Last Saturday saw the first live performance of our 80th Birthday Celebration for Barbra Streisand, with Louise Dearman and Katie Birtill, with Graham Bickley, conducted by Richard Balcombe with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool.
The response was to say the least, explosive with a prolonged standing ovation! The following evening, her actual birthday, the same concert, previously recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra, was transmitted on Sunday Night is Music Night for BBC Radio 2, narrated by Richard E Grant. Imagine our surprise when Ms Streisand herself acknowledged our concert across her social media platforms, with over 4.5 million followers that same eve.
