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Psalms News | News as of July 2010.
Robert is currently hard at work on his next two shows, a new musical, Mother Earth, and a follow up to "Psalms" a new piece based on the 10 commandments.
Both will have perfomances in 2011
Extracts from the Psalms CD are on the Psalms page, and also the music page, the CD is now out on all download sites.
Psalms has now finished touring, however, if you would like to perform Psalms at your church, please contact me. Psalms is around one hour 20 mins long (Although this can be shortened to fit into a service), and can be put on with as few performers as 6 or as many as you want. The music can be performed on a solo piano, or a small band of say four players, or more depending what you have available.
Below are comments from the Psalms tour.
Psalms was very well recieved at the 2008 Edinburgh festival where it fininshed its two year tour.
One reviewer wrote.
Psalms 18 Aug 2008
Reviewer: Yvonne, England
Five Stars.
This show was fantastic. It was very moving, a brilliant interpretation of the psalms that would certainly appeal to the younger generation
The Psalms performances try to give the Psalms an everyday meaning through Drama and song.
Remember you can hear extracts from Psalms on the music page.
I have now added a Psalms contents page to the web site which has the lyrics to all the songs, the story behind "Psalms" and some photos from the performances.
What’s also been said about Psalms by those who’ve seen it.
Some people may have lost the sense of the actual basis of their commitment to the mystery of life. "Psalms" seeks to re-acquire and re-acquaint people with a sense of awareness to this mystery. Through word, song and drama an innovative interpretation of the psalms, by Robert Barham, graphically draws people to make sense of their experience of life and interpret where they are and where they perhaps they could be....
Fr Anthony Parsons - St Josephs Church Chalfont St Giles.
This is an excellent new musical , performed in a simple setting by just a few dedicated actors, singers and musicians., Of circumstances with which we are all too familiar, they give a very relevant interpretation of the Biblical Psalms as they apply to our own living experiences of frustration, joy, sadness, despair, celebration etc.
Mervin Brown -Organist South Harrow Methodist Church
This musical performance brings the Psalms into the modern day experience in a variety of moods: - joy, sadness, despair, loneliness, celebration, praise etc.
The music is varied and catches the mood of each piece. It is presented in a very simple yet imaginative way.
Many of the songs are extremely moving and speak directly to the problems and fears of modern day living.
It is an opportunity to introduce those who would not usually appreciate or understand the message of the Psalms to their power and depth and for those who know the Psalms well a chance to experience them in a new and challenging way
Tess Maddin -Wealdstone Church Circuit coordinator.
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| Next Production "Mother Earth" | July 2010
Thank you for taking the time to visit my web site.
News as of July 2010.
Robert is currently hard at work on his next two shows, a new musical, Mother Earth, and a follow up to "Psalms" a new piece "Judgment Day" based on the 10 commandments.
Both will have perfomances in 2011.
Stage & Screen News.
Stage and Screen will return later this year with a concert to make their 21st Anniversary.
Other News
I was interviewed last year about my time spent writing the musical "Archie", you can hear the interview at www.carygrant.net.
Extracts from the two CD's I've been working on are now available to hear online.
There are extracts from most of the songs from Psalms on the music page.
There are also five extracts from the Dream CD.
A Single CD with three tracks - Dream, Get up and Dance, and No one Else is now available from all good download sites.
On the music page are the following extracts.
Get up and Dance.
Alone in New York.
The smile in your eyes.
Dream.
Living in Love.
Two songs "Dream" and "Get up and dance" have been released as a single on all good download sites. You can hear extracts from both songs on the "Music" page. I will also be adding a "Dream" page to the site soon which will have a link to these two songs.
For those interested in Cary Grant, now online is an interview I did last year about the writing of Archie, you can find this on www.carygrant.net I have also written a short article for the site. You can still find this either via www.carygrant.net or www.archieleach.com
I also hope to write some more short articles for the various Cary Grant web sites in the near future.
Psalms
This is a new work, with music and drama based on the Psalms. You can hear extracts from most of the song by clicking on the music button.
There are also songs from Psalms on MySpace.com & youtube.com
Archie
At present there are no planned performances of Archie, but again, check back for the latest news on the show as I am always looking to bring the show back to the stage.
The CD of Archie is on sale from all major download sites, just click on the orders button at the side of the page and follow the link.
I have had many emails relating to both the show, and the early life of Cary Grant. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to know more about the show, or are interested in the early life of Cary Grant.
Dream
I have been promising the release of my Dream CD for a long time now. Unfortunately, over the past year, I have experienced one technical delay after another. I now have the CD back on track, so watch this space, but for now check out the extracts by clicking the "Music" button.
The Journey
The Journey, and is now on sale from www.lulu.com priced £3.25. You can read extracts from it by following the link at www.carygrant.net
Why
A new CD of Why is currently in the early stages of production, and performances of the show are planned for the year after next.
Coming Soon
Over the next couple of months, some more of the songs and poems from Psalms will be appearing on youtube. I'll add a link when they're on there.
Thank you for taking the time to visit,
That’s it for now,
Take care
Robert Barham
Updated July 2010.
You can now also find Robert Barham Music at MySpace.com
http://www.myspace.com/robertbarhammusic
Youtube
www.youtube.com/RobBarMusic
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