with ulster orchestra, waterfront hall, May

[Sarah]

rang up and booked 2 tickets but they said they aren't guaranteed... whatever that means...
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[Rozabeez]

where has this been confirmed?? :?

[Sarah]

i got an email from ents24 ages ago about it and i read an interview with duke saying it was happening, then my mate txted me today with a number to ring and i booked two free tickets, apparently foy's gonna be there too....eyo!
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[simonwales]

Seeing as the above poster has kept the number to themselves :roll: (although I can see why someone might be tempted to), I did a bit of detective work (well, looked up the Ulster Orchestra website) and found this:

http://www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk/calendar/cal0705.html

It's the BBC invitation concert opening the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival on Thursday May 3.

(Quote from site)

"Admission is by complimentary ticket.
For tickets and further information please contact:
BBC Northern Ireland Ticket Line: 0870 333 1918
Textphone: 08000 153350

BBC Ticket Unit: Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQ".

Although the site says the line-up is to be confirmed, the gent who answered the phone asked: "Is that the Duke Special one, yeah?"

The site says Whitla Hall but the guy at the ticket unit said his info read Waterfront Hall. I reckon they've just moved it to the latter. It'll say on the tickets when they're posted out anyway.

Doors open 7pm; recording starts 7.45pm. No admission after 7.30pm I think (although he might have said 7.35pm - let's not split hairs).

He did recommend going early as admission is NOT GUARANTEED. There's a maximum of two tickets per person but the world and his granny might turn up (especially after I post this here, you bloody vultures :D ).

Good luck everyone.

Other links (could be red herrings as nothing is really displayed on them at the mo):

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/943271/?search_redirect=duke%20special&tm_link=tm_header_search

http://www.cqaf.com/ (supposedly this site launches today but perhaps there's a 12 noon embargo or their web people have just slept in - EDIT: they must have read this because it's gone live now)

[thesneakybandit]

i have had complimentary tickets for various bbc music related recordings in the past and never actually got in to any of them. i won't be holding my breath for this one.

[Sarah]

didn't purposely withold the number, just didn't stick it up incase i wasn't meant to, it felt like i wasn't meant to know wen i rang up, the guy was like, 'how did you find out about this?' so i got scared...
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[simonwales]

No sweat, Merten. The ticket office guy is probably told to ask everyone for market research purposes.

[Sarah]

the email from duke says whitla hall,the guy on the phone said waterfront, which is it? Anyone know for sure? cheers
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[thesneakybandit]

waterfront. definitely.

[Sarah]

cheers sneaky! are they trying to make sure a range of age groups get tickets? cos they asked everyone their age, im guessin cos im 20 ive no chance, should said i was 90...
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[thesneakybandit]

i never even bothered trying to get tickets. i've never managed to get into any kind of "limited" thing in belfast.

[Hertog]

Didn't get any. :(

[Sarah]

got 2, eyo!
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[helen]

The concert is being broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster from 8 - 10 pm tonight. Sounds like it will be an excellent show!

[Bev C]

Just about to head into town for something to eat and then onwards to the waterfront ..........can't wait hopefully will be a good show

[Craig The Fish]

Have a great time tonight those going, About to listen on line...woo hoo ;)

[MacScotland]

I'm tuned in and waiting.. its two minutes to eight...... yaaaaaaaaay!!! DUKE SPECIAL!!!!

Will

[MacScotland]

Duke Special has just finished performing the most scintillating performance at the Waterfront hall for the opening of the Belfast Cathedral Quarter Concert, aired live on Radio Ulster. Backed by the full Ulster Orchestra, the Duke has never sounded so good.

Beginning with a specially written Overture of Songs From The Deep Forest, the Duke then went on to play a set of nine songs -

1. Brixton Leaves
2. Last Night I Nearly Died
3. Portrait
4. Wake Up Scarlett
5. Regarding The Moonlight In Eastbourne
6. Salvation Tambourine
7. No Cover Up
8. I Let You Down
9. Freewheel

The overture was absolutely stunning and it was thrilling hearing the Songs played by the orchestra. I have never had such pleasure sitting along in a room listening to the radio (via the net).

Speaking to the crowd, the Duke told them he was so proud to be there singing for them and recounted how he used to sing in his bedroom with a hair brush for a microphone. Toward the end of the performance, during 'Freewheel', he sang -

"I don't want to stand still, I don't want to lose this moment.. there's music in our souls.."

It was a very touching moment hearing him sing those words, and I could sense the immense pride he had in being there - and the immense pride shared by every member of the audience listening to Duke Special, Belfast's most illustrious son.

