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The
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21 September |
The
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21 September |
Review:
Charlotte sings tribute to America
Source:
South Wales Echo
Date: 19
September 2001 |
Teenage singing star Charlotte Church dedicated her final song to the American people at her debut solo UK concert in Cardiff.
Before singing John Lennon's Imagine, the 15-year-old Cardiff soprano said: "I dedicate this song to all those people who died so tragically in Pittsburgh, Washington and New York. There are no words that I can say that haven't already been said but I want people in America to know that people in Wales are thinking about them."
She also sang Amazing Grace as a tribute to victims of last week's terrorist attacks. Her choice of songs struck a chord with the audience. Rosemarie Nicholls, from Leckwith, Cardiff, said: "The prayer she sang was just right. Tears were running down my face."
Charlotte's performance at St David's Hall was a showcase of her new album, Enchantment, which is released on October 22, and is a mixture of Broadway numbers, Celtic ballads, Spanish-influenced songs and some of her own favourites.
The concert was a fundraiser for the Noah's Ark Appeal which is striving to build Waless first children's hospital.
Charlotte admitted before going on stage that the large number of friends and family in the audience gave her stage fright. One friend in the audience was her new boyfriend, a spiky-haired teenager known only as Max. Charlotte's mum, Maria, had introduced Max as her daughter's boyfriend at rehearsals for the show.
Before going on last night, Charlotte said: "I am really nervous and I never get nervous before concerts."
But fans young and old were none the wiser as they saw her hit the high notes and make more than a couple of costume changes. Marlene Hart, from Newport, said: "She's absolutely brilliant."
Review:
Charlotte Church makes UK solo debut
Source:
BBC Wales
Date: 19
September 2001 |
Charlotte Church made her British solo concert debut on Tuesday night.
The 15-year old soprano admitted she was terrified before going on stage at St David's Hall in her home town of Cardiff, Wales.
The concert was aimed at raising money for the country's first children's hospital.
"It is great to be here. I have never done anything like this in Wales before," she said.
"Having grown up in Cardiff and having spent some time in hospital, I can personally vouch for the need for specialised care for children.
"It is every child's right to have first-class health care."
Youngest singer
Many family and friends were among the audience and Ms Church was accompanied during the concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
The singer's fourth album, Enchantment, is due out on 22 October and will cover a broad range of musical styles including classical pieces and Broadway show tunes.
The new album combines musical styles from Broadway musical songs to Celtic ballads to Spanish-influenced songs.
The singer has sold eight million records and her previous album, Dream A Dream, made her the youngest British singer to have a top 10 album in the US.
The Cardiff show will be televised in the US and UK.
The singer will return to Cardiff on 20 October for another charity event, A Musical Odyssey for the Red Hot Aids Charitable Trust.
The show is also to be televised and will be shown on BBC One on Saturday 27 October.
Review:
Technical brilliance that
carries the Voice of an Angel
Source:
South Wales Echo
Date: 19
September 2001 |
STANDING on what looked like a church window placed accidentally in the ground, the young singer walked slowly to the centre of the stage, careful not to trip on her long gown.
She looked less than nervous, despite admitting that she was quite the opposite, but with her first notes her voice slightly faltered under the enormity of playing in front of her "home crowd".
Charlotte Church, making her first solo appearance in Wales, in a charity concert at St David's Hall, had to woo an audience which had previously been talked at like an over-grown child by an American television executive passing the time while cameras were set and re-set.
Filming the concert for PBS in America and UK television, the show lost some of its spontaneity and spark, but the comings and goings of black-clad crew members couldn't distract from the sheer depth and quality of Church.
It would be easy to criticise her for dress sense, her choice of material, direction or her seemingly adult composure which was somewhat misplaced on a girl of 15.
But such asides are futile when you get down to the bare basics of Church's allure - her vocal ability.
She sings with the strength of an adult, a voice encased in a child who looks like a woman.
As of yet she hasn't quite got the stage sense sassiness of a seasoned professional or the jazzy looseness on stage which would be another facet to belie her youth.
But what she does possess is a technical brilliance and depth, even when she is soaring through the gods on the back of a flawless high C, that simply has you catching your breath.
Singing songs from her soon-to-bereleased album Enchantment, the Broadway baby songs chosen for the show seemed slightly too middle aged for her - after all, she still might possess the Voice of an Angel but she has got to attract a new breed of fan who see her growing up musically as well as physically - but she flew through them with grace and a tenderness of emotion that echoed through her phrasing even if not through her movements.
She was enchanting indeed, even if a little old before her time.
- Hannah Jones
Review:
Charlotte Charms Home Crowd
Source:
Ananova.com
Date: 18
September 2001 |
(Photo from NYC
Performance earlier in the year)
Charlotte Church has talked of her nerves as she performed in her debut solo UK concert.
The 15-year-old said she almost did not go on stage in her home city of Cardiff.
She has described her family and friends as her biggest fans - and her worst critics.
"It is great to be here. I have never done anything like this in Wales before," said the soprano, who has sung for the Pope and former US President Bill Clinton.
"I am really nervous and I never get nervous before concerts."
Many family and friends were among the audience as Charlotte showcased material from her fourth album, which is due to be released on October 22.
Enchantment is a mixture of musical styles from Broadway musical songs and Celtic ballads, to Spanish-influenced songs.
During the concert, which is to be televised in America, the singer was accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Charlotte began the concert with songs from musicals, including the one she described as her grandmother's favourite song, If I Loved You, from the musical Carousel.
The charity concert was in aid of The Noah's Ark Appeal to build Wales's first children's hospital and the appeal for the hospital in Cardiff is close to the singer's heart.
She said: "It is every child's right, to have first class health care. Having grown up in Cardiff and having spent some time in hospital, I can personally vouch for the need for specialised care for children."
Story filed: 22:43 Tuesday 18th September 2001
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