Clameur de Haro, will take over the Whittaker Hall with their Redneck inspired musical mix. Support acts tba

Founded over 50 years ago, Caernarfon Male Voice Choir have a wealth of talent and experience.  They have won the Male Voice Choir competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales nine times.  Caernarfon have toured extensively in Britain, Ireland, continental Europe and North America, but never to the Channel Islands before and are looking forward to entertaining its Guernsey audience.  This is a rare opportunity to hear Caernarfon MVC and its 50 voice party perform a varied concert alongside it’s popular local host Guernsey Welsh MVC.

All proceeds will go to Guernsey Society for Cancer Relief.

Kindly sponsored by:
Mrs Sheila Sendlhofer, Grant Thornton and Specsavers

The Vale Earth Fair Record & CD Fair 2019, with live Music, Food, and Refreshments, is happening on Sunday 28th April

Tables for sellers of records, cd’s and other music related merchandise must be booked in advance, £10 for a single table, and £5 for any additional tables, contact info@valeearthfair.org, or 07781 107698. If you have any records, cd’s or other items you wish to donate to the Fair, please contact us – collection can be arranged. All funds raised will go towards the Vale Earth Fair festival.

In October 2016, writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie walked 300 miles from Jarrow to London, retracing the famous Jarrow crusade 80 years on, through a divided, complex country that echoes 1936 in many ways.

From choral evensong to curry house, from austerity to affluence, from Wearside to Westminster, join him on an entertaining, impassioned enlightened journey through Britain then and now.

Stuart is a bestselling author of travel, culture and social history books as well as one of Britain’s best knwon radio presenters across many BBC networks.

Join FESTIVA, Guernsey’s Community Choir, for an evening of pure national music and singing with conductor and compere Roy Sarre as part of its May 9 Proms. Featuring traditional melodies such as Rule Britannia, and other recognised songs of celebration, with local soloists. Come along dressed in Red, White and Blue. Bring your flags and join in this evening of festivity.

We are looking forward to welcoming Marcus Brigstocke and Rob Rouse to St James for our May Comedy Night.

Marcus Brigstocke, winner of BBC New Comedian of the Year back in 1996, has since appeared regular on TV, with show including Live at the Apollo, Have I Got New For You, QI, Would I Lie TO You?, Saturday Night Live..Again and many others. Marcus is also a regular on Radio 4, where he appears as the angry, young man on The Now Show with Punt and Dennis, Just a Minute, The Newsquiz and much more.

Rob Rouse got his first break in comedy by winning the So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition in 1998. As well as stand-up, he also performed as part of the Big And Daft trio with Ian Boldsworth and Jon Williams from 1997 to 2002, taking three shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2002 he took his first solo show to the Fringe.
TV credits include presenting the first series of The Friday Night Project on Channel 4, the C4 sketch show Spoons, and playing Mike in the first series of the BBC3 sitcom Grown Ups.
In 2016, he played Bottom in Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow.

Pictures from the Edge of the World

Chris Packham, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and wildlife champions, is bringing his current talk to Guernsey. Well-known for his work as a TV wildlife presenter, Chris has a passionate love of nature and the courage, determination and ability to campaign for and protect our wildlife. He is also a prolific writer and respected photographer.

In ‘Pictures from the Edge of the World’ we get an insight into Chris’s mind as he travels the world to photograph and campaign for the protection of wildlife everywhere.

The show is suitable for people of all ages.

Presented by La Societe.

Pictures from the Edge of the World

Chris Packham, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and wildlife champions, is bringing his current talk to Guernsey. Well-known for his work as a TV wildlife presenter, Chris has a passionate love of nature and the courage, determination and ability to campaign for and protect our wildlife. He is also a prolific writer and respected photographer.

In ‘Pictures from the Edge of the World’ we get an insight into Chris’s mind as he travels the world to photograph and campaign for the protection of wildlife everywhere.

The show is suitable for people of all ages.

Presented by La Societe.