Congratulations, Peter, Chip, Ben and everyone involved in this fantastic concert.

Will

[LeePL]

It was completely amazing!

Did anyone record it?? Audacity let me down for the first time EVER and created a massive buzzing noise over the whole thing :( :(

Thanks...

[Craig The Fish]

WOW WOW WOW WOW. Just how stunning was that !?, I totally loved it. The orchestral overture (by Andrew Skeet recently of The Divine Comedy) was so beautiful. The orchestra worked really well with Duke's songs, great setlist also.

MacScotland's post sums it up really, just really special :)

Massive pat on the back to Duke, Chip & all involved. :):)

[MacScotland]

I was thrilled at how well the songs worked with the orchestration - absolutely perfect. It was a fantastic concert and I only wish I could have been there ... but not long till 12th May at Oran Mor, Glasgow, so I'll content myself with that.

And I agree completely about the overture, which I thought was fabulous and a real highlight of the concert for me.

I recorded it using GarageBand (God bless Apple) - in the process of editing and then see what I can do with it.. quality is passable considering I sat a studio mic in front of the Mac lolol ..

Does anyone know if there is likely to be an official release of the concert?

Oh and for anyone who missed it - it will be available on BBC Radio Ulster for the next seven days :) It is SERIOUSLY worth listening to..

Will

[Stephen]

Will, you need to get AudioHiJack Pro to just record directly from the soundcard!
I'll be recording it from the net later, and hosting it.

[Katie]

I recorded it using GarageBand (God bless Apple) - in the process of editing and then see what I can do with it.. quality is passable considering I sat a studio mic in front of the Mac lolol ..



Oh dear!!! Not Garageband! The curse of the audiophile.

Download Audacity if you want to record... or if you are just looking for some hard disk recorder get something like Wire Tap or Audio Hijack like Steve said.

GarageBand is evil. I have only ever used it as a MIDI playback referencer! Its not good for much else.

[helen]

That was an absolutely magnificent concert - brought a little tear to my eye!

[MacScotland]

ROFLOL!! So is Garageband ok then? LOL .... I use it for my podcast but have never recorded an audio stream from online radio so have to confess my sheer ignorance of that - but I'll look into AudioHijack Pro so cheeers for that guys :)

But despite that - what a FANTASTIC concert!!!!!

Will

[tricky_nebula]

It was so brilliant.


The rich tones of Peter's voice with the textured sound of the orchestra.


We need more!

[Craig The Fish]

I used a programme called bolderbits which records direct from the soundcard, sound good to me. If anyone else doesn't post it up i'll put it up later.

[Katie]

ROFLOL!! So is Garageband ok then?

NO!! GarageBand is NOT ok, never was and never will be :D:D:D

Seriously though, dont use it!! Unless you want to make music people will laugh at! Or a Westlife style soundtrack for your match stick men animated movie. ;)

[ssc1986]

does anyone know where you can listen to this again? i took a quick scan of the radio ulster site and found nothing!! i really really wanna hear it!

[Craig The Fish]

Here it is to keep ;)


http://www.sendspace.com/file/7a8a7o

[Guinness]

Absolutely astounding!

This is by far my favourite work to date!

Reminds me of when Metallica teamed up with the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra for S&M!!!!

Dam Austria for making me miss this hypnotic performance!

[Geordie]

Outstanding, fantastic!

Love the overture, Andrew Skeet did something very similar when The Divine Comedy played at the Royal Albert Hall.

Thanks for the d/load Craig :)

[ssc1986]

ah thats great, will download that as soon as i get home!! but damn work and not being able to download anything! anyone know is there a live stream of it anywere! who ever said patience was a virtue!!

[Craig The Fish]

Here's the listen again link, the radio player pops up....you get the news first then straight onto show
Duke was on about 1hr into show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/ulster_aod.shtml?ulster/orchestral

[ssc1986]

ahh the help you people provide is awesome!! ah pants dosent seem to want to work in "work" either, i guess i will just have to find that virtue that is patience!

[Guinness]

The set download works perfectly... wait for it!

It will be worth it!

[Siano]

Last night was absolutely stunning. Both musically and aesthetically. There is something to be said for watching Peter work his magic from the seat of a grand piano with the rythmic movement of the violin bows behind him and everything else that goes with the accompniment of an orchestra. (also the red flares add a certain something to the mix ;))

Wake up Scarlett and No Cover Up brought me out in goosebumps and I had a tear in my eye during Regarding the moonlight cos I had never heard it live. Powerful stuff. I have never been lucky enough to see the Ulster Orchestra before and oh my goodness, if there was one thing to make Peter sound better (something I thought impossible ;)) it was them.

