A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE
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BIG RIVER BIG SONGS
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Featuring Sting, Jimmy Nail, Mark Knopfler, Joe McElderry, Jill Halfpenny, Lindisfarne and many more.
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Presented by Charlie Hardwick and Eric Robson.
Take the top Tyneside songs and the cream of North East talent, put them together in a variety of regional locations and then link the unforgettable performances with background to the songs and songwriters plus spectacular aerial footage. Big River Big Songs is the ultimate DVD collection of Tyneside singers, songs and songwriters.
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THOMAS ALLEN & SHIELA ARMSTRONG - SONGS OF NORTHUMBRIA
With the Northumbria Concert Orchestra & Chorus conducted by David Haslam:
The Cullercoats Fish Lass
The Cliffs Of Old Tynemouth
The Trimdon Grange Explosion
Water Of Tyne
Blow The Wind I Ho
Cushie Butterfield
The Keel Row
Children's Song
Rap Her To Bank
It Was One Summer's Morning
The Oak And The Ash
The Hexhamshire Lass
Lavender's Blue
Cat Gut Jim
The Sandgate Lassie's Lament
Ee Aye Aa Cud Hew
The Poacher's Call
Died Of Love
Jowl, Jowl
The Row Between The Cages
The Coal Owner And The Pitman's Wife
The Lambton Worm
Newcastle Overture
Wor Geordie
The Blaydon Races
The DVD features Sir Thomas Allen & Sheila Armstrong in concert at Durham Cathedral in 1993 to celebrate it's 900th Anniversary. Songs arranged and conducted by David Haslam with the Northumbria Concert Orchestra include: 'Blaydon Races', 'Water of Tyne', 'The Lambton Worm', 'Cushie Butterfield', 'The Keel Row', 'The Cullercoats Fish Lass' and 'Lavenders Blue'.
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THE OWEN BRANNIGAN STORY - A TRIBUTE BY GRAEME DANBY
Owen Brannigan
Graeme Danby
Graeme Danby, North Eastern born opera star and St James' Park's own 'Top Chanter' tells the amazing story of Owen Brannigan, the Geordie carpenter who travelled south in 1929 to seek his fortune, gained a Scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, was appointed Principal Bass at Sadler's Wells Opera and then became the North East's first operatic superstar.
The 5th October 2008 was a big day on Tyneside, over 50,000 stout hearted runners completed the Great North Run and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity and also boosted the profile of the region. On the same day, in the Sage Gateshead, not much more than a triple jump away from the race's route over the Tyne Bridge, another group of North Easterners paid tribute to one of the region's favourite sons who also raised the profile of the North East, Owen Brannigan.
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TALL SHIPS RIVERS & SEA
Tall Ships, Rivers And Sea
A celebration of the maritime heritage of the North East of England.
1986. 1993. 2005. Each of these years is marked by a visit to the River Tyne of the Tall Ships. And to celebrate the event, the Northumbria Anthology has put together this video,directed by Ken McKenzie.
It's a collection of thoughts and reminiscences of five North East writers, who specialise in the history of our region, our shipbuilders and our seafarers: Max Adams, Tony Barrow, Dick Keys, Adrian Osler and Ken Smith.
Find out why the Wear and the Tyne became such important shipbuilding centres, which Geordie admiral was the real hero of Trafalgar, how bad conditions were in the Royal Navy in the 18th Century and what it was like to live in fear of the press gang?
From the early days of wooden sailing vessels to triumphs of steam technology like the Mauretania, this video gives a fascinating glimpse at ships and the people who worked with them.
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THE TALL SHIPS’ RACES 2005
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Tall Ships on the Tyne
Welcome aboard the biggest gathering of Tall Ships the country has ever seen for a magnificent festival of sail, music and celebration in the company of Jill Halfpenny and Craig Conway, joined by the comic talents of Brendan Healy, Billy Mitchell and Mike Elliott.
This lyrical souvenir features over 100 Tall Ships from more than 30 countries as they visited the Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside for four memorable days in July 2005. More than 1.5 million people came to see this great spectacle and now you can relive the magic of the event including that awesome firework display when the Tyne became a River of Fire, and watch again as the largest Parade of Sail in the history of the event makes its stately progress to the starting line.
Experience the realities of life aboard as we join one of the crews on their voyage to join the festival and enjoy some wonderful music from the Northumbria Anthology, featuring songs by Graeme Danby, Judy Dinning, Sting and Jimmy Nail.
The programme is narrated by Eric Robson.
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