Peter French stars in "
Peter French Sings
Harry Nilsson and the Great American Songbook," Nov. 28 at 20:30, at The PHeasantry (152 Kings Road Chelsea London SW3 4UT). He will be singing songs made famous by
Frank Sinatra,
Judy Garland, Nat King Cole and
Doris Day.
To reserve tickets, call 08456 027 017 or visit www.pizzaexpresslive.com. Tickets are £15.
Listen to two tracks below.
The concert includes:
ACT ONE: MOONLIGHT AND LOVE SONGS.
Peter will be singing his personal choice of songs from the great American songbook with the theme of the MOON and the NIGHT, all put together to form the narrative of a relationship.
Songs include, BLUE MOON, DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME, THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON, MOON RIVER and many more.
ACT TWO: PETER FRENCH SINGS HARRY NILSSON'S "A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHMILSSON IN THE NIGHT"
Peter will be recreating this iconic 1973
Harry Nilsson album of classic 20th Century standards, beautifully arranged and re-imagined by
Gordon Jenkins,
Frank Sinatra's own conductor and arranger and transcribed for piano by Peter's Musical Director and accompanist
Michael Haslam. This is the great American songbook at its absolute best and as you have never heard it before. Sinatra described it as "MAGIC".
Songs include :
IT HAD TO BE YOU, MAKIN WHOOPEE, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU, OVER THE RAINBOW, AS TIME GOES BY and many more.
Peter gave the World Premiere of this highly acclaimed show at The Pheasantry in June 2013, and recently released the CD of the show, which was featured in June 2014 on
Gaby Roslin's BBC radio show.
Peter regularly performs at "The Pheasantry".
Peter was trained by the world famous singing teacher, Ian Adam, who had taught amongst others,
Michael Crawford,
Sarah Brightman and
Elaine Paige.
He has performed alongside
Elaine Paige,
Jonathan Pryce,
Jeremy Irons and Lord
Andrew Lloyd Webber in a special concert that Peter initiated and produced at "Her Majesty's" Theatre, London to honour the singing teacher Ian Adam.
To find out more about Peter visit his website at
www.peterfrenchmusic.com
Listen to two preview tracks:
http://peterfrenchmusic.com/debut-album/
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