The Lightning Thieves

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Event:
The Lightning Thieves
Start:
20/10/2011 8:00 pm
End:
20/10/2011 11:00 pm
Updated:
13/10/2011
Venue:
The Old Oak Inn
Phone:
0133 2881299
Address:
176 Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, DE7 6AW, United Kingdom

Hi all

Calling all fans of Adam Summerhayes and the London Concertante…

The Lightning Thieves – supercharged harpsichord & electric fiddle

8pm Thursday October 20th at The Old Oak Inn, 176 Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, DE7 6AW.

See below for details.

Please let me know if you’re interested in the Lightning Thieves concert on 20th and I will reserve you a ticket.

Cheers
Sarah

 

The Lightning Thieves – Supercharged Harpsichord and Electric Fiddle

 

Adam Summerhayes & David Gordon: “a dramatic, riveting and even sexy listen” BBC

 

And here is something very different – my most recent project. It will only be our fourth performance, but everyone seems to love it so far: “This is amazing music” from the promoter of the Broadstairs Folk Week and “the concert was amazing” from the director of the London College of Music. Very different audiences but the same reaction!

Here is how we describe it:
Ancient and ultra-modern collide as David Gordon, The Hendrix of the harpsichord and Adam Summerhayes, magician of the electric fiddle create a parallel musical universe.

Celtic; Rumanian; a 12 bar blues version of a Bulgarian wedding dance; medieval pop tunes; supercharged grooves and hypnosis – all in the same gig. A crackling electric cosmos and lightning virtuoso skills – watch for spontaneous combustion.

The BBC described our last collaboration as “a dramatic, riveting and even sexy listen”. So, if you are interested in hearing something very accessible, but entirely unlike anything you have heard before, join us on October 20th at The Old Oak Inn, 176 Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, DE7 6AW. Good music, friendly surroundings and excellent beer.

 

http://www.adamsummerhayes.com/page4/ for audio and video

 

Tickets £12 (£10 concessions) from oldoaklive-tickets@yahoo.co.uk 01332 881299

 

All best wishes,

Adam Summerhayes

 

What the press has been saying about Adam Summerhayes & David Gordon:

“feather-light virtuosity” BBC Review
“incredible facility and control” All Things Strings (USA)
“utterly compelling” BBC Music magazine
“to die for” The Strad
“Thoughtful, intelligent, romantic” Cadence
“a seemingly limitless store of fresh ideas, witty and emotive by turns” Independent on Sunday
“way ahead of anything else we’ve played in stirring the public’s imagination” BBC Radio 3