Foy Vance was unbelievable as well. MySpace and his EP do him NO justice. I liked him before, me hearts him now! Honestly, amazing.

[Guinness]

By the way... What hapened the first half of the concert?

That link only gives you the second half.

[Craig The Fish]

Maybe check you computer to see it stops pop up / tab links
or if that doesn't work go to the main site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/

then click listen live (top right) & the current show will play
but scroll down until you see this

Orchestral Manoeuvres in Belfast - Ralph McLean presents a concert from the Waterfront Hall

Click on that & it will play the show.

[Craig The Fish]

By the way... What hapened the first half of the concert?

That link only gives you the second half.


I only uploaded Dukes part, I do have the full 2hr show but its a massive file
so will take a while to upload. If you want it i can do it sometime at the weekend.

[thesneakybandit]

Last night was absolutely stunning. Both musically and aesthetically.

ah aesthetically! you and your big words ;)
but yes those red flares were rather eye catching!

[Guinness]

Yea that would be great thanks man!

Want to hear the Foy Vance part...

[merten_4_mcguffin]

that was flipping amaing last night, ive got a few cracker videos i might put up later!

[Siano]

Mert...

Where abouts were you sitting?

[Katie]

I had a tear in my eye during Regarding the moonlight

Sniff! I would love to have heard that. Ah well, probably better off, I had enough tears last night without that stuff!

As for Duke+Orchestra, I havent listened cos Id only be too sad that I missed it but... Its far from easy playing with a full orchestra when you are not used to it, by all accounts Peter did a great job, its a big test for any musician - Im very glad it all went smoothly!

Congratulations Peter, I can only imagine what an amazing feeling it must have been to take a new step like that and for it to be Belfast!

Orchestras are scary things sometimes, I remember the first time I sang with one it was surely the most nervous stage performance I have ever had. So woohoooo agus

bualadh bos

[Sambo5916]

sounded like a really good evening, i espically loved the overtune of the whole deep forest ablum just before duke came on, and i can now confirm no cover up is my favourite live track, truely special.

really enjoyed Foy Vance, sounded like he was having fun and want to hear the album now !


oh, are we going to get to see any photo's of the night ? know they would be bbc only only ones

[nino]

heh im also creating some MP3's but im not using any programs to record straight from the sound card (some loss of quality with that) i hunted around the bbc site and the players sourcecode and found the BBC real player stream and im streaming the audio straight from the BBC site into a .ra file on my computer which ill then convert and cut into the different songs hell if im feeling generous ill even ID3 tag the mp3s ;)

[Craig The Fish]

Yea that would be great thanks man!

Want to hear the Foy Vance part...

Here's the full thing
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nxzvuk

(thought i'd do it now rather than later)

I'm liking Julie Feeney also.

Enjoy :)

[Sambo5916]

heh im also creating some MP3's but im not using any programs to record straight from the sound card (some loss of quality with that) i hunted around the bbc site and the players sourcecode and found the BBC real player stream and im streaming the audio straight from the BBC site into a .ra file on my computer which ill then convert and cut into the different songs hell if im feeling generous ill even ID3 tag the mp3s ;)

thats sounds class, let us know when you get it done.
cheers

[Bev C]

What an amazing night........................... the sound was fantastic..... Freewheel totally blew me away .... well done Duke Special I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did

Thank you for once again taking your songs to a new level

[Fibreglass]

I listened to it with maggie on the radio wow what a masterpiece from Peter and everyone involved.

I have been phoning around the BBC and the Ulster Orchestra but we won't be able to buy the recording ahhhhh.

Can anyone here help on this?, they said you could get a recording if you where involved with the project!

Please

[Fibreglass]

Downloading now, thank you

[MacScotland]

I agree with Guinness - its the best thing I've heard Peter do, totally amazing. I've been listening to it all day and that overture gives me goosebumps every single time. I wonder if this experience will lead to Peter doing anything in a similarly orchestral way? That would be fabulous.

Will

[merten_4_mcguffin]

'enter by door 7' on a balcony to the left if you r looking at the stage, view was class

[Guinness]

Vids anyone?

[Siano]

I didnt get any Conor, there was a wee girl videoing in front of us with her mobile and one of the front of house staff came up and asked her to put it away.

They were filming with proper BBC cameras tho and mentioned audience shots so looks like there will be footage somewhere.

