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Memorial concert 2011
Royal Albert Hall, London

June 20 , 2011

On the 20th June 2100 a sell-out concert at The Royal Albert Hall celebrated the musical life of John Barry.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Dodd, accompanied by performances from Dame Shirley Bassey, Rumer, David Arnold and Wynne Evans took the audience through a magnificent array of Barry's film themes.

There were also spoken tributes from Sir Michael Caine (on video), Sir Michael Parkinson, Timothy Dalton and Sir George Martin.

Programme:

Sir Michael Parkinson

Jonpatrick Barry

The Goldfinger Instrumental

The Knack

Sir Michael Caine

Zulu

The Ipcress File

Somewhere In Time

Don Black

Born Free

Midnight Cowboy
Harmonica Solo By Julian Jackson

The John Dunbar Theme From
Dances With Wolves

Nicholas Dodd

We Have All The Time In The World
Performed By Rumer

Interval

Sir Michael Parkinson

Body Heat Solo Saxophone
Performed By Nigel Hitchcock

Remembering Chet
Trumpet Solo By Derek Watkins

Out Of Africa

The Beyondness Of Things

Ave Maria
Performed By Wynne Evans

Blessing By John O'donoghue
Read By Timothy Dalton

Tick The Days
Performed By David Arnold

James Bond Suite
The James Bond Theme, From Russia With Love
Thunderbolt, 007, You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever

Sir George Martin

Diamonds Are Forever
Performed By Dame Shirley Bassey

Goldfinger
Performed By Dame Shirley Bassey

Body Heat Solo Saxophone
Performed By Nigel Hitchcock

Flower Presentation
By Phoebe & Florence Ingleby

Finale

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You can relive the occasion here courtesy of photos, videos and personal accounts of the evening.

• Don Black appeared on on Sunday, June 19.

John Barry Memorial Concert - Complete BBC Radio 2 Broadcast (Youtube)
** As far as we are aware no CD of the concert
has been or will be planned **

• Many private videos of parts of the concert can be found on Youtube

A selection of reviews of the evening:

• London Evening Standard, June 21, 2011
• The Guardian, 22 June, 2011
• Empire (Empireonline); June 22, 2011
• Edward Whitfield Blog
• Gareth Bramley

Our thanks to the members of the John Barry Yahoo discussion group.
Photos: Ruud Rozemeijer, Geoff Leonard, Gareth Bramley
Please send us your material or suggestions

Photos by Ruud, Geoff and Gareth Bramley:

Geoff and Sian at The British Museum (Ruud)	Ruud and Sian at The British Museum (Geoff)	RAH, Saturday evening (Ruud)

RAH, Saturday evening (Ruud)	RAH, Saturday evening (Ruud)	RAH, Saturday evening (Ruud)

Royal College of Music, Saturday evening (Ruud)	Royal College of Music, Saturday evening (Ruud)	Geoff Leonard with poster (Ruud)

Ruud with poster (Geoff)	The gathering, Barry fans at the British Film Institute building (Ruud)	The gathering, Barry fans at the British Film Institute building (Ruud)

Sian and family arrive at the RAH (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)

RAH before the concert (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)

RAH before the concert (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)	RAH before the concert (Ruud)

The family (Ruud)	Sir Christopher Frayling (Ruud)	The concert (Gareth)

The concert (Gareth)	The concert (Gareth)	David Arnold signing and chatting after the concert (Ruud)

David Arnold signing and chatting after the concert (Ruud)	David Arnold signing and chatting after the concert (Ruud)	David Arnold signing and chatting after the concert (Ruud)

	David Arnold signing and chatting after the concert (Ruud)

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Photos taken by Juan Delhom

Added July 10, 2015