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Hats off to Cocker
If you love the music of Joe
Cocker you won’t want to
miss this ultimate tribute show
by Australia’s greatest soul
voice Doug Parkinson.
And if you act quick, you can
still snap up seats at Dee Why
RSL this month before the show
lands at Sydney’s State Theatre.
With seasoned backing singers
and a tight eight-piece band,
Doug Parkinson Honours Joe
Cocker has earned rave reviews
from audiences Australia-wide,
with Parkinson’s powerful and
unique smoky voice doing Cocker’s
interpretations of American
classics proud.
Cocker is most famous for
his treatment of other people’s
works including Hitchcock
Railway, Delta Lady, You Can
Leave Your Hat On, She Came in
through the Bathroom Window,
The Letter, You Are So Beautiful,
Up Where We Belong and Cry Me
A River… just a few of the songs
Parkinson has included in this
new show.
Parkinson too is often described
as a master of interpreting
other’s songs – like his huge
hit, The Beatles’ Dear Prudence.
In this show Parkinson includes
his own hit records plus
interpretations of other legendary
artists such as Ray Charles,
Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and
Michael McDonald.
Doug Parkinson Honours Joe
Cocker is at Dee Why RSL on
Oct 14 at 8pm. Tickets are $38.
Book at dyrsl.com.au or call
9454 4000.
Enjoy evening of elegant
& engaging French music
The next Peninsula Music
Club concert in early
November will feature
wonderful melodic French
music.
Ensemble Aspherical (pictured)
is a new and exciting
chamber group formed by four
leading Sydney classical musicians
who enjoy performing
elegant and engaging music.
The group, all long-standing
members of the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra, features sisters
Marina and Justine Marsden
(violin and viola), Louise Johnson
(harp) and Jane Web (flute).
“The vibrancy and warmth of
the violin and viola strings combine
with the ethereal qualities
of the flute and harp to create
sounds and evoke images for
the listener both congenial and
colourful,” said PMC’s Janice
Tuynman.
They will perform works by
Vivaldi, Ravel, Ibert, Debussy,
Piazzolla, Mahler and more.
“It’s a largely French program
which should be beautiful,”
Janice said.
The concert will be on Friday
November 3 at 8pm at St Luke’s
Grammar School Bayview Campus.
Tickets are $25 (available
from 7.30pm at the door).
Children’s
hospice
concert
Enjoy an evening
performance at a
fundraising concert
for the children’s
hospice Bear Cottage.
The concert of
celebrated songs
from opera, oratorio,
art song and music
theatre has been
organised by soprano
Sarah Clark with
mezzo-soprano Judith
James, tenor Michael
Butchard, baritone
William Moxey and
piano accompaniment
by Ben Burton. The
concert will be held on
Wednesday October 4
from 7pm at New Life
Church 28 Fisher Rd
Dee Why. Adult $25,
conc $20. More info
0402 667 126.
A supper will be held after
performances where concert
goers can mingle and meet the
musicians.
More info 9999 1937 or
0407 441 213, or visit peninsulamusicclub.com.au
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