[MacScotland]

Sounds like we can maybe look forward to WATCHING the concert sometime, then - yippee!!

I've posted a review on my website, too - http://web.mac.com/digitographer/iWeb/Digitographer/Waterfront.html

..needless to say its a little bit complimentary ;)

Will

[nino]

sorted :D

Zip file of ID3 tagged mp3's of individual tracks i didn't put a pause in between the files so you can listen to them back to back without any interruptions :)

enjoy! it sounded like an excellent concert!

http://nino.me.uk/downloads.php

Nino

[Stephen]

Nino, many, many thanks for your efforts! :)
Much appreciated!

Steve.

[Stephen]

Which reminds me - this was clearly the best dressed Duke setup!
The Rusty Zip has no boundaries! I salute you!

[Siano]

sorted :D

Zip file of ID3 tagged mp3's of individual tracks i didn't put a pause in between the files so you can listen to them back to back without any interruptions :)

enjoy! it sounded like an excellent concert!

http://nino.me.uk/downloads.php

Nino

Tonino, you are an absolute star! Cheers :)

[nino]

Nino, many, many thanks for your efforts! :)
Much appreciated!

Steve.

No problemo :D im just sorry i wasn't there to see it in person :(

[LeePL]

Thanks Nino (and Craig), you big legends!!

[Katie]

Here's the full thing
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nxzvuk


Enjoy :)

Everytime I try and download this I get 'free service at full capacity' I never seem to be able to start the d/l. URGH

Has anyone who downloaded it hosted it somewhere else by any slim chance?? :(

[nino]

Everytime I try and download this I get 'free service at full capacity' I never seem to be able to start the d/l. URGH

Has anyone who downloaded it hosted it somewhere else by any slim chance?? :(

Give me an hour or so and ill upload from the start of the concert up until duke special start, i already have the dukes stuff on my site.

cheers

nino

[Katie]

Give me an hour or so and ill upload from the start of the concert up until duke special start, i already have the dukes stuff on my site.

cheers

nino

Wooohoooooooooo cheers :)

You're a :

*

[nino]

Up loading now should only take about 15 minutes :)

ill let ya know when its ready :)

Nino

[Guinness]

Off topic...

Are you a computer games designer?

^o)

[nino]

All done :)

as before you can get it from : http://nino.me.uk/downloads.php

Nope im not a games designer tho i have wrote some games in Java for uni (ill stick them on my site at some stage :) Im a software engineer / IT security consultant (filthy hacker ;) lol) why do you ask?

[Guinness]

Just browsing your site and put two and two together...

Keep up the good work!

:P

[nino]

Heh yeah theres quite a lot of random stuff on that site including a dead mouse turned into a computer mouse lol

If anyone has any other duke special related files i can host them on the server theres unlimited space and bandwidth and saves using those free file hosts that cap the download rate :)

nino

[Guinness]

*cough* PM me your secret please...

[elinor]

Does anyone know where and when we can see the concert again? TV or DVD? I think I've saved it from Craig's link ( the audio I mean) so thanks for that, from a not quite literate pc user.
The overture was brilliant. Doesn't it make you feel proud with all this local talent?

[Stephen]

It was recorded by V2, most likely for DVD, but I'm not sure if they plan to release it.

[MacScotland]

I hope they do release it - I would *so* like to see that concert. There is nothing quite like seeing the Duke and Chip perform live - the visual aspect of the stage show is fantastic.

Can't wait to see him tonight in Glasgow.... only a few hours to go (yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!)

Will

[mrs special]

It was recorded by V2, most likely for DVD, but I'm not sure if they plan to release it.

Just to quash that rumour, I was talking to the V2 guys just after the concert. Everything was set to go for recording and at the last minute the permission to record was taken back... Sorry guys, we're as disappointed as you are!!!:(

I'm assuming the camera people on the night were BBC so hopefully we'll see it sometime on BBC NI but not as a duke special dvd release!

[MacScotland]

>>..at the last minute the permission to record was taken back..<<

Ach that's such a pity, Mrs S. But cheers for letting us know - saves us getting too carried away at the possibility lol. And I spose at least it was recorded by someone so something may come from it.

Will

[Lonesome Pine]

Those nice people at the BBC have put up some clips from the night! Here is the link to Duke

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/orchestral/features68534.shtml

[MacScotland]

Fabulous! Cheers for that, Lonesome :)

Will

[helen]

Those nice people at the BBC have put up some clips from the night! Here is the link to Duke

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/orchestral/features68534.shtml

Wow! How impressive is that! Thanks for the clip. :D

[Stephen]

I had severe doubts about the women doing the cameras, and that clip proves my point.

