Music: The Roaring Twenties Gala Concert - Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta

Simon Ible, conductor
Alwyn Mellor, soprano

Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta is joined by internationally praised star soprano, Alwyn Mellor, for this celebration of 1920s’ British and American music.

Great songs and English pastoral classics make up this concert, celebrating the innovation, free spirit and sheer fun of the decade. The programme will include show songs by George Gerswin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern and Fats Waller including With a song in my heart, Can’t help lovin dat man, Ain’t Misbehavin and Let’s do it, Let’s fall in love.

The orchestra items will include Vaughan Williams English Folksong Suite and Lonely Waters by E.J.Moeran.

Tickets £13/£7

Part of the 2017 Words and Music Festival including:
Film: Some Like It Hot (1959)
Talk: Dr Jody Patterson - Rhapsodies In Paint: Modern Art And The Jazz Age
Talk: Chris Robinson - Plymouth in the Roaring Twenties
Music: Kit Hesketh-Harvey and James Mcconnel: Noel Coward and His Legacy
Music: The Roaring Twenties Tea Dance