5 years after our first collaboration with Le Choeur Vent D’Est to mark the centenary of “The Peace of November 1918”, we again were hosted on the banks of the river Marne.
The two choirs were joined by an exciting band called the Bry Harmony Orchestra in a programme entirely of 20th century American music including Gershwin, Bernstein, Louis Armstrong and a Hans Zimmer film score that we learnt on arrival.
The 500 seat Centre des Bords de Marne was sold out for two consecutive nights and we also gave an informal soirée concert to entertain our hosts.
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Imperial Male Voice Choir
Deborah Miles-Johnson Musical Director
Le Choeur Vent D’Est
Bry Harmony Orchestra
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Monday 26th June concert
Austin & Jordan arr. W. White Is You Is or Is You Ain’t.
Bill Joel arr. K. Shaw And so it goes
Aaron Copland arr. I. Fine The Boatmen’s Dance
Stephen Sondheim arr. M. Martin Send in the Clowns
Billy Joel arr. R. Emerson The Longest Time
George Gershwin Embraceable You
Lerner & Loewe There’s a coach coming in (Paint your Wagon)
Tuesday 27th June concert
Austin & Jordan arr. W. White Is You Is or Is You Ain’t
arr. A.E. Hall My Evaline
Thiele & Weiss arr. P. Webster What a Wonderful World
arr. Moses Hogan Plenty Good Room
Jerome Kern arr. W. Stickles The way you look tonight
Stephen Sondheim arr. M. Martin Send in the Clowns
Lerner & Loewe There’s a coach coming in (Paint your Wagon)
arr. J. Erb Shenandoah
Vangelis 1492 The Conquest Of Paradise
J. Kander and F. Ebb New York, New York
Norman Taylor Gospel train