Re: Roger live in december (P.S.)

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>p.s. front row seats are about £40 each - thats around $50-$55
>anyone who feels like a weekend in ireland to catch the show can get 
>tickets by calling + (353) 1 4569569
>
>JC

Looks like you've got tickets to a great show, Jeremy.  If there a tape on 
sale, get details about how we can get it, please.  Here's a repost on the 
production from another list:

>from: http://www.2000ireland.ie/mnews.html
>  ==================
>STARS LINE UP FOR MILLENNIUM COMMITTEE SPONSORED MESSIAH XXI
>The National Millennium Committee has committed funding of £700,000
>for
>MESSIAH XXI For A New Millennium, a modern interpretation of Handel's
>world
>famous choral masterpiece which was first performed in Dublin in
>1742.
>
>Roger Daltrey, legendary lead singer with The Who and multi-platinum
>recording artist Jeffrey Osborne, who rose to international stardom
>with the
>hit song "On The Wings of Love" will appear in the gala production.
>Up to
>12,000 people will see these two major international stars perform
>alongside
>divas Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan in the RDS on the 4th and 5th of
>December.
>
>Frank Mc Guinness, one of Ireland's leading playwrights, is writing a
>special script for the event linking the different parts of the show
>together. The £2 million production which will include a spectacular
>light
>and sound extravaganza, will also feature The Visual Ministry Gospel
>Choir,
>who ensure their place in musical history when they appeared on
>Perfect Day
>and more recently on our own Westlife's newest single "Flying Without
>Wings".
>
>MESSIAH XXI promises to be a unique musical experience as Handel's
>classic
>work is re-interpreted in a modern style with an arrangement by Frank
>Mc
>Namara, one of Ireland's best know musicians and composers. He will
>also
>conduct The Irish Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus for both
>performances.
>MESSIAH XXI is produced by directors John Kearns and Bernard Bennet,
>who
>were the duo behind the very successful "Faith of Our Fathers".
>
>Tickets, which cost £27.50 and £37.50, are available from
>Ticketmaster and
>usual outlets. RTE is using its largest outside broadcast unit to
>film the
>event, which will be shown at peak viewing time as one of the
>flagship
>programmes in its Millennium TV schedule.
>
>The chairman of the National Millennium Committee, Séamus Brennan
>T.D.
>described MESSIAH XX1 For A New Millennium as a production of
>national
>significance that will appeal to all ages. He said he was
>particularly
>pleased it will be an ecumenical occasion that it has already won the
>approval and support of the main churches. He was speaking at a
>reception to
>announce details of MESSIAH XXI For A New Millennium in St Michan's
>Church
>in Dublin where the organ on which Handel rehearsed his Messiah can
>still be
>seen.
>
>Widely acknowledged as the greatest musical event to emanate from
>Ireland,
>where it was first performed in Dublin's Fishamble Street in 1742,
>Handel's
>Messiah is known and loved in every corner of the world. With its
>appropriateness to the central message of the millennium and its
>uniquely
>Irish dimension and international appeal, MESSIAH XXI will be one of
>the
>most memorable millennium events, capturing the imagination and mood
>of the
>country as we prepare to celebrate the 2000th year of Christianity.
>
>The event is being organised by MESSIAH XXI Productions whose
>directors are
>John Kearns and Bernard Bennett, the producers of "Faith of Our
>Fathers" and
>Frank McNamara. The event is being promoted by Aiken Promotions and
>tickets,
>which go on sale on Friday, 15th of October and will be available
>from
>Ticketmaster and usual outlets. The event, which is costing almost £2
>million to stage, will also feature a spectacular light and sound
>extravaganza.

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