Arundel Concert 2014

UPDATED - soooo many times...

Arundel Cathedral ~ photo by Patrick

What an exciting concert! So much new information! Keep reading to find out more below!

Libera posted 2 photos on Twitter before the concert! "Lovely evening for our concert in Arundel." :D

Rainbow in Arundel - that's a good sign! ~ photo by Libera

Choir rehearsing before Arundel concert ~ photo by Libera

The excited fans lined up early to get a good seat!

Fans lined up. Sunny but cold. ~ Photo by Paul

About 50 people in line ~ photo by Paul

Inside Arundel with concert poster ~ photo by Patrick

Inside Arundel looking back at rose window & organ ~ photo by Patrick

Some tickets still available! ~ photo by Yumiko

6 musicians on the left ~ photo by Paul

4 musicians on the right ~ photo by Paul

Just as in New Jersey, the boys came out for a photo! ~ photo by Patrick

 

It was a sunny but windy day! ~ photo by Patrick

And Patrick took a short video of the boys outside before the concert! Thank you! It's going to be a great concert!

 

The audience 10 minutes before the concert started ~ photo by Yumiko

It actually filled up to the very last row by the time the concert started.

There were 25 boys singing tonight - 

1.   Marc Alvares
2.   Shay Balsekar
3.   Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey
4.   Gabriel Collins
5.   Timothy Lee
6.   Thomas Delgado-Little
7.   Ben Fairman
8.   Alex Gula
9.   Matthew Jansen
10. Isaac London
11. Matthew Madine
12. Eoghan McCarthy
13. Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti
14. James Menezes
15. Michael Menezes
16. Alex Montoro
17. Jakub Niedermaier-Reed
18. Rocco Tesei
19. Cassius O'Connell-White
20. Matthew Rangel-Alvares
21. Bertramo Smart
22. Camden Stewart
23. Mark Ustynovych-Repa
24. Sam Wiggin
25. Lucas Wood

We know this little boy is Camden Stewart! :D

Missing boys who had been on the US Tour are Henry Barrington and Dylan Duffy (hope they come back soon), but added are James Menezes, Rocco Tesei, and Mark Ustynovych-Repa who all performed at the Guildford concert 1 year ago. :)

This photo from St. George's in Nov 2013 shows Mark U-R 

(blonde boy in the center) and Rocco Tesei (on the right).

  

Sitting on the front row were 4 mini-mini newbies not listed on the program! They did not sing on stage but just watched the concert. One of them is Lucas Wood's 7-year-old brother. Another one is an 8-year-old Japanese boy who speaks English and Japanese. He was a big hit with the Japanese fans! :D The other two mini-mini boys are 7 years old also. While the choir demonstrated their silly warm-up songs, the four sat on the front row and silently mouthed along with the words. Soooo cute!

The staff list was a little different. Look at the exciting changes! -

Musical Director - Robert Prizeman
Asst. Musical Directors - Sam Coates, Steven Geraghty
Keyboards - Joshua Madine (by himself this time!)
Strings - The Silken String Quintet
Clarinet - Jessie Grimes
Flute/Recorder - Candice Hamel
French Horn - Raoul Neumann (former Libera member!!)
Percussion - Olly Blackman
Lighting - Luke Avery
Sound Mixing & Production - Sam Coates
Stage Management - Jonathan Barrington, Kavana Crossley (yay!!)
Event Co-ordination and Chaperones - Barbara Geraghty, Eleanor Lewis
Concert Management - Steven Philipp, David Stephens
Production Co-ordinator - Andrew Winter


The song list was the same as the US Tour. All incredible songs! The audience was blown away! And they got to hear "What a Wonderful World" as the encore also! :D All the soloists were the same as on the US Tour except for "Sanctus." Dylan wasn't there so Bertie sang the "ah's" in the middle and the last "Sanctus" was actually "Sanctus, Sanctus." Wish I could've hear that!

