To say the year was bananas is a serious understatement. Music for the theater adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the End of the LaneĪnd countless side projects as an arranger and musician for a whole bunch of amazing people/bands and orchestras. I was traveling for half the year and, I kid you not, wrote and premiered: Well shoot… This really made me feel some feelings over here in LA. “slide up and down, like you are on drugs!” god i love jherek.Īnd….some words from jherek bischoff himself, who arranged the piece for the orchestra:
Here’s some shots of the rehearsal with the orchestra, a few days before the gig….Īnd for fun, jherek’s lovely notation on the “mushroom hunters” score. Me, in a DIFFERENT FROCK, reading “the mushroom hunters” (if you wanna hear that one, go hereįrom “a nightingale sang in berkeley square”…. Simon butteriss (singing gilbert & sullivan)…. Here are some photos from the event taken by photographer mark allan.Ĭonductor mihhail gerts, who was wonderful to work with: …there was a version that tori amos did as well, for the credits of good omens: Here are some of the versions that we were listening to when we worked on it: Jherek and i worked on the arrangement together, and i wanted it to have that sweeping classic 30s sound, without being too silly. this is michael sheen (the angel aziraphale) and david tenant (the fallen angel crowley)…at the ritz. There’s a line in the song about angels dining at the ritz.
#A nightingale sang in berkeley square tv#
The song was chosen for its relevance to “good omens”, the TV show that neil spent the better part of 2015-2019 writing and showrunning. the program was recorded and aired on BBC radio as part of their christmas program. The evening also had special guest performers singer simon butteriss and david tenant as guests. the gorgeous hair & make-up was done backstage at the barbican by james carver-grenside….a lovely bloke who i met via max melton when he did all of our hair & make-up on the “french brexit song”video (which, by the way, has hit over 800k views on youtube. The beautiful album design is by andrew nelson, and the photo portrait was taken by the incredible london photographer charlie clift….on the DAY of the gig, RIGHT BEFORE I TOOK STAGE….down the street from the barbican.
#A nightingale sang in berkeley square code#
$3 patrons will be getting a download code in a moment.Įveryone else, you can listen/stream here free on bandcamp: i love and appreciate you all very deeply. It’s out today, worldwide and free on bandcamp.Īs usual, i can keep my content free because everything is paid for and supported by the patreon, so thank you, patrons. he cooked up this beautiful arrangement and this track was recorded this past november (the 12th, to be exact) at the barbican, in london, during a night that neil fronted & curated called “PLAYING IN THE DARK”, when we were still in london during my european/UK tour of “there will be no intermission….in the Before Times. I’m singin’ in my lowest, smokiest and emo-est voice, and he symphony playing an arrangement made just for the occasion by my beloved collaborator, jherek bischoff. and this is very special release, unlike anything i think i’ve ever recorded: it’s my rendition of the classic jazz standard “a nightingale sang in berkeley square”….backed by one of the finest symphonies on the planet: the BBC symphony orchestra. Here we go, new music, for the first time in a LONG WHILE. Time to get your feels on….this is a strange walk down recent memory lanes, this release is.
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