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Barry Gray Centenary Concert
Saturday November 8, 2008 at 7:00pm
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
London, England SE1 8XX Get Directions
Music From the 21st Century! "Celebrate 100 Years of Barry Gray's Film and Television Music"

Hosted by Brian Blessed, the Philharmonia Orchestra will perform together with guest musicians, including composer-pianist Crispin Merrell (Space Precinct, Lavender Castle and New Captain Scarlet).

Ralph Titterton, restorer of the Barry Gray archive, co-producer of the Barry Gray original soundtrack CDs, and Cathy Ford, Barry Gray librarian; researcher and biographer, have joined with composer, conductor and arranger Francois Evans to produce a concert to celebrate the centenary of Barry Gray’s birth.

Barry Gray composed music for Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Space: 1999, Stingray, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Joe 90, Doppelganger (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) and many other films and TV series.

Net proceeds will be donated to The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.

Tickets will be on sale at the South Bank Centre at http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk.
Concert-goers may join the South Bank Centre’s on-line newsletter to keep up to date as to when the tickets will become available.

For More information, click below:

Barry Gray Biography
http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/barry_gray_biog.pdf


Reflections on Barry Gray
http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/reflections_on_gray.pdf

Francois Evans Biography
http://www.lampmusic.co.uk/downloads/fevans_biog.pdf
Comments
Looking forward to re-living my childhood!! I hope they play the Barry Gray gliss that used to accompany the 21st Century Television jingle.
Posted 4 years ago


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