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12 The Four Tops and The Temptations. THREE LEGENDARY MOTOWN ARTISTS AT THE O2 Motown’s timeless legends, The Four Tops and The Temptations, arrive in London this week for an evening of nonstop classic hits at the O2 on Thursday 27 October, with special guests Tavares. This is not the first time The Four Tops and The Temptations have joined forces in the UK. Over several co-headlining tours, they’ve built a lasting relationship with their British audience, winning them over with their unmissable arena-sized parties. The Four Tops’ groundbreaking sound includes soul, R&B, disco, doo-woop and jazz influences; they strongly contributed to define the Motown sound. Their hits include I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) and 1966 number one Reach Out (I’ll Be There). The line up for the tour includes original member Duke Fakir plus Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence Payton and Harold ‘Spike’ Bonhart. Fellow Motown vocal quintet The Temptations are known for their seminal R&B and soul catalogue, their harmonies and their trademark choreographies. The Temptations were the first ever Motown artists to win a Grammy and are particularly remembered for classics My Girl and Papa Was A Rolling Stone. Counting over 20 different musicians throughout their career, Otis Williams is the only surviving member of the original five today together with Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon, Ron Tyson and Bruce Williamson. Family enterprise Tavares – Cape- Verdean brothers Antone ‘Chubby’, Feliciano ‘Butch’, Perry Lee ‘Tiny’ and Ralph – found fame in the 70s with their R&B/funk/soul formula. In 1975, they released Top 40 pop album In The City, with single It Only Takes a Minute topping the R&B chart and earning them a support slot with the Jackson 5. They will bring to the arena more golden hits including More Than A Woman, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel and Don’t Take Away The Music. Tickets telephone on 0844 856 0202 or online at www.theO2.co.uk ART BELOW 10th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION Art Below's 10th Anniversary Exhibition will take place at The Old Truman Brewery from 28-30 October, a retrospective showcase of some of the iconic posters shown on the London Underground over the last ten years. Curated by Ben Moore, this special selection of vintage underground posters demonstrates a rich tapestry of emerging and established artists who have all supported Art Below with their talents including Banksy, Antony Micallef, Marcus Harvey, Polly Morgan, Paul Fryer, Ben Eine, Sarah Maple, Alison Jackson, Hayden Kays, Oliver Clegg, and Billy Childish. On show will also be new and original work by a special selection of 30 artists who are currently showcasing their work at Regent’s Park tube station. The Old Truman Brewery is in Ely's Yard, Hanbury Street, E1 6QR. Further details at artbelow.org.uk CARLOS ACOSTA – THE CLASSICAL FAREWELL Carlos Acosta bid an emotional farewell to classical ballet with final performances at the Royal Albert Hall, dancing Winter Dreams, Mayerling and Requiem by the great choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine’s Apollo, Marius Petipa's Don Quixote and Memoria by Rambert’s Miguel Altunaga. He was joined on stage by some of his closest contemporaries from The Royal Ballet – Yuhui Choe, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera, Marianela Nuñez and Valentino Zucchetti, alongside Cuban dancers Gabriela Lugo and Luis Valle. Acosta has thrilled audiences all over the world with breathtaking performances. The most famous male dancer of his generation has danced the classical works for the final time. t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ ORCHESTRA GALA CONCERT AT CADOGAN HALL Once again the exciting young players of the English Schools’ Orchestra return to present their 22nd annual Gala Concert on 2 November at Cadogan Hall (15.00). The programme includes the world premiere of a new work to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday by the winner of the ESO Composing Competition 2016, Sebastian Skelly. The concert will open with Brahms's ‘Academic Festival Overture’ and will also provide students with an opportunity to enjoy playing the ever popular ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky. This well-known work was originally written for Piano and later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The highlight of this year's programme will be the 1943 composition ‘Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber’ by Paul Hindemith. Written in America, shortly after Hindemith fled Nazi Germany where his music had been banned and labelled as ‘degenerate’; this is Hindemith's most popular work and was originally intended to be a ballet. It combines the Romantic themes of Weber with the far more adventurous harmony and orchestration of the mid 20th Century. This will challenge the Orchestra and provide a showcase to the 22nd annual concert. They will also perform Antoli Lyadov's magical tone poem ‘The Enchanted Lake’. The English Schools' Orchestra and Choir, founded in 1994, exists to provide the opportunity for talented young orchestral musicians and singers, still in full time education, to meet and perform with other similarly talented young people from all over the country. Their specialist tutors are professional musicians and instrumental teachers who have experience of coaching young people to the highest standards. Set in the heart of Chelsea, just minutes from Sloane Square tube station, Cadogan Hall is one of London’s leading concert venues. For tickets, telephone the box office on 020 7730 4500. Handel: Israel in Egypt Conductor: Mark Forkgen London Concert Choir Counterpoint Raphaela Papadakis Soprano Mary Nelson Soprano William Towers Counter-tenor Nathan Vale Tenor Wednesday 2 November, 7.30pm Tickets £30, £25, £20, £16, £12 Booking: (020) 7730 4500 www.cadoganhall.com Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ English Schools’ Orchestra. 13 t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
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