Despite pouring down much of the afternoon the skies cleared and we had a clear, dry evening for the James Bond concert at Blenheim Palace last night...
Even though I have performed the James Bond themes many, many times I always like to revisit the original recordings and remind myself what it is that made each song special - why it was chosen to be the theme for one of the biggest movie franchises around....
Philip Mayers and I had a fabulous trip to Madrid to the Fundación Juan March to present a Cabaret show focusing on Brecht and his musical universe.
This month I'm busy with recording sessions for TV and film - and another new solo CD project which is very exciting. In mid April I join Graham Bickley, Alison Jiear and Abbie Osmon to record our 60s concert for release with the RPO.
The UK’s leading film critic Mark Kermode presented a nostalgia fest of film music from the sizzling 70s with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart....
Today saw the release a CD of Gershwin songs arranged especially for me by Philip Mayers for string orchestra and piano...
The First Ladies Of Song project is progressing with the CD due out early in 2016 and the first live promo video now available on YouTube.
I had a wonderful trip to La Crosse, WI to sing the great James Bond songs! The orchestra, directed by Alexander Platt, fully embraced the theme and the roof of the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center was...
An extraordinary evening in Birmingham with the CBSO - sadly memorable particularly for the utterly awful events in Paris that night. We were celebrating the musical world of France - Broadway songs including 'I love Paris', the show Les Miserables and a tribute to Edith Piaf...