Nigel-Bites

Nigel Wherever We Find Him 

forex trade app Bethlehem Unwrapped went behind the romanticised Christmas card image of the ancient city of Bethlehem to show what life is like for the city’s people today.  Nigel Kennedy’s quintet  performed the violinist’s own composition ‘The Bridge’, with Tom Eisner (violin), Yaron Stavi (bass), Doug Boyle (guitar) plus Palestinian singer Reem Kelani, actor Adjoa Andoh, singers from the Tallis Scholars and guest speaker Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Also in the courtyard at St James’s Church was the WALL installation -  a life size replica of the 8-metre-high Separation Wall that surrounds Bethlehem. Visitors were welcome to write a thought, reflection or prayer on the Wall itself. Go to MEDIA CLIPS for pictures of the concert.

  Highlight of 2013:  Diehards wanting a hit off Nigel Kennedy at the Royal Albert Hall certainly got what they hoped for - and the most brilliantly outrageous and audacious musical performance to boot - at the BBC Proms. Kennedy's programme included perfectly judged improvised jazz and techno-cycle interventions and a recharge of Vivaldi's timeless Four Seasons with moments of spine-tingling energy and sublime calm. Kennedy was in his element but it was his self-effacing and open engagement with the young musicians from Palestine Strings, Orchestra of Life that gave this performance its most touching moments.

forex live rates Tommy Sheppard's Cultural Highlights of 2013: My first cultural highlight of 2013 was Nigel Kennedy at the Usher Hall. The acoustics weren't great, but no one plays a fiddle like Nigel, commanding an eclectic array of musical styles. Great to see the punk irreverence still intact, too, as the classical iconoclast showed the ruling class he can play the music they try to appropriate better than they can.

  2013 has been a vintage year for violin virtuoso, Nigel Kennedy. A sell-out tour was met with rave reviews. The Birmingham Mail said it was 'Kennedy at his best'.

The Times announced he was on 'scintillating form'. The Guardian praised his 'exquisite mix of grace and favour', with the Independent prounouncing that the Last Night Of The Proms had been the best in years 'thanks to a resplendent performance ..by the evergreen Nigel Kennedy'.

2014 now sees Kennedy present a typically maverick musical programme celebrating the music of Bach as well as other brilliant composers that have influenced him. The 10-date UK tour starts in Weston Super Mare on 25th February, ending at Croydon's Fairfield Hall on 7th March.  

trading forex online It seems we can't get enough of Nigel's Bach and Fats Waller concert ! More dates have been announced in February and March of 2014; check CONCERTS for details.