Summer Music in City Churches - French Connections: Mark Bebbington and Alistair McGowan
Summer Music in City Churches - French Connections: Mark Bebbington and Alistair McGowan at St Giles Cripplegate Church, London
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About the show
BAFTA-winning actor and comic Alistair McGowan joins pianist Mark Bebbington for an entertaining programme of music and performance at St Giles Cripplegate.
McGowan narrates Poulenc's enchanting setting of the story of Babar, a musical work for piano and narrator, based on the classic children’s books by Jean de Brunhoff. Poulenc captures the essence of the famous elephant’s adventures with the tender, witty and surreal atmosphere of his music.
The concert also features a glorious programme of piano works by Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Ireland in impressionistic Gallic mode, and some surprises!
SATIE Sports et Divertissements
IRELAND The Island Spell
DEBUSSY Feux d’artifice (“Fireworks”)
POULENC Napoli Suite
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
POULENC Babar the Elephant
Artists:
Mark Bebbington, piano
Alistair McGowan, narrator
Doors open half an hour before the concert starts. There will be an interval of 20 mins.
Featuring - Alistair McGowan
The nation's favourite impressionist, also known for his brilliant stand-up and acting. McGowan is best known for his work with Ronni Ancona on The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which spawned his culturally popular impressions of David Beckham, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Gary Lineker, Richard Madeley, Tony Blair, Ross Geller (Friends) and Dot Cotton (EastEnders). His one-man stand-up shows are also critically acclaimed.
"Wickedly funny mimicry"
- Sunday Mirror.
"Even if Alistair McGowan wasn't an impressionist and stuck simply to stand-up gaggery, he'd surely be one of the best comics on the circuit. As it is, he gives us a double layer of excellence"
- This Is Nottingham
Mark Bebbington
Noted classical pianist, accompanist and concerto soloist with an international reputation for his recordings and performances of British music.