One of cinema’s most enduring cult classics is given a new twist, with a modern and atmospheric live score.
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The Voice Project has a reputation for somewhat theatrical large-scale choir pieces, often featuring austere looking singers in white and black, always with impeccable vocals.
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The Bond spy films have an iconic place in cinema history, and right from the off their music has been a key part of the appeal.
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The Norfolk and Norwich Festival Spiegeltent often throws up surprises: tonight was the first time I’ve seen a crowd sit on the floor for a song.
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Jazz-fusion band Nubiyan Twist got the Spiegeltent shaking with their smorgasbord of hip-hop, afrobeat, dancehall, soul, reggae and dance.
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Five-piece psychedelic rock outfit Floral Image bought a night of Norfolk music in the Spiegeltent to a frenzied end.
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There’s something unnerving about heading incantations read aloud, even when you don’t believe in them – and the spoken rituals that started the Norfolk and Norwich Festival incarnation of Modern Rituals definitely had that edge.
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Weekend festival music gigs are often tricky – while some of the audience might know the performers, a sizeable portion have bought their tickets on the basis that it’s something different to do to on a Saturday night.
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Norwich was the final stop for the first UK tour by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in more than 20 years, in a night that indelibly mixed music and politics.
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Billed as a culmination of a three-year project working with Norfolk communities creating contemporary responses to protest songs, this hour-long performance seemed sadly unaware of its own context.
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Just a few songs into her gig Rhiannon Giddens said she had been told that “her genre is difference” – and you can see why.
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Norwich agitprop theatre group The Common Lot have returned with another vibrant outdoor show, this time focusing on the history of English protest songs.
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One of the delights of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival is the trepidation of attending a show without quite knowing what it will bring, and discovering a gem.
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Playing the Bach cello suites is no mean feat – doing so at short notice on a stand-in basis is truly remarkable.
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This French-Irish songstress has a reputation for exuberant and exhilarating shows, and this showcase of songs by Nick Cave only cements her standing as an outstanding performer.
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