Founded over 50 years ago, Caernarfon Male Voice Choir have a wealth of talent and experience.  They have won the Male Voice Choir competition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales nine times.  Caernarfon have toured extensively in Britain, Ireland, continental Europe and North America, but never to the Channel Islands before and are looking forward to entertaining its Guernsey audience.  This is a rare opportunity to hear Caernarfon MVC and its 50 voice party perform a varied concert alongside it’s popular local host Guernsey Welsh MVC.

All proceeds will go to Guernsey Society for Cancer Relief.

Kindly sponsored by:
Mrs Sheila Sendlhofer, Grant Thornton and Specsavers

Join FESTIVA, Guernsey’s Community Choir, for an evening of pure national music and singing with conductor and compere Roy Sarre as part of its May 9 Proms. Featuring traditional melodies such as Rule Britannia, and other recognised songs of celebration, with local soloists. Come along dressed in Red, White and Blue. Bring your flags and join in this evening of festivity.

Conductor Alan Gough
Leader of the Orchestra: Sarah van Vlymen
Organ: Daniel Madden

Presents:
ELIJAH MENDELSSOHN

With special guest soloists from the Royal Academy of Music

Elijah is an oratorio that depicts events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the Old Testament.
Mendelssohn loved the music of Bach and Handel and this work demonstrates the influence that these masters of Oratorio and Choral writing had on him as a composer.
Full of drama and beautiful melodies the genius of Mendelssohn shines through with his use of orchestral colour and dramatic choruses.

Ocean Adventure

Children from the Island’s Primary schools join together again for another exciting Choral event. This time they will be performing songs linked to the Sea including music from ‘Ocean Commotion’ and Junior Songscape ‘Earth Sea and Sky’. Supported by musicians from the Guernsey Music Service these will be fun filled evenings of entertainment for the whole family.

Ocean Adventure

Children from the Island’s Primary schools join together again for another exciting Choral event. This time they will be performing songs linked to the Sea including music from ‘Ocean Commotion’ and Junior Songscape ‘Earth Sea and Sky’. Supported by musicians from the Guernsey Music Service these will be fun filled evenings of entertainment for the whole family.

Ocean Adventure

Children from the Island’s Primary schools join together again for another exciting Choral event. This time they will be performing songs linked to the Sea including music from ‘Ocean Commotion’ and Junior Songscape ‘Earth Sea and Sky’. Supported by musicians from the Guernsey Music Service these will be fun filled evenings of entertainment for the whole family.

Ukrainian violinist Aleksey Semenenko is a member of the BBC New Generation Artists, a scheme for “the world’s most promising new talent” that provides performing and broadcast opportunities in concert halls all over the UK.  He previously captured international attention as a prize-winner in the 2015 edition of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Aleksey has appeared as soloist with orchestra including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Manfred Honesk, the National Symphony of Ukraine, the Seattle Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the National Philharmonic pf Russia under Vladimir Spivakov and Ulster Orchestra.

Aleksey will be accompanied by Inna Firsova on the piano.

Programme:

Brahms sonata for violin & piano No 2 Op 100

Ravel sonata for violin & piano No 2

Clara Schumann Three Romances for violin & piano

Szymanowski Myths: La fontaine dd’Arethuse for vioin & piano Op 31 no 1

Saint-Saens Havanaise in E major for violin & piano Op 83

Ravel Rhapsody “Tzigane”

Since becoming Prize Laureate of the Honens Prize for Piano in 2012, Kolesnikov has performed around the world. Significant recital and festival appearances include Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the Louvre (Paris), Vancouver Recital Society, La Jolla Music Society, Spoleto Festival USA, Canada’s Ottawa ChamberFest and Banff Summer Festival, Plush Music Festival, and the BBC Proms. Recent and upcoming orchestral appearances include London Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Russia’s National Philharmonic, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Pavel is also a member of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists for 2014 to 2016 and RCM Benjamin Britten Piano Fellow for 2015 to 2016.A live recording of Pavel’s prize-winning performances was released on the Honens label in March 2013, about which the BBC Music Magazine wrote “tremendous clarity, unfailing musicality and considerable beauty”. His debut studio recording was released on the Hyperion label to critical acclaim, with The Sunday Times described his playing on this all-Tchaikovsky disc as having “affection and élan”. His current disc of the Chopin Mazurkas, released on the Hyperion label, has won worldwide critical acclaim, winning a Diapason D’Or Award in November 2016.

