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Performers for Classical Brits Revealed

April 2, 2008

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The classical artists which will perform at the 2008 Classical Brits are Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman and Nigel Kennedy.

Hosted by Myleene Klass, the event will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 8 and will be broadcast on Thursday May 15 on ITV1.

Nominations for the awards will be revealed on Tuesday April 8 at the Mayfair hotel in London.

Jonathan Ansell, vocal quartet Blake and violist Lawrence Power will perform at the launch.

Co-chairmen of the Classical Brit Awards Committee, UCJ’s managing director, Dickon Stainer and head of EMI Classics UK, Thomas Kaurich stated:

The show will be the biggest and boldest in the history of the event, and the launch event on April 8th will showcase some of the sensational young talent which has topped the classical chart over the last year.

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The Blue Planet Live!

March 26, 2008

The Blue Planet Live!The Blue Planet Live Show – the best of the best of the BBC Blue Planet TV series – will be touring the UK performing 8 magnificent concerts.

These remarkable concerts are supported by one of the biggest screens in the UK (3 storeys high and 18 metres wide) showing scenes from the TV series and there will be over 80 musicians on stage.

Concert dates and venues below:

  • London Wembley Arena - Saturday 5 April
  • Cardiff’s St David’s Hall - Saturday 12/Sunday 13 April
  • Nottingham Arena - Saturday 19 April
  • Manchester Central - Sunday 20 April
  • Birmingham Symphony Hall - Thursday 24/Friday 25 April

A great opportunity to see George Fenton conducting the score he created inspired by the astonishing film sequences.

The BBC concert orchestra will be performing at the first two dates at the Wembley Arena in London and St David’s Hall in Cardiff.

The tour then travels to Nottingham Arena, Manchester Central and the Birmingham Symphony Hall where it will be the Manchester Camerata performing.

Buy tickets online.

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