Keith at Abbey Road studios with Australian jazz legend James Morrison, having just completed recording an album with James, the James Morrison Quartet, and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
In a thrilling matchup of live music with classic film adventure, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops will present “Raiders of the Lost Ark” at Tanglewood on Friday.
www.greenvilleonline.com Conductor Keith Lockhart opened the Brevard Music Center’s 80th anniversary summer festival last weekend with performances by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and singer-songwriter Amy Grant. Lockhart, a Fuman University graduate, is celebrating his ninth year as artistic director of the festival. The peripatetic Lockhart also is conductor of the Boston Pops and, on the other side of the Atlantic, principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. His association with Brevard extends back to 1974 and 1975 when he attended the […]
Alan Menken and the cast of Aladdin will appear in Disney’s Broadway Hits in October whatsonstage.com A Disney concert which celebrates 20 years of musical productions will receive its European premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in October. Disney’s Broadway Hits will feature songs from shows including The Lion King, The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins. The line up for the event includes the West End cast of Aladdin, as well as the show’s composer and Oscar winner Alan Menken. […]
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, performing the concerto in Brevard on Friday (June 24), said that many a classical pianist has struggled with Gershwin’s jazz-inspired work.
Multi-talented superstars Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas will perform on the BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, a two-hour entertainment special to be broadcast live from the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Monday, July 4 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Seth MacFarlane — creator of the “Family Guy” cartoon and “Ted,” both of which feature spectacularly raunchy humor — can also hold his own singing the Great American Songbook. McFarlane performed with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall on Friday night to open the season, singing tunes from his Grammy-nominated album “No One Ever Tells You.” He will also appear with the orchestra at Tanglewood on July 10.
You know it’s a special kind of evening when Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart cracks jokes and Seth MacFarlane makes music. And when the rafters of Symphony Hall are filled with the majestic strains of Led Zeppelin.
Keith Lockhart walked down a familiar road in Hong Kong after his performance with Time for Three and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra last month. Perhaps we’ll get to see some of these disco dance moves during the “Classic Rock from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin” concerts on Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11?
Brevard Music Center is proud to announce the appearance of platinum-selling recording artist and six-time Grammy® winner Amy Grant at its BMC Presents: 80th Anniversary Spectacular – Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 PM at Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium (WPA). Grant will make her BMC debut alongside Artistic Director Keith Lockhart and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in the most elaborate, fully staged concert production ever seen on the WPA stage.
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