers books, the metaphor of the mended kite (being a symbol of the mended Banks family) is taken from the 1961 Sherman Brothers scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Day
Andrew Paul Day is an English actor and television presenter. He is best known for his work on the BBC's CBeebies channel. He is also a patron of Anti-Bullying Week. He was first on Friendly TV in 2005 and moved to CBeebies in 2007, becoming the longest serving presenter in 2018. He is the lead singer of the band Andy and the Odd Socks. CBeebies Day is the longest-serving CBeebies presenter having presented programmes and links since July 2007. He particularly specialises in shows about animals and nature, including: *''Greatest Dinosaurs'' *''Epic Chases'' *''Cutest Moments'' *''Epic Fails'' *''Backpack Finds'' *''Talking Machine'' *''Epic Houses'' *'' Andy's Dinosaur Adventures'' *''Andy's Secret Hideout'' *''Andy's Wild Workouts'' *''Andy's Baby Animals'' *''Andy's Safari Adventures'' *''Andy's Prehistoric Adventures'' *''Andy's Aquatic Adventures'' *''Andy And The Band'' (originally on CBBC) *''Andy's Dinosaur Toybox'' *''Andy's Global Adventures'' *''Andy's Wild Advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936. The BBC's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they accounted for more than 30% of all UK viewing in 2013. The services are funded by a television licence. As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement, the BBC Television division was split, with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television (channels and genre commissioning, BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer) being renamed BBC Content. History of BBC Television The BBC operates several television networks, television stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Praise
''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns, worship songs and inspirational performances in churches of varying denominations from around the UK alongside interviews and stories reflecting how Christian faith is lived out. The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. It is believed to be the longest running series of its genre on television anywhere in the world. Presenters and contributors Presenters of the show have included Kwame Kwei-Armah, Geoffrey Wheeler, Michael Barratt, Cliff Michelmore, Sir Harry Secombe, Alan Titchmarsh, Roger Royle, Debbie Thrower, Bruce Parker, Ian Gall, Martin Bashir, Huw Edwards, Eamonn Holmes, Kenneth Kendall, Josie d'Arby, Jonathan Edwards, Steve Chalke, David Grant, Bill Turnbull, Sally Magnusson, Diane-Louise Jordan, Connie Fisher and Dan Walker. Guest presenters have included Sir Cliff Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Jess Leaverland
Mary-Jess Leaverland (born 28 March 1990), or simply Mary-Jess, is an English singer and songwriter who won ''Min Xing Chang Fan Tian'' (or in English: ''I Want to Sing to the Stars''), the Chinese version of The X Factor, which was televised to 70 million people in December 2009. Early years Mary-Jess Leaverland was born on 28 March 1990 in Gloucester, England, and grew up in a musical household. Her mother Liz and her grandmother were both singers. When Jess was nine years old, her grandmother got her an audition with the Gloucester Cathedral Youth Choir, mainly for the experience, but she was surprised to be accepted even though she was two years too young. Mary-Jess went on to study Music and Chinese at the University of Sheffield and in her second year went for a year's placement in Nanjing, China, where she decided to enter a live televised singing competition. After achieving success from the singing competition, Mary-Jess left university after receiving a record deal to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion, used as the theme for the 1997 film '' Titanic''. It was composed by James Horner, with lyrics by Will Jennings, and produced by Horner, Walter Afanasieff and Simon Franglen. It was released as a single internationally by Columbia and Epic on November 24, 1997, and included on Dion's album '' Let's Talk About Love'' (1997) and the ''Titanic'' soundtrack. Horner composed the basis of "My Heart Will Go On" as a motif for the ''Titanic'' soundtrack, and suggested developing it into a song. The director, James Cameron, felt a pop song would be inappropriate for the film, but agreed after hearing the demo. The final version was arranged by Afanasieff. The music video was directed by Bille Woodruff. "My Heart Will Go On" is considered Dion's signature song. It topped the charts in more than 25 countries and was the best-selling single of 1998. With worldwide sales estimated at more than 18 million, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
