Cheek to Cheek - The Life & Music of Irving Berlin

Friday, 8 November 2024

Event times:

13:05

Event location:

National Concert Hall

Event price:

€22.00

About this event

George Gershwin called him ‘the greatest songwriter that has ever lived; Jerome Kern declared that he has ‘no place in American music – he IS American music!’

Over a career spanning sixty years, Irving Berlin composed 1,500 songs, 20 stage musicals and 15 film scores.

Join soprano Sandra Oman, baritone Simon Morgan and pianist David Wray in a celebration of this twentieth-century master of the theatre and cinema. Programme includes: Cheek to Cheek; Anything you can do (I can do better); Blue Skies; It’s a Lovely Day Today; I Got Lost in his Arms; There’s no Business like Show Business; Let’s Face the Music and Dance; What’ll I Do; You can’t get a Man with a Gun; Easter Parade; Always; Alexander’s Ragtime Band; A Couple of Swells; Count Your Blessings; Happy Holiday; and of course, White Christmas!

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