Julian Jacobson & Mariko Brown  piano duo

Hungerford, The Croft Hall
Sunday 9 October at 4 pm

tickets free at www.musictroupe.co.uk (booking essential)

a short concert of music for piano duet

Edward Lambert: Aspects of ‘Work’
Schubert: Rondo in A major D 951

Since their formation in 2011, the piano duo of Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown has quickly established itself as an ensemble of rare distinction, vitality and originality, performing in major venues around the world. While their repertory is based on classical masterpieces, they are also keen supporters of new music. Later in the month* Julian and Mariko will give the first performance at the Manchester Art Gallery of Edward Lambert’s Aspects of “Work”, a composition derived from the famous painting (above) by Ford Madox Brown on display there. This concert in Hungerford’s beautiful Croft Hall provides an opportunity for a preview of an exciting new piece – as well as a chance to hear a sublime, late work by Schubert.

Edward Lambert will introduce the music and refreshments will be served

The Music Troupe – charity number 1161386

Miles Davis, the most revered jazz trumpeter of all time, was at the forefront of several major innovations in jazz from the mid ’40s to the early ’90s – bebop, cool, hard bop, modal, jazz funk and jazz fusion. Paul plays well-known favourites from these styles as well as some less familiar gems.

The Music

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The Band

Gabriel Keen – Piano

Gareth Hughes – Double Bass

Neil Bullock – Drums

The Multi Award Winning Folk trio

‘A blend of energy and musicianship that establishes this trio as one of Britain’s outstanding folk bands…[a] distinctive blend of subtlety and attack.’

**** The Guardian

‘The concept?  To rescue contemporary folk from the curse of feyness…

Bloke-folk!… Fans of Led Zep III should take a thoughtful interest.’

**** Independent On Sunday

‘[A] beautifully played set that encompasses everything that’s best in modern traditional music.’  Acoustic

‘English traditional songs played with great verve and no little imagination’

**** R2

Nominated in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the Faustus triumvirate are three of the leading lights of their generation: Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Whapweazel), Benji Kirkpatrick (Seth Lakeman Band, Bellowhead) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast). They have a plethora of experience between them, brought together here in a virtuosic display of musicianship and testosterone.  Rooted deeply in the English tradition, in 2007 they received a 75th Anniversary Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

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Included in the ticket price:   5.15-6.16pm       Workshop – an introduction to traditional folk music, with history, song dissection and participation

Tickets are available online at Buy Tickets or at Hungerford Bookshop £15

On Saturday the 3rd of September, the Dire Straits Experience frontman and guitarist, Terence Reis, will be performing a selection of his original compositions at the Croft Hall in Hungerford.

Seizing the opportunity offered by a brief respite before an extensive 3 month touring schedule that will be taking in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, the Canary Island, Holland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine, Terence will be performing songs from both an extensive back catalogue as well as new material.

Listen to demo versions from the Show

Billys Prayer

Perfect Love

Support from Danica Trim and Band a great local artist and songwriter see iTunes 
 
The bar will be open from 19:00 and performance will begin at 20:00.

Terence Reis biography

Terence Reis is currently best known for his role as the frontman for the Dire Straits Experience. With Dire Straits’ Chris White and Chris Whitten, accompanied by a stellar line-up of world-class musicians, the show continues to enthral audiences and accumulate exceptional reviews all around the world.

It is a journey that had an unlikely beginning… Of English, Portuguese, Welsh, Irish and Australian descent, Terence Reis grew up on the east coast of Africa in the Portuguese colony of Lourenço Marques (now called Maputo) in Mozambique. It was here that he was first exposed to music and the guitar in particular: the instrument of choice for the rhythmic, finger picking street musicians. This sound, mixing with the European rock ‘n’ roll radio stations of his youth, began a journey of musical inquiry that has taken in Blues, Folk, Rock, African, Celtic, Americana and a fascination for roots music and the storyteller. Unsurprisingly, there developed with it, a lifelong passion for songwriting.

After completing an honours degree at the University of Witwatersrand School of Dramatic Arts, Terence embarked on an award-winning career as a professional freelance actor and voice artist. It was during this period that, what had started as a hobby, began to develop into a parallel career – that of a guitarist, singer and songwriter. It has seen him playing, writing, singing for and fronting various bands before a decision to take a sabbatical led to a move to Canterbury. It was there that he formed the band Waterhorse. It proved to be a decision that would introduce him to The Straits in 2011 and the formation of the Dire Straits Experience in 2014.

Stranger things have happened. But not many…

Angela Quiroga presents:

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This extraordinary films tells us the story of the young Enersto “Che” Guevara,before he became a revolutionary, as he does a road trip with his friend Alberto Granado through out South America, in a crumbling 500cc norton motorcycle. Their journey embodies a spirit of adventure and laddish fun with a fair share of mishaps. The views of South America that we see as we travel with them are breath taking.
Reviewer Nick Cowen of The Daily Telegraph reports the scenery as “visually stunning” while remarking that “the cinematography of fog-cloaked mountains, lush, green forests and sun burnt deserts is breathtakingly beautiful enough to serve as a travel advert for the entire continent.”
It won numerous awards including the BAFTA award for best film not in the English language.

See a great Review at New York Times

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In “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Academy Award (R)-winner Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant a hundred feet from her own, escalate to all out war between the two establishments – until Hassan’s passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory’s enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavors of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory’s culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan’s gift as a chef and takes him under her wing. (c) Disney
Rating: PG (for thematic elements, some violence, language and brief sensuality)

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This multi Academy Award winning film opens the Croft Films Autumn Winter season

Won
Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Achievement in Directing – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Best Achievement in Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki

Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. THE REVENANT is directed and co-written by renowned filmmaker, Academy Award (R) winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel). (C) Fox
Rating: R (for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity)

We all had the right to vote, many due to the efforts of these women see Suffragette Thursday 30 June 8.00pm Croft Films the Croft Hall Hungerford

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