08 Culture Diary: Festival a 'fresh' start to New Year.Byline: Philip Key Philip Key may refer to:
THE first big festival celebrating Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture gets under way in the Hope Street area of Liverpool tomorrow. The three-day Fresh Festival features 21 contemporary performances in a "fresh" start to the New Year. It opens tomorrow at 8pm, in the Rodewald Suite of the Philharmonic Hall, where piano accordionist Karen Tweed will perform numbers from her album, May Monday. It will continue until the early hours of Sunday when DJ Mike Chadwick goes on stage at The Magnet at 2am. One intriguing concert will be by improvising musicians, The Bays. Their Philharmonic Hall concert on Friday will find them working with The Heritage Orchestra for their first attempt at orchestral improvisation. American jazz legend, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, will bring his quartet to the Phil on Saturday to play with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra based in Liverpool, England, is one of the world's oldest established orchestras. It is part funded by the local authority, and is administered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society (RPLS), a registered charity. . Other stars lined up include British singer/ songwriter Julia Biel at the Hope Street Hotel tomorrow, trumpeter Neil Yates and band New Origins at the Rodewald Suite on Friday - and, on Saturday, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. composer and violist John Metcalfe at the Rodewald Suite and Liverpool singer Thomas Lang at the Philharmonic Hall. |
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