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Burt Bacharach 1928 – 2023

Burt Bacharach was one of America’s most prolific, inventive, and celebrated pop composers.  Responsible for 52 Top 40 hits throughout the 60’s and 70’s, his songs challenge the norm of what a popular song should be, with advanced harmonies and chord changes, unexpected turnarounds and modulations, unusual time signatures and rhythmic twists. In 2012, Richard and …

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10 years later…

This month, GRB Concerts celebrates10 years of operation. Our first concert was on Valentines Day, 2012 – What the World Needs Now…The Music of Burt Bacharach, at Cadogan Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. We continue to provide orchestras with programmes with a difference – our new Streisand concert premieres in April, and we have …

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Elton John…50 Years of Your Song

Conductor Richard Balcombe, Graham Bickley, Abbie Osmon, Stuart Matthew Price, Patrick Smyth, and pianist George King join Royal Northern Sinfonia for a spectacular celebration of the music of Elton John. March 28th, 7.30pm, Sage Gateshead,

Elton John: 50 Years of Your Song – Catherine Jones Arts City Liverpool

Half a century after he released his debut album, Sir Elton Hercules John is having a moment – driven by the success of flamboyant big screen biopic Rocket Man and an imminent ‘farewell’ tour. And Rocket Man the song was one of 22 numbers featured in this buoyant celebration from GRB Concerts (conductor/orchestrator Richard Balcombe …

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