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16-Jun-2017
by Lou Ambrose
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 On May 22nd Denise Leigh (operatic soprano) and Stefan Andrusyschyn (accordion) were the much awaited guest artists for the evening performance at the Black Country Accordion Club in the West Midlands. The evening began with a thirty minute spot by the well-known local accordionist Ray Izod, who used to be a regular performer at Club Accord in Birmingham. Since Ray retired he has been able to devote his time to the accordion and now he is playing very well indeed and we are always pleased to welcome him to our club. He played a popular selection of tunes which included a few well known continental pieces and finished his performance with ‘Pietro’s Return’. Stefan began his programme with a selection of popular classical pieces and made this very interesting with varied comments and stories including a remarkable escapade of chasing from the airport to Kiev and back again to collect his new accordion. Denise, famous for her performance at the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, began with a very impressive ‘Ave Maria’. She followed this with one of the classics from ‘The Merry Widow’, namely ‘Vilia’. Stefan then began his final selection playing his own version of ‘Beautiful Days’, which seems to be everyone’s favourite. The ‘Barber of Seville’ followed and ‘The Carnival of Venice’, which was absolutely stunning. This has been their third visit to our club and this amazing couple will always be very welcome. |