1.   Joyful, Joyful
2.   Sanctus - last "Sanctus" by Bertie
3.   Song of Life - solo by Isaac
4.   Voca Me - last "Voca Me" by Ciaran & Matthew J.
5.   Amazing Grace - solo by Ciaran
6.   Ave Maria - solo by Tom
7.   Salva Me - high "Salva's" by Alex M.
8.   How Can I Keep From Singing
9.   Hymn to Mary - solo by Isaac
10. How Shall I Sing That Majesty - solo by Lucas & Alessandro

- Interval -

11. Dies Irae - solo by Ciaran
12. Gloria in Excelsis
13. Orinoco Flow
14. Dreaming of Home
15. How Great Thou Art - solo by Sam
16. Stay With Me - solo by Alessandro, Lucas, Cassius
17. Wayfaring Stranger - solo by Sam
18. Glory to Thee - solo by Tom
19. Exultate - solo by Tom
Encore: What a Wonderful World - solo by Isaac

Concert program ~ photo by Patrick

Concert program song list ~ photo by Patrick

Arundel Cathedral with beautiful lights ~ photo by Patrick

Boys during standing ovation ~ photo by Jimmy from Japan

The boys waving good-bye. It looks like the little mini-mini boys are sitting in front.

 

The descriptions of the concert were "wonderful, stunning, perfect, great, gorgeous!" Congratulations, Libera, on another fantastic concert! Your fans are very happy! :D

Arundel Concert Announced

UPDATED APRIL 5, 13 & 26, 2014 - Premium Tickets are Sold Out!

Are you ready, fans?! Libera just announced their first home game of the season! =D They will be having a concert at Arundel Cathedral on May 10, 2014! They like to perform there every 2 years, so here's your chance to see them in the UK.






Date -    Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 7:30 pm Tickets - available April 14 at 2:00pm London time
               at Ticketsource.co.uk or 0844 8700 877
Prices - £30.00 premium
            £20.00 general
            £12.50 concession
            (The above prices do not include Ticketsource's booking fee)
 

Exterior

 

One of the best pictures ever! Arundel 2010 by Bullehynka.

To celebrate, I'm re-posting an old video from Arundel 2010 done by some French fans. It's so good! And at the end you can see 3 little ones in the back left - Ben, Tom, and Dylan! They were so small! =D

Stay tuned!

Another Arundel Review

Our friend, Lucy in London, also went to the Arundel concert. She wrote a great review which you can read here. She also has a few pictures! :D

She sat next to Michael Menezes' parents and found out that Michael is Jakob de Menezes-Wood's cousin. She talked to Alfie Smart and found out that Bertie is his brother. Kinda thought so on both, but it's great to find out for sure! She has a lot of other cute stories in there. I hope you'll read it.

Thank you for sharing, Lucy! Glad you had such a great time at the concert and in Arundel! :D

Arundel Concert

Well, I just woke up here in Chicago. But over in the UK it is 3pm on Arundel concert day! And fans are already lined up! Patrick, Yorkie, Pax Tecum, Martin, Dani and Murkskis are in line. But the first person there is a woman from Korea who got there at 7 am! Now that's a fan! :D

Patrick's picture outside Arundel Cathedral.

Patrick's picture inside Arundel. Looks so pretty!

Patrick's picture of back of cathedral with organ & stained glass window.

With about 5 hours to go til the concert, Patrick has seen Jonathan and Tiarnan working with the crew. Daniel will be watching in the audience.

At 4:30 p.m. Arundel time, the Libera boys just arrived at the cathedral to rehearse!

Patrick's picture of boys arriving.

Yorkie's picture of his pre-signed program!

Signed ones cost £8, unsigned are £2.

Patrick's picture of chorister list in program.

There are 26 boys. Anthony Blake, Bertie Smart and Sam Wiggin were not on the Asia Tour, and Ciaran was on Asia Tour but not here today.

Patrick's picture of song list in program.

It is the same song list as Singapore and Japan 2012 concerts.

Patrick's picture of line around cathedral at 7 p.m. Arundel time.

Martin's picture of line around cathedral at 7 p.m. Arundel time.

Program lists that you can now make £10 donation to Libera

by texting "LBRA01 £10" to 70070.

View of stage from Patrick's seat.

Patrick said that sitting on the right side of the front row there were 7 little, mini-boys from the choir! You can see 4 of them in this picture with their dark blue, hooded coats on. :D

Patrick said it was an "incredibly good concert. Everyone did a perfect performance." Matthew Jansen's voice was clear and sweet.

Stefan did not have an individual solo but did duets with Ralph as in Japan. Ciaran's solo on "Dies Irae" was done by Matthew R-A. I would have liked to have heard that! :)

Ben Philipp was there helping Ben Crawley as Concert Producer! How cool is that?! Alfie Smart was also in the audience! I think Bertie is his brother! :D

Congratulations, Libera, on another great concert!

Arundel Concert 2012 Poster

Libera released the poster for their Arundel 2012 concert! It's beautiful and looks a lot like the US 2011 poster except it doesn't have swirly vines on it. :) They didn't even bother to show the premium ticket prices since those 100 tickets sold out in a record 51 minutes!

There's still time to get general admission tickets though. The concert is only 18 days away! It might be even better than the Singapore and Tokyo concerts! Can't wait to find out! 

2010 - The Year in Review

This video was just posted by snowy0155 from Japan, and I love, love, love it! It's a review of all the Libera concerts that she went to in 2010! She has scenes from the Narita Airport in Tokyo and the concerts in Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Arundel, Dallas, Ft. Worth, St. Louis, London and Beverly! Sorry I didn't get to meet her in Nashville or Atlanta, but my mom says she met her in St. Louis! What a great fan, and what a great review of Libera in 2010!

More Arundel Pics

The French Libera fan site has a few more pictures posted by Caaassy and fan_de_LoK.

This is a great picture of Mini Ben and Josh!

The program listed 12 new boys. This picture shows 11 of them. The names listed in the program are Sere Akpobome (Mine's brother), Ewan Baxter, Jude Collins (Luke's brother?), Thomas Delgado-Little, Dylan Duffy, Ben Fairman, Luis Fernandes, Alex Godden, Matthew Jansen, Barney Lindsell, Matthew Madine (Josh's brother) and Cian O'Sullivan. Matthew Madine is 3rd from the right waving and smiling. He must be as outgoing and friendly as his big brother!

Awww, they're so little!!! Their robes look too big for them.  :)

Arundel Pre- and Post-Concert Video

This is a video from a French group that went to the Arundel concert. The beginning is the boys entering the cathedral. I love watching Kavana talk with his hands. :) The ending is the photo shoot after the concert. OH MY GOSH! The little guys are sooooo cute! I love at the end Matthew Madine jumping down the steps and Mrs. Geraghty putting her hand on top of one of the boy's heads. :) So cute!

Arundel Concert 2010

Fan_de_Lok wrote a review of the Arundel concert on the French fan site Libera Passion. Bullehynka posted some great pictures. Not sure yet if this is the concert that was filmed for the DVD due out in the fall.

Cassius, Mini James, Kavana, Carlos, Henry, Stefan, Ralph, Sammy, and Alex. You can see some of the newbies behind the main choir. We don't know all of their names yet. According to the review, they DID sing some of the songs, though. It's so exciting to see the new little boys just starting out!

You can see what are probably parents taking pictures up front. One French commentator said the first 6 rows were full of parents and parishoners. More newbies in the back with Ralph, Sammy, Alex, Tiarnan, Sam, Josh, Jonathan, Liam, Jakob, and Ben in front.

Jakob, Ben, Mine, Daniel, Luke, JT (James), Matthew R-A, Flynn, Alfie, and Freddie. Matthew Madine is back left, and Ben Crawley is back right.

Nice close-up of Tiarnan, Sam, Josh, Jonathan and Liam. Mine's brother, Sere, is top left.

Gorgeous view of Arundel Cathedral. Looks like it was a beautiful, sunny day!

Matthew Madine!

I was at school today, so my mom really found this one. On a French Libera fan site called Libera Passion, some French fans gave a review of the Arundel concert with pictures. It appears that Josh has a little brother! His name is Matthew Madine! He looks just like Josh, too! (top left behind Jakob) He is sooo cute! What a happy smile he has. Wonder if his voice sounds like Josh's.

Arundel Concert Tonight!

The concert starts at 7:45 pm London time which is 1:45 pm Chicago time. Wish I could be there, but school is very busy in May! I have final exams in 1 week!