Like the Dickens classic itself, Alan Barnes’s “Copperfield” has something for everyone.
A great night out that is also a treat for the jazz connoisseur; it will delight anyone who loves music or literature – or just being entertained!
This new suite of pieces, touring for the first time this year, takes the audience through the characters and scenes of ‘David Copperfield”. Readings from the original Dickens tell the story, and after each scene eight virtuoso musicians bring the characters and scenes to life, switching audiences from hilarity to pathos with a skill that would have done credit to Dickens himself!
A cheery clarinet plays Copperfield, the lost orphan Little Em’ly is a lyrical tenor, Mr Dick flies his kite in the personage of a soaring flugelhorn and trombone, Mr Micawber expresses “Something will turn up!”on the piano and Uriah Heep writhes around on the bass clarinet. Just as we see David progress through the trials of his life, so the movements of this suite seem to develop along with him.
The music and readings inspire the full range of Dickens’s imagination and emotion: from loneliness and remorse through to love and then irresistible joy.
“Barnes is a true Dickensian. He is a serious reader of the novels. It is a clear blunder of providence that he was born too late to appear in their pages!” Hot News.
Alan Barnes
Saxophone, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Bruce Adams
Trumpet
Mark Nightingale
Trombone
Robert Fowler
Saxophones and Clarinet
Karen Sharp
Saxophones and Clarinet
David Newton
Piano
Simon Thorpe
Bass
Clark Tracey
Drums
31 May & 1 June 2022
COPPERFIELD ALBUM RECORDING
The Alan Barnes Octet will be recording The Copperfield Suite in Birmingham over 2 days.
9 July 2022
SWANAGE JAZZ FESTIVAL 5pm - 6:15pm
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing at The Swanage Jazz Festival - we will of course provide a taster of The Copperfield Suite!
14 September 2022
THE CONCORDE CLUB EASTLEIGH
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at The Concorde Club in Eastleigh Hampshire.
29 November 2022
WATERMILL JAZZ DORKING
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking.
5 December 2022
THE REFORM CLUB LONDON - MEMBERS ONLY
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Reform Club 104 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5EW.
15 December 2022
JAZZ LEEDS
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Jazz Leeds, Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton Leeds.
17 February 2023
LIGHTHOUSE - POOLE'S CENTRE FOR ARTS
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts, 21 Kingland Road Poole.
16 June 2022
THE MALTINGS THEATRE ST ALBANS
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at The Maltings Theatre in St. Albans Hertfordshire.
19 July 2022
FLEET JAZZ CLUB
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Fleet Jazz Club
10 November 2022
JAZZ COVENTRY
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Jazz Coventry, The Albany Club, Earlsdon, Coventry.
1 December 2022
STAPLEFORD GRANARY
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Stapleford Granary, Bury Road, Stapleford, Cambridge.
8 December 2022
SWANSEA JAZZLAND
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at The Garage Music Venue, 47 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0NP
27 December 2022
STOKE - by - NAYLAND HOTEL
The Alan Barnes Octet will be performing The Copperfield Suite at Stoke by Nayland Hotel CO6 4PZ.
