galeforce9 Posted July 28, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Hello - what could we expect? Thanks 🎼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadgirluk Posted July 31, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Are you referring to P & O specifically, or music themed cruises in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted July 31, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted July 31, 2019 p&o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindyloo22 Posted August 1, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Do think P&O do music festivals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinglebert Posted August 1, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, lindyloo22 said: Do think P&O do music festivals RCI do them. They have some of the top west end musical stars around September for 4 day cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindyloo22 Posted August 1, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Sorry it should have said do not think p&o do festivals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denarius Posted August 2, 2019 #7 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Not recent, but in the 1990s I attended a classical music festival on Cunard (Vistafjord) which featured a New York chamber orchestra. Concerts were performed daily in one of the lounges. More recently, I was on a P&O ship in the Caribbean docked next to a Holland America ship which was featuring a blues festival. An excellent band was playing on the open deck. I believe that they also offer country music cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hols4 Posted August 2, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Hols4 We are on Aurora in October to the Canaries and that cruise is a Music Festival at sea cruise. It says it is mainly classical music with music quizzes and lectures by radio and tv personalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataraxia Posted August 2, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 2, 2019 We were on one a few years ago - Henry Kelly was on the cruise with loads of other classical type people. There were quite a few events during the cruise, but I only went to one quiz - only because it was in the bar I wanted to drink in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoe sproodle Posted August 2, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 2, 2019 20 hours ago, Dinglebert said: RCI do them. They have some of the top west end musical stars around September for 4 day cruises. They're not RCI cruises as such but an RCI ship chartered by a company called Floating Festivals. We did an 80s one last year with the Human League and OMD on board amongst others. It was very good. The next sailing was the west-end themed one you mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablelamp Posted August 3, 2019 #11 Share Posted August 3, 2019 P and o used to do wonderful classical music festivals, all well attended. Sad to say they don’t do them anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joro44 Posted August 3, 2019 #12 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) OH! OH! Tablelamp you are giving a false fact! There is a MFAS on the Aurora, sailing from Soton 20th October to the Canaries, the compère will be the first voice heard on Classic FM, Nick Bailey. MFAS was suggested by PO’s then chairman, Lord Stirling and he asked BBC’s Richard Baker to front the programme. These have continued over the years, up to five in a year, latterly on Oriana, Adonia, and Aurora. There seems to be a reluctance on the part of PO to commit to continue the series, as PO strives to attract a customer base to fill the new, large, Carnival type ships. I suspect that this will be a hard task in the off-season, unless they reduce fares and thus the standard. Edited August 3, 2019 by joro44 Spelling correction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted August 3, 2019 Author #13 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, joro44 said: OH! OH! Tablelamp you are giving a false fact! There is a MFAS on the Aurora, sailing from Soton 20th October to the Canaries, the compère will be the first voice heard on Classic FM, Nick Bailey. MFAS was suggested by PO’s then chairman, Lord Stirling and he asked BBC’s Richard Baker to front the programme. These have continued over the years, up to five in a year, latterly on Oriana, Adonia, and Aurora. There seems to be a reluctance on the part of PO to commit to continue the series, as PO strives to attract a customer base to fill the new, large, Carnival type ships. I suspect that this will be a hard task in the off-season, unless they reduce fares and thus the standard. Thanks joro. I find it strange that so many other people want to tell me they don’t do these on p&o! I clearly wouldn’t have asked the question if there wasnt one on the schedule 😱 Edited August 3, 2019 by galeforce9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joro44 Posted August 3, 2019 #14 Share Posted August 3, