Gavin Sutherland
@gavinsutherland.bsky.social
Conductor • Orchestrator • Arranger
Finnish National Ballet • Bayerischer Staatsballett • Opera Ballet Vlaanderen • Birmingham Royal Ballet • Wiener Staatsballett • Principal Guest Conductor, English National Ballet
www.gavinsutherland.com
Finnish National Ballet • Bayerischer Staatsballett • Opera Ballet Vlaanderen • Birmingham Royal Ballet • Wiener Staatsballett • Principal Guest Conductor, English National Ballet
www.gavinsutherland.com
Ooh! Me sir! Me! Me sir! Can I be Musical Director, Light Entertainment please? Can I? Please? PLEEEEEEASE?
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ooh! Me sir! Me! Me sir! Can I be Musical Director, Light Entertainment please? Can I? Please? PLEEEEEEASE?
Beanz Meanz Heinz has ducked and dived since the late 50s… ASDA Price <tap tap>…
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Beanz Meanz Heinz has ducked and dived since the late 50s… ASDA Price <tap tap>…
Who on earth thought that title was a good idea, though?? Who??
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Who on earth thought that title was a good idea, though?? Who??
Lawd knows, and he looked the type that was addicted to Lion Bars.
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Lawd knows, and he looked the type that was addicted to Lion Bars.
Mine don’t look like that!
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Mine don’t look like that!
He had a framed drum part of a Tubby Hayes piece on a small wall panel. This drum part was essentially a lot of bars and the word “time” - barely a pick up accent anywhere. I went to read it and Geoff said “don’t touch. That’s priceless that is.” I bet it wasn’t if he needed a box of Lion Bars…
October 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
He had a framed drum part of a Tubby Hayes piece on a small wall panel. This drum part was essentially a lot of bars and the word “time” - barely a pick up accent anywhere. I went to read it and Geoff said “don’t touch. That’s priceless that is.” I bet it wasn’t if he needed a box of Lion Bars…
Anglo-Soviet press thing, John. Prokofiev scores suffer the same thing.
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Anglo-Soviet press thing, John. Prokofiev scores suffer the same thing.
One of the all-time favourites of anything I’ve recorded…
October 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
One of the all-time favourites of anything I’ve recorded…
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(I’m sure it’s available internationally…)
(I’m sure it’s available internationally…)
The Trials And Triumphs Of Les Dawson: Amazon.co.uk: Barfe, Louis: 9781459688735: Books
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September 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
amzn.eu/d/bB1EPxO
(I’m sure it’s available internationally…)
(I’m sure it’s available internationally…)
Oh yes, I’ve gorged on LD’s work for many years… have you read @cheeseford.bsky.social ‘s excellent book about him? A marvellous wordsmith!
There’s not a day where I don’t think about one of his lines and smile: “I met her on the Tunnel of Love… she was digging it…”
There’s not a day where I don’t think about one of his lines and smile: “I met her on the Tunnel of Love… she was digging it…”
September 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oh yes, I’ve gorged on LD’s work for many years… have you read @cheeseford.bsky.social ‘s excellent book about him? A marvellous wordsmith!
There’s not a day where I don’t think about one of his lines and smile: “I met her on the Tunnel of Love… she was digging it…”
There’s not a day where I don’t think about one of his lines and smile: “I met her on the Tunnel of Love… she was digging it…”
“Well, I’ve had a number of requests, but the piano won’t fit…..”
—Les Dawson
—Les Dawson
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“Well, I’ve had a number of requests, but the piano won’t fit…..”
—Les Dawson
—Les Dawson
I look forward to your best Leonard Parkin voice as well “… again!”
September 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I look forward to your best Leonard Parkin voice as well “… again!”
September 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
With music by Eric “Carry On” Rogers! And, for that very reason, you can imagine some of the cues he wrote!
September 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
With music by Eric “Carry On” Rogers! And, for that very reason, you can imagine some of the cues he wrote!
“Never the Twain? Horseshit.”
September 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Never the Twain? Horseshit.”
From the very first CD I recorded (on the ASV label back then…!)
September 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From the very first CD I recorded (on the ASV label back then…!)
I once discussed a vintage TV themes disc with a record executive of similar mind, & the things he listed were just unbelievable. The XYY Man. Hazell. The Mind of JG Reeder. The Very Merry Widow and How, Gems. I challenged him to sing me one of those. He couldn’t. The titles just appealed he said.
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I once discussed a vintage TV themes disc with a record executive of similar mind, & the things he listed were just unbelievable. The XYY Man. Hazell. The Mind of JG Reeder. The Very Merry Widow and How, Gems. I challenged him to sing me one of those. He couldn’t. The titles just appealed he said.
Not sure you could fill a full concert with that. And remember - stuff that people know as well…!!
September 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Not sure you could fill a full concert with that. And remember - stuff that people know as well…!!
(Although it is entirely different nowadays… not the place I remember in my youth…!)
September 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
(Although it is entirely different nowadays… not the place I remember in my youth…!)
(Chuckle) it was an arrangement of mine that they played!
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
(Chuckle) it was an arrangement of mine that they played!