Alfie TV and Radio appearances Aug - Dec 08

xcept · Last edited by xcept on Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

Maestro

Tuesday 02 September

9:00pm - 10:00pm

BBC2
Opera
Clive Anderson hosts Maestro's next studio challenge as five famous amateurs with a passion for classical music do battle with their batons conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra. In the fourth round the students step up to the podium to conduct a programme of popular operatic arias sung by soloists Alfie Boe and Rebecca Evans in front of the panel of expert judges - conductors Sir Roger Norrington and Simone Young, double bassist Dominic Seldis, composer and cellist Zoe Martlew.

xcept · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

Series details
The interactive television series, Visionaries, pits luminaries from the world of arts, music, literature, science and architecture, against each other and encourages viewers to vote online for their most inspirational figure.

Visionaries launches on BBC World on 26 May with a special introductory programme and will be followed by the series which starts on 1 September.

Following the success of last year's series, "Visionaries" is back on BBC World News this autumn for a second series comparing some of the most extraordinary minds that have left a lasting impression on world music. These landmark programmes will compare the greatest classical composers we have ever known to find the greatest composer ever.

Visionaries is a stimulating, interactive seven-part series that debates the merits of some of the most innovative and iconic composers from the field of classical music, examining the geniuses behind some of the greatest compositions.

The series will focus on some of the world’s most famous icons from Mozart and Madonna, to architects Christopher Wren and Norman Foster.

Advocates, will be chosen to represent each visionary and convince viewers that their icon has had the most impact in the field.

Viewers can vote for their favourite visionary online – www.visionariesdebate.com.

Alfie
A interview with Alfie will feature on the 27th Sept 2008 Chopin v Verdi show CLICK HERE for the broadcast time where you are.

Liz · Joined: Oct 06, 2006 Posts: 30

Thank You for letting us know about this Very Happy

and thank you admin for telling us more about it as I don't watch tv much and didn't quite know what it was all about. It sounds great fun and looking forward to seeing Alfie on there Laughing

Margaret. · Joined: Jan 05, 2006 Posts: 610

Thanks for the reminder xcept.I think it should be good Liz Very Happy

xaria · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

Alfie's performances of O Solo Mio and E Lucevan Le Stelle were superb on Maestro. The latter always makes me want to cry. x

Margaret. · Joined: Jan 05, 2006 Posts: 610

Alfie's performance was brilliant on Maestro. But it's With every thing he does Very Happy

xcept · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

The Classic FM Live concert will also be broadcast in it's entirety on John Brunnings "The Full Works" radio show, to be aired Friday 7th November at 9pm, UK Time.

xcept · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

Alfie sang Nessun Dorma at the end of the 2008 Teaching Awards (BBC2), you can watch the show via BBC iplayer CLICK HERE Very Happy

xcept · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject:

Alfie had a great chat with Alan Clifford at radio Nottingham today 27 Nov, you can access it via the 'listen again' feature if you CLICK HERE later tonight. Very Happy

Go to 1 hr and 45 mins to listen

xcept · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

You can hear Alfie chat to Ed George at Radio Derby between 3pm and 4pm on Tuesday 2nd December.

You can listen online via www.bbc.co.uk/derby if you live outside of the
transmission region. Otherwise, once the show has finished, the show can
be listened to again via the same website. The show will be online for 7
days before it is replaced with the following week's programme.