Programme:

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in E flat major op. 117 no.1

7.30 Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat major op.7

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in B flat minor Op. 117 no. 2

Couperin, Louis: 120: Pavanne in F# minor

Couperin, Louis: Suite in A major

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Passé Lointain Op.72/17

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Polka peu dansante Op.51/2

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Echo rustique Op. 72 No.13

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Dumka, Scène rustique Russe, Op 59

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Rèverie interrompue, Op. 40 No.12

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in C# minor Op. 117 no. 3

We are looking forward to welcoming Marcus Brigstocke and Rob Rouse to St James for our May Comedy Night.

Marcus Brigstocke, winner of BBC New Comedian of the Year back in 1996, has since appeared regular on TV, with show including Live at the Apollo, Have I Got New For You, QI, Would I Lie TO You?, Saturday Night Live..Again and many others. Marcus is also a regular on Radio 4, where he appears as the angry, young man on The Now Show with Punt and Dennis, Just a Minute, The Newsquiz and much more.

Rob Rouse got his first break in comedy by winning the So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition in 1998. As well as stand-up, he also performed as part of the Big And Daft trio with Ian Boldsworth and Jon Williams from 1997 to 2002, taking three shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2002 he took his first solo show to the Fringe.
TV credits include presenting the first series of The Friday Night Project on Channel 4, the C4 sketch show Spoons, and playing Mike in the first series of the BBC3 sitcom Grown Ups.
In 2016, he played Bottom in Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow.

Join stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus for a show of tales, laughs and diversions. Watch in delight and/or horror as this experienced funny man drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life. Since last touring Scotland, Phill Jupitus has upped sticks and moved there. Since last touring Scotland, Phill Jupitus has upped sticks and moved there. In this new show SASSY KNACK, Phill shares yarns and thoughts from his time North of Hadrian’s Wall.

Phill is well known from his time as team captain on BBC2’s ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, QI (BBC2) and live stand up shows all over the UK. On BBC Radio 4 Phill is a regular panellist of the award-winning I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, The News Quiz and The Unbelievable Truth and was a resident curator on The Museum of Curiosity.

Adult themes and situations but delivered childishly.

Doors/Bar 6.30PM | Show: 7.30PM

Clameur de Haro, will take over the Whittaker Hall with their Redneck inspired musical mix. Support acts tba

Dr Meaker are one of the most exciting electronic live acts to come out of Bristol. The 9 piece line up, featuring Bristol’s finest musicians and vocalists, brings incredible energy to the stage every time they play.

From nightclubs to muddy fields the band have torn up venues earning them many accolades and awards, including winning Glastonbury Festival’s Live Act Competition. The band have currently released their album Dirt & Soul on Circus Records and are looking forward to introducing the Guernsey audience to their own unique strain of the World renowned Bristol sound.

Support band BLAKALASKA are a five-piece electronic band from Guernsey, whose diverse sound fuses elements of rock, pop, dubstep, dance, trip hop and d’n’b, uniting raw, live performance with precise production.

Doors/Bar open 7pm | Music 8pm

Local band The Honest Crooks are being supported by UK act Slim Pickings, an 8 strong Reggae/Dub force who is bringing their own unique style of modern, urban energetic feel good reggae to the party.

Doors/Bar 7.00PM | Music: 8.00PM

In October 2016, writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie walked 300 miles from Jarrow to London, retracing the famous Jarrow crusade 80 years on, through a divided, complex country that echoes 1936 in many ways.

From choral evensong to curry house, from austerity to affluence, from Wearside to Westminster, join him on an entertaining, impassioned enlightened journey through Britain then and now.

