Where have 10 days gone? Saturday night’s audience left Brass & Buffet well-fed and well-entertained, after a concert by Prescot Festival newcomers Wirral Brass. The diverse programme featured tunes by Ron Goodwin, Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan), Duke Ellington, Take That’s Robbie Williams, and Lennon and McCartney. Today marks the conclusion of our ninth…
29Jun
Day 9: Prescot on Film, Brass & Buffet
There are no words to describe Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, but we’ll give it a go: Passionate, majestic, wistful, nostalgic, yearning, haunting, elegant, resplendent. All those qualities shone through in Gethyn Jones’s performance at the Prescot Festival last night. The Wirral Symphony Orchestra were on top form, too, with Benjamin Britten’s stormy Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, an…
28Jun
Day 8: Elgar, Britten & Dvorak
St Paul’s Church was packed to the rafters last night for the Barn Dance & Dinner. Our caterers came all the way from Leicester, while the music was more local – the rustic sounds of Liverpool band The Travelling People. Meanwhile, over at The Old Mill pub, other festgoers enjoyed a pint or two at…
27Jun
Day 7: Barn Dance, Dinner, Acoustic Night & Open Mic
Congratulations to Ethan Cheung (Year 4) and Sonny Fielding (Year 9) for winning the Primary and Secondary categories, respectively, in last night’s Young Instrumentalist of Prescot competition. Pianist Ethan, from Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Halewood, astonished the audience and judges with the technically demanding German Dance in C, by Joseph Haydn. It was a performance…
26Jun
Day 6: Young Instrumentalist of Prescot
Evelyn Community Primary School hosts the second annual Young Instrumentalist of Prescot this evening. Our judges were overwhelmed by the musical talent on show at this year’s inaugural event, and we can’t wait to see what Prescot’s young musicians have for us tonight. The event starts at 6.30pm, and entry is free, but as usual…