[Guinness]

*Waits for the slatings to begin*

[very_special]

*Swiftly exits the thread before the backlash*

[Claire Guinness]

The silence is more worrying...

[Siano]

Erm...wtf?

[Stephen]

Read as: "I had severe doubts about the [people] doing the cameras, and that clip proves my point."
They just looked as if they didn't have a clue what they were doing.
But now that you mention it...

[Guinness]

:p

[thesneakybandit]

Which reminds me - this was clearly the best dressed Duke setup!
The Rusty Zip has no boundaries! I salute you!

i think boundaries are sometimes needed though!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y119/thesneakybandit/DSC02127.jpg

[Katie]

oooooooh nice shot scotty :D - CUTE BOY ALERT!!!!!! ahh and from my fav Belfast shop too!!!

And.. for any Irish listeners who would like to hear this again:

DUKE SPECIAL LIVE WITH THE ULSTER ORCHESTRA

RT? 2fm LIVE
SATURDAY MAY 19 : 9pm
Peter Wilson aka Duke Special recorded this fantastic show with the Ulster Orchestra at the start of May. It's the full band with the full orchestra and a full set of Duke songs with stunning orchestrations in the first time that Duke Special have performed with a symphony orchestra. And BBC Radio Ulster has kindly allowed us to use the show...

(http://www.dukespecial.com/forums/../)
Duke Special with the Ulster Orchestra is a BBC Radio Ulster Invitation concert which has been organised in conjunction with the 8th Cathedral Quarter Arts festival and The Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission (NIMIC) and was recorded in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on 3 May.

[Guinness]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y119/thesneakybandit/DSC02127.jpg

Look at Sgt. Pepper... Where's the lonely hearts club band?

[Katie]

Look at Sgt. Pepper... Where's the lonely hearts club band?

*sigh*

original Conor!! :rolleyes:;)

hehe

[thesneakybandit]

it's a one man band these days, innit!

in response to something else someone said somewhere... those girls up at the front with the cameras really didn't look like they knew what they were doing at all.

hopefully there was some good coverage being shot from somewhere else behind me. i was right at the front and could sometimes see what they were shooting and there were a lot of bad angles and wobbles.

and by referring to them as girls, i don't think anyone was trying to be sexist. a guy with bad camera skills would get every bit as much criticism for shooting like that. it's just well, that the only two people i could see filming just so happened to be female.

[/political correctness gone mad]

[Katie]

@scotty http://localhostr.com/files/102de2a86b7e48b69e9b.gif

and... one-man band!! aren't you forgetting someone ;) heehee

[very_special]

Very dapper indeed Mr Sneakster :cool:

Are you using that shot for the album cover? ;)

[Siano]

If he does, I bloody well better get the royalities for taking it!!!!

[Siano]

By the way kids...

Smoking is not big. It isn't clever and it's not cool.

Just say no.


:D

[Katie]

lmao!! thats just what I said sian! I was quickly told that all the cool kids do it, so I hit him a virtual slap over msn ;)

Great shot mrs!

[Craig The Fish]

Just been watching the clip on the ATL website, obviously the show was recorded for the station. Is it going to be released (in full) anytime ?

[Katie]

haven't really had a chance to listen to this, until tonight....

right..... task 1: watch
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=71770844627024590&q=more+cowbell&pr=goog-sl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBqPHJhmFHo)

(quality is bad but the original has been taken off youtube) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBqPHJhmFHo)

task 2: listen to Salvation Tambourine with the Ulster Orchestra, wait for the end...

more cowbell.... more cowbell


lmao :D


This is version 2, but not as funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbAuMr5eac (better quality though)

[Claire Guinness]

'' This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NBC Universal ''

Is anyone else getting that for the second link that Katie posted?

[Katie]

Sorry Claire, I meant to say that there is a redirection quirk so you have to paste the url directly into you address bar! :( oops

[very_special]

haven't really had a chance to listen to this, until tonight....

right..... task 1: watch
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=71770844627024590&q=more+cowbell&pr=goog-sl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBqPHJhmFHo)

more cowbell.... more cowbell

lmao :D



Gene Frenkle R.I.P - lol!!!
That was hilarious Katie cheers for posting ;)

And for the record, Christopher Walken is God...:cool:

[Katie]

That was hilarious Katie cheers for posting ;)



more cowbell!!!!!! :D

[very_special]

"...explore the space...I gotta have more cowbell...", lol!! :D