11 Musicians

Gilbert & Sullivan Two clever men of worth were we One wrote opera gloriously One wrote lyrics wittily Two clever men were we! Everything was a source of fun Nothing was safe, for we cared none! One job started when the first was done Two clever men were we! HMS Pinafore, all at sea The Mikado, Japanee Ivanhoe you must go and see Two clever men were we! The Piano: Joseph Long A concert pianist strikes a chord with me Hearing a master tickling the ivories Releasing Chopin, Beethoven, Stravinski Bartok, Prokofiev, Handel and Debussy Furioso, grandioso, impetuoso, lacrimoso Lento, liberamente, Meno, mesto, mezzoforte Moderato, obbligato, pianissimo, pizzicato Rallentando, rigoroso, Scherzo, sotto, spirito Music to my ears, hear Liszt and Brahms Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Rossini Vivaldi, Haydn, Schumann, Mendelssohn Wagner, Mozart, Britten and Scarlatti Francis Peacock (1723-1807) , Aberdeen's Dancing Master: What would he make of dances now? Ending a set, with a kick, not a bow? War dance, rain dance, shuffling leaping Clapping, stamping, swaying, creeping Folk dance, Maypole, freestyle, swinging Morris men, shake bells, hobby horse prancing Sword dance, highland fling and tap Reels and jigs hip hop and rap Strathspeys, French quadrilles, flamenco Belly dancing, salsa, tango Ballet, temple dancing, pop Waltz and polka, jazz and bop Square dance, striptease, the gavotte Strip the willow, hot the trot! Mary Garden, Opera Singer The Sarah Bernhardt of opera Leading soprano at the Opéra-Comique, This Aberdeen born chanteuse sang the title role ofCharpentier's Louise, . the title role in Massenet's Thaïs the title role in Massenet's Manon the title role in Messager's Madame Chrysanthème the title role in Massenet's Grisélidis Sensational as Salome in Strauss's opera She kissed the severed head of John the Baptist Danced the seven veils in a body stocking Sending her audience right up to High Doh Flew back like a homing pigeon For her grand finale Jimmy Shand, Accordionist Jimmy, lord of the squeeze box: Mr Shand, accordion wizard Rock is fine, but talent talks When he played, time stopped the clocks Even sluggard and lounge lizard would be dancing off their socks Tap-toe music, joy unlocks, once as famed as Eddie Izzard Days of kilts and dancing frocks No stranger to life's bitter knocks Jimmy played as easy's breathing, never needed to detox Audiences came in flocks: modest, when plaudits receiving Played for folk of street and docks, Jimmy, lord of the squeeze box Calum Kennedy: Gaelic Singer With a swish of the tartan, a swing of the kilt He's the very epitome of a Scots Celt With the lilt of the Gael he could transfix us all And returned each season for a curtain call With a heedrum an hodrum, a whiff of the heather He linked all his songs with a sprinkling of blether His sgian dubh glistened, his buckles they gleamed When he winked at the audience all of them beamed Ochone for the Gaelic- he kept it alive Surviving pop tunes and the yankee of jive Death stopped to collect him- a blink, he was gone But oh, whilst on stage Calum Kennedy shone What a VoiceJeannie Robertson Traditional Ballad Singer Some fowk hae treasure, some fowk hae gear An winnerfu hooses: The traivellers haud dear The auld Scottish ballads that tell o fowks' waes O castles set burnin, o luv in puir claes Faith, Jeannie could sing them, till ye could near greet Aa ower the warld, fowk were held in their seat Thon lane traiveller's voice that soared heich as a cloud Could makk tears trinkle doon fin she sang o a shroud For she had a voice that pit chills doon yer back Wi her ballads o ghaisties, clan war an hert brakk Paul Anderson, Fiddler A fiddler visited oor toon, Paul Anderson frae Tarlan A soople fingeret kintra loon, his notes were sweet an true, man He played a jig, he played a reel Sae weel the doos were dauncin He played a tune sae saft an leal Set luvers aa romancing A curly powe, a tappin fit, Cromar's best emissary He's fiddled aa the warld roon, at ceilidhs blythe an merry The Bonnie Lass o Bon Accord, he played wi little priggin A Heilan fling - an best o aa, the Hens' March tae the Midden! Cornkister Champion: Jock Duncan The kintra cheils delicht tae sing Like linties soarin on the wing Wi duntin feet, an jew's harp zing Tae air their cornkister's oh Dirumadoo adum aday Dirumadoo a daddy oh Dirumaadoo adum aday Hurrah fur the bothy ballads oh Ye hear the clunk o horses' braisse Ye hear the chink o cheerie glaiss Ye ken them bi their couthie dress Jyne wi the bothy singers oh The Barefoot Maestro: Dame Evelyn Glennie The rhythm song- ZingZillas - a light in darkness Eldorado, dream of the cherry bossom The song of Dionysius, Marimba Spiritual Veni, veni Emmanuel- Catalyst Introit - Advent- Heartbeats- Hocket- Gaude After the Tryst- untold- and I will kiss Three Dawn Rituals - the sugar factory Drumming - Wind in the Bamboo Grove- street songs Touch the sound- she plays the pieces barefoot Pandemonium- Good Vibration Deaf, she hears through her skin Like raindrops on tin Speaker, designer, percussionist With North East grit- built in Sweet Dreams are made of this: Annie Lennox Born and bred in Aberdeen, Annie Lennox: music queen With Eurythemics, ruled the scene Upon the world stage Aids spokeswoman she has been, calling Poverty obscene Her performance- evergreen Upon the world stage Short cropped, an impish sheen, razor wit and senses keen No rock antics to demean Upon the world stage Puckish, supple, lithe and lean. Not a bone in her that's mean Not a girl to pout or preen Upon the world stage