At the Astoria 1 - Phil Kelsall MBE

Episode 1 of 'At the Astoria' features Phil Kelsall MBE at the console of the 3/18 Compton organ at the Astoria Centre, Barnsley. Phil Kelsall is best known as the resident organist at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, where he has played the Wurlitzer organ for dancing for over 40 years. We hope you enjoy our first online concert of organ music. Please consider making a donation to help support the Astoria Centre in these times when we are not able to hold live events by clicking on either of the links below. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pcot https://astoriacentre.co.uk/donations You can also support us by sponsoring a pipe of the Compton organ at https://astoriacentre.co.uk/pipe​ Programme: 00:00 Intro 02:00 Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer - Hans Carste 03:00 The Good Old Bad Old Days - Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 04:09 Glad Rag Doll - Dan Dougherty, Milton Ager & Jack Yellen 05:16 It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & Irving Mills 07:51 Just for a While 10:32 Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson 12:57 Nuns' Chorus - Johann Strauss II 16:04 Blame it on the Bossa Nova - Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 17:36 Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim 18:54 Destination Love - Bob Barratt Sigmund Romberg: 21:10 One Kiss 23:42 Lover, Come Back to Me 25:34 Romance 26:41 One Alone 27:41 The Desert Song 28:45 The Riff Song 30:10 On The Air - Carroll Gibbons, Reg. Connelly and Jimmy Campbell 31:31 A Garden in the Rain - Carroll Gibbons & James Dyrenforth 32:39 East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Brooks Bowman 34:33 Old Pi-anna Rag - Donald Phillips