Stuart is a bestselling author of travel, culture and social history books as well as one of Britain’s best knwon radio presenters across many BBC networks.

Pictures from the Edge of the World

Chris Packham, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and wildlife champions, is bringing his current talk to Guernsey. Well-known for his work as a TV wildlife presenter, Chris has a passionate love of nature and the courage, determination and ability to campaign for and protect our wildlife. He is also a prolific writer and respected photographer.

In ‘Pictures from the Edge of the World’ we get an insight into Chris’s mind as he travels the world to photograph and campaign for the protection of wildlife everywhere.

The show is suitable for people of all ages.

Presented by La Societe.

Pictures from the Edge of the World

Chris Packham, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and wildlife champions, is bringing his current talk to Guernsey. Well-known for his work as a TV wildlife presenter, Chris has a passionate love of nature and the courage, determination and ability to campaign for and protect our wildlife. He is also a prolific writer and respected photographer.

In ‘Pictures from the Edge of the World’ we get an insight into Chris’s mind as he travels the world to photograph and campaign for the protection of wildlife everywhere.

The show is suitable for people of all ages.

Presented by La Societe.

SOLD OUT

Ruby Wax, the Monk and the Neuroscientist

We can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on. But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic, mechanical fingers crossed we’ll still have our minds. Hopefully we’ll use them for things like compassion, instead of just chasing what’s ‘better’ like a hamster on a wheel. If we can do that, we’re on the yellow brick road to happiness.

With a little help from monk Gelong Thubten, who explains how the mind works, and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura who explains where everything that makes us ‘us’ can be found in the brain.

How to be Human is the show you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you’ve upgraded your iPhone.

Take a Left Productions in association with Fane Productions presents The Ten (Food) Commandments by Jay Rayner

The original Ten Commandments have very little to offer when it comes to the complex business of how and what we eat. So join our very own culinary Moses in this audio-visual romp as he attempts to lead us to the edible promised land. He’ll explain why thou shalt always eat with thy hands, why thou should definitely worship leftovers, and why thou must celebrate the stinkiest of foods. Plus he’ll invite thee to honour thy Pig – and so much more besides. Join the chair of BBC Radio 4’s Kitchen Cabinet as he sets out to provide hilarious guidance on the best way to eat now. Includes Q&A and book signing

Doors/Bars open at 7pm – Show starts at 8pm

The legendary composer of the musical Les Misérables visits the island where Victor Hugo wrote his classic novel.

This June, Take a Left Productions will bring Claude-Michel Schönberg to Guernsey for a very special evening at St James.

Together with lyricist Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg created two of the greatest international successes in the history of musical theatre, Les Misérables and Miss Saigon.

In a rare public encounter, and a 2019 exclusive to Guernsey, Claude-Michel Schönberg will sit down with writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson to discuss his journey from songwriter, record producer and singer (including his French number one hit song Le Premiere Pas) to the stages of the West End and Broadway.

Illustrated with treasured recordings, he will discuss how his “Rock Opera” La Révolution Française set him on the path to Victor Hugo and Les Misérables and how a single photograph from the archives of the Vietnam War prompted a dramatic new take on Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, as well as the elusive process which triggers the melodies, his love of opera and ballet, and his continuing quest to breathe new life into perhaps his greatest score, Martin Guerre.

The event forms part of the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Conference 2019 (www.victorhugoinguernsey.gg) and you can visit their website for full Conference details and ticket packages.

M Schönberg is very generously donating his fee for this event to The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society.

The Vale Earth Fair Record & CD Fair 2019, with live Music, Food, and Refreshments, is happening on Sunday 28th April

Tables for sellers of records, cd’s and other music related merchandise must be booked in advance, £10 for a single table, and £5 for any additional tables, contact info@valeearthfair.org, or 07781 107698. If you have any records, cd’s or other items you wish to donate to the Fair, please contact us – collection can be arranged. All funds raised will go towards the Vale Earth Fair festival.