Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, July 27

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 26 Jul 2016
Oakland Symphony Chorus. Arnold Lee conducts a sing-along performance of the Mozart Requiem. 7 p.m. Museum of Children’s Arts, 1625 Clay St., Oakland. www.oaklandsymphony.org The Piano Guys. The quartet from Utah who gained acclaim on YouTube for their classical interpretations of contemporary pop hits performs in Saratoga. 5.30 p.m ... In this new solo show, the celebrated performer condenses thousands of years of history into 90 minutes ... ....

Erin finally at peace, says Brenda Shankey as sister buried

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Jul 2016
Businesswoman Brenda Shankey says she has been overwhelmed with messages of support since she told the story of her younger sister's death after a battle with drink and drugs. Almost 1,000 people turned out for the funeral of Erin Wilkinson, who was laid to rest in her home city of Londonderry on Saturday ... Last night she told this newspaper of the huge reaction to her story ... The sisters with celebrity client Olly Murs....

Erin finally at peace, says Brenda Shankey as little sister buried

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Jul 2016
Businesswoman Brenda Shankey says she has been overwhelmed with messages of support since she told the story of her younger sister's death after a battle with drink and drugs. Almost 1,000 people turned out for the funeral of Erin Wilkinson, who was laid to rest in her home city of Londonderry on Saturday ... Last night she told this newspaper of the huge reaction to her story ... The sisters with celebrity client Olly Murs....

Armstrong family's farewell to Belfast scambler bike tragedy mum Valerie

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Jul 2016
Family and friends will pay their respects to Mrs Armstrong (35) at the Church of the Nativity, Poleglass, where she was an active member of the congregation ... Prayers were also said last night at the family home in Poleglass, west Belfast, by Fr Vincent Cushnahan and the Very Rev Patrick Sheehan ... A Requiem Mass conducted by the Very Rev Sheehan will be held at Church of the Nativity, Poleglass, at 1pm today....

Police appeal to witness who may hold vital information in Valerie Armstrong scrambler bike death investigation

Edit Belfast Telegraph 25 Jul 2016
Police have made an appeal to a witness who may hold vital information to the death of Valerie Armstrong to get in touch with investigating officers. Ahead of Mrs Armstrong's funeral, police made the appeal for the passer-by to get in touch ... Meanwhile emotional farewells will be said today to the mother-of-three ... A Requiem Mass conducted by the Very Rev Sheehan will be held at Church of the Nativity, Poleglass, from 1pm today....

Cross-arts: Barbican September 2016 highlights (Barbican Centre)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jul 2016
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Ben Jonson 's savage satire The Alchemist as well as Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, a notorious tale of vanity, greed and damnation ... Listings for the above, and more. ... The Gulch ... Gianandrea Noseda conducts the LSO in Verdi's Requiem with soloists Erika Grimaldi, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi and the London Symphony Chorus, with a second performance on 20 September....

Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, July 25

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 24 Jul 2016
Gregory Wait leads sing-along performances of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and the Fauré Requiem. 7.30 p.m. “Stories From ‘I Want to Show You More’ by Jamie Quatro”. Word for Word, true to its name, stages works of literature that aren’t plays, but verbatim; they make narration dramatic. For this staged reading, Delia MacDougall directs stories from Jamie Quatro’s celebrated debut collection. 7 p.m ... ....

>State funeral held for late Abetifi MP [Photos]

Edit Modern Ghana 22 Jul 2016
A state funeral service has been held for the ... The remains of the late MP have since been sent to Abetifi where a requiem mass and final burial service will be held tomorrow [Saturday]....

State funeral held for late Abetifi MP [Photos]

Edit Modern Ghana 22 Jul 2016
A state funeral service has been held for the ... The remains of the late MP have since been sent to Abetifi where a requiem mass and final burial service will be held tomorrow [Saturday]....

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR FULL RANGE OF CSOA-PRESENTED 2016 HOLIDAY PROGRAMS (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
Annual Holiday Programs Include A Chanticleer Christmas, Christmas in Vienna with the Vienna Boys Choir and the CSO Brass. The CSO's Merry, Merry Chicago! features Members of the CSO with the ... The performance on November 25, at 8.00 p.m ... Recordings by the CSO have earned 62 Grammy Awards, including two in 2011 for Muti's recording with the CSO and Chorus of Verdi's Messa da Requiem (Muti's first of four releases with the CSO to date)....

Gloria Musicae expands programming in new season

Edit Herald Tribune 21 Jul 2016
The Gloria Musicae singers have fun on a beach retreat ... The Jan ... The April performance of Verdi’sRequiem” holds a special significance for Gloria Musicae, Holt said, because it’s a tribute to Maestro Victor DeRenzi and the Sarasota Opera’s Verdi Cycle, a series in which the Sarasota Opera performed every note that Verdi composed over a 28-year period ... “This is the first Verdi ‘Requiem’ I have done, so I’m pretty excited about this.”....

Press Release from Business Wire : Peace Arch Hiroshima Project Executive Committee

Edit The Times of India 21 Jul 2016
Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture) will hold the Music Festival "Peace Arch Hiroshima Project" for the "Realization of World Peace" declared in the "International Peace Hiroshima-Based Project." ... Images of the Requiem Concert performed on a piano that survived the atomic bomb will be delivered to the world via the world's most-advanced 4K supported 360-degree image ... -0- *T Requiem Concert Date ... From around the web....

Heartbreaking final farewell to boy (2) hit by car while out playing in sun

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Jul 2016
Hundreds of tearful mourners gathered in a church in Londonderry yesterday for the funeral service of a toddler killed in a traffic accident ... The little boy died on Sunday after being knocked down outside his Lone Moor Road home ... Mass of the Angels is said in Catholic churches for children because, as Fr Graham explained to the congregation, a little child that dies will go straight to Heaven and will not therefore need a Requiem Mass....
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