Cheshire Rural Touring Arts Presents
The FB Pocket Orchestra
Friday 10th May
The FB Pocket Orchestra
Blues, Ragtime, Hot Jazz, Songs and Dances from long ago
Working backwards from the 1930s, the FB Pocket Orchestra explores repertoire that formed the embryo of what is now known as popular music. The members originally began playing together simply as an exercise in exploring heritage repertoire – taking on a few informal performances and recording dates as schedules allowed.
The FBPO became an ‘official’ project in the spring of 2012 and released its first album in October. The aims of the orchestra are to present a contemporary slant on popular acoustic music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
We feel that much of the inherent beauty of this repertoire lies in the subtle interaction of more traditional instruments, so our instrumental scope now includes banjo, cornet, accordion, tuba, clarinet, etc. So, whilst we make no claim to authentic re-creation,
we produce music that we hope has significant musical relevance to a present-day audience and celebrates some of the key attributes of the past. Or to put that more succinctly – we hope to entertain our audiences with music from a time when life was much simpler!
The FB Pocket Orchestra
Blues, Ragtime, Hot Jazz, Songs and Dances from long ago
Working backwards from the 1930s, the FB Pocket Orchestra explores repertoire that formed the embryo of what is now known as popular music. The members originally began playing together simply as an exercise in exploring heritage repertoire – taking on a few informal performances and recording dates as schedules allowed.
The FBPO became an ‘official’ project in the spring of 2012 and released its first album in October. The aims of the orchestra are to present a contemporary slant on popular acoustic music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
We feel that much of the inherent beauty of this repertoire lies in the subtle interaction of more traditional instruments, so our instrumental scope now includes banjo, cornet, accordion, tuba, clarinet, etc. So, whilst we make no claim to authentic re-creation,
we produce music that we hope has significant musical relevance to a present-day audience and celebrates some of the key attributes of the past. Or to put that more succinctly – we hope to entertain our audiences with music from a time when life was much simpler!
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INFORMATION
Entrance £12 p/p Licensed Bar Doors & Bar open at 7:00pm Curtains Up at 7:30pm Please be seated at this time |
