{"id":4835,"date":"2018-12-14T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2018-12-14T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:04:09","slug":"new-years-eve-viennese-gala-brighton-philharmonic-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4835","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Eve Viennese Gala \u2013 Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BPO-1-19-ad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BPO-1-19-ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BPO-1-19-ad.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BPO-1-19-ad-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BPO-1-19-ad-500x267.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brighton Dome, Mon 31 December, 2.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Balcombe makes a welcome return to Brighton as guest conductor for the Brighton Phil\u2019s annual Viennese Gala, joined by the Russian-born soprano Ilona Domnich whose lyric coloratura will add sparkle to our afternoon with a selection of delightful songs and arias from well-known operettas and musicals from the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century and beyond. This is always one of our most popular concerts of the season and, now in its 29<sup>th<\/sup> year, is firmly established as part of the city\u2019s festivities. We nearly sold out last year so if you would like to join us to see out the old year and welcome in the new, book your tickets now to avoid disappointment!<\/p>\n<p>Originally destined to be a pianist, Ilona was plucked from a masterclass by legendary singing teacher\u00a0Vera R\u00f3sza, and won the prestigious Wingate Scholarship to study at the\u00a0Royal College of Music. She was <em>chosen by<\/em><em> Opera Now Magazine <\/em><em>as one of their top ten high flying sopranos destined to have impressive careers, in which a personal highlight<\/em> has been a masterclass with Montserrat Caball\u00e9. Ilona is also an actress and has developed and performed a one woman show based on songs sung by Marlene Dietrich, Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf.<\/p>\n<p>As you would expect this concert will be a programme full of musical gems from the waltz kings of Vienna \u2013 the Strauss family \u2013 with an array of waltzes, marches and polkas from this talented musical dynasty who dominated the music scene in Vienna throughout the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. Alongside these evergreen favourites Richard Balcombe has also included songs by Ivor Novello and Oscar Straus (no relation), <em>Charmaine<\/em> (made famous by Mantovani) and the <em>Westminster Waltz<\/em> by Robert Farnon. The full concert programme is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightonphil.org.uk\/concerts\">www.brightonphil.org.uk\/concerts<\/a> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are most grateful to the John Carewe Brighton Orchestra Trust for their continued support of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and of our annual New Year\u2019s Eve Viennese Gala.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets \u00a312.50-\u00a339.50 (50% student\/under18 discount, children just \u00a31) are available from Brighton Dome Ticket Office, 01273 709709, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightondome.org\">www.brightondome.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discounted parking for concert-goers is available in the NCP Church Street Car Park \u2013 just \u00a36 between 1pm and 6pm. Simply collect a follow-on ticket at the concert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton Dome, Mon 31 December, 2.45pm Richard Balcombe makes a welcome return to Brighton as guest conductor for the Brighton Phil\u2019s annual Viennese Gala, joined by the Russian-born soprano Ilona Domnich whose lyric coloratura will add sparkle to our afternoon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4835\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4837,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions\/4837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}