BBC Points West Report | Iwan Lewis & The Barn Theatre
Thanks to Pam Caulfield and the BBC for coming down to visit!
Oxted Operatic Scociety perform South Pacific
An excerpt from South Pacific put on by Oxted Operatic Scociety at the Tandridge Freetime Activities Fayre in Oxted c1989. Unfortunately that day it was pouring with rain.
Sweeney Todd Teaser Trailer
SCAENA THEATRE COMPANY Presents: SWEENEY TODD.
Coming to The Barn Theatre, Oxted from 31st January 2014.
Tickets: scaena.org.uk
One Man Two Guvnors - Scaena Theatre Company - Promo Video
The smash-hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors is coming to The Barn Theatre in Oxted from 2nd-5th September! Scaena Theatre Company are delighted to present Richard Bean's riotous modern adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters. Tickets are just £10 and available from 01883 331400 or
Pulled 2014
This is a performance of the Pulled from the musical The Addams Family. I performed this as Wednesday Addams at SCAENA's cabaret night on 19th September 2014 at the Barn Theatre in Oxted.
Pothole on the A25 in Oxted
It's good to see that someone put a cone here to alert drivers to this - the pothole looks pretty dangerous.
Reported to Surrey Council here:
on 14th February 2013 at 15:07.
Old Oxted to New Oxted, via Hever
A fast-motion view of my cycle ride from Old Oxted to Hever and back to Oxted. The trip is approx. 38 km, and I did it in 2 hours 8 minutes at an average speed of 18 km/h.
The unfortunate incident of road rage occurs at 2 minutes 44 seconds into this video, and can also be watched at realtime speed here:
I blogged about the ride, here:
The background music is from Downfader's soundtracks to cycling:
Randy and the Rockets - Hard To Handle
The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle by British covers band Randy and the Rockets.
Go to randyandtherockets.co.uk to book them or find out more.
Station Road East
Car and delivery van overtake a slow driver in Station Road East
Betwixt! Rehearsals with Ashleigh Gray
Ashleigh says hello from day two of rehearsals.
Betwixt! opens July 26th at the Trafalgar Studios.
betwixtmusical.com
Jolly Farmer 29th July 2012-1/1
Movie uploaded from Samsung Intelli-studio
Buffer Puffer 6.1
Here is a vid of the trip it includes onboard shots plus departures from Oxted and London Bridge, the locos were 37401 and 37405. Here is a vid of the trip it includes onboard shots plus departures from Oxted and London Bridge, the locos were 37401 and 37406. Gr8 Trip!
Scouting for Snow
I took a short ride around Oxted this morning looking at the snow situation.
Cyril Smith plays Dohnanyi Variations on a nursery theme Op. 25 (1/2)
a funny parody of famous musicians (Wagner, R. Strauss, Brahms, Debussy, Saint - Saens etc...), played by a wonderful pianist ...
Introduzione (Maestoso)
Tema (Allegro)
Variation 1 Poco più mosso
Variation 2 Risoluto
Variation 3
Variation 4 Molto meno mosso (Allegretto moderato)
Variation 5 Più mosso
Variation 6 Ancora più mosso (Allegro)
Variation 7 Walzer (Tempo giusto)
Variation 8 Alla marcia (Allegro moderato)
Variation 9 Presto - Andante rubato
Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra
Dr. Malcolm Sargent
recorded in 1944
Cyril Smith (born Middlesbrough, England, August 11, 1909; died London, August 2, 1974) studied with Herbert Fryer from 1926 to 1930 at the Royal College of Music, winning medals and prizes including the Daily Express piano contest in 1928 and made his concert début in Birmingham in 1929. Cyril Smith performed as an off-screen piano accompanist in several of the 30-line Baird system television broadcasts of 1935 and joined the BBC when they took over. It was at the BBC's early television studios that he met his second-wife-to-be pianist Phyllis Sellick. In 1934 Cyril left the BBC to take up an appointment as professor of pianoforte at the Royal College of Music. Cyril and Phyllis married in 1937 pursuing solo careers. During the second world war Cyril performed concerts for ENSA but in 1941 he and his wife began performing together as a piano duo at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts making many international concert tours for ENSA and the British Council touring the Far East in 1945 where the hazards to contend with included small animals lodged in pianos and out-of-tune instruments.
Cyril's work was largely from the Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schubert, Balakirev, and Albéniz repertoire. Malcolm Arnold, Sir Arthur Bliss, Gordon Jacob and Vaughan Williams also wrote music for the duo. Among Cyril Smith's many performances were appearances at The Barn Theatre, Oxted in the 1930s and at the Proms in 1930, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1953 and 1969.
In 1956 while at Kharkov at the start of a concert tour of Russia (then the Soviet Union) he suffered a thrombosis and stroke which paralysed his left arm, however with music arranged by themselves, or written or arranged by composer friends Cyril and Phyllis were able to continue to perform three-handed music concerts as a piano duo.Notable among the works composed for them was Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Two Pianos (3 hands), opus 104 dedicated to Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick who premiered it at the Proms in 1969 and recorded it in 1970.
(Wikipedia)
Randy and the Rockets - Roll Over Beethoven
Clip from an amazing gig at The Jolly Farmers in Purley on Friday 7th September 2012. The place was absolutely rammed and any landlord would give their right arm to book this band. Can't wait for them to play my local.
Musicianship of the highest calibre and Fun Fun FUN all night!
Cyril Smith plays Dohnanyi Variations on a nursery theme Op. 25 (2/2)
a funny parody of famous musicians (Wagner, R. Strauss, Brahms, Debussy, Saint - Saens etc...), played by a wonderful pianist ...
Variation 10 Passacaglia (Adagio non troppo)
Variation 11 Choral (Maestoso)
Finale Fugato (Allegro vivace)
Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra
Dr. Malcolm Sargent
recorded in 1944
Cyril Smith (born Middlesbrough, England, August 11, 1909; died London, August 2, 1974) studied with Herbert Fryer from 1926 to 1930 at the Royal College of Music, winning medals and prizes including the Daily Express piano contest in 1928 and made his concert début in Birmingham in 1929. Cyril Smith performed as an off-screen piano accompanist in several of the 30-line Baird system television broadcasts of 1935 and joined the BBC when they took over. It was at the BBC's early television studios that he met his second-wife-to-be pianist Phyllis Sellick. In 1934 Cyril left the BBC to take up an appointment as professor of pianoforte at the Royal College of Music. Cyril and Phyllis married in 1937 pursuing solo careers. During the second world war Cyril performed concerts for ENSA but in 1941 he and his wife began performing together as a piano duo at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts making many international concert tours for ENSA and the British Council touring the Far East in 1945 where the hazards to contend with included small animals lodged in pianos and out-of-tune instruments.
Cyril's work was largely from the Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schubert, Balakirev, and Albéniz repertoire. Malcolm Arnold, Sir Arthur Bliss, Gordon Jacob and Vaughan Williams also wrote music for the duo. Among Cyril Smith's many performances were appearances at The Barn Theatre, Oxted in the 1930s and at the Proms in 1930, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1953 and 1969.
In 1956 while at Kharkov at the start of a concert tour of Russia (then the Soviet Union) he suffered a thrombosis and stroke which paralysed his left arm, however with music arranged by themselves, or written or arranged by composer friends Cyril and Phyllis were able to continue to perform three-handed music concerts as a piano duo.Notable among the works composed for them was Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Two Pianos (3 hands), opus 104 dedicated to Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick who premiered it at the Proms in 1969 and recorded it in 1970.
(Wikipedia)
Saints 'n' Sinners UK - Everything About You by Ugly Kid Joe
Saints 'n' Sinners live @ The Wheatsheaf, Oxted on 27 August 2011.
To contact Saints 'n' Sinners go to saintsnsinnersuk.co.uk or email saintsnsinners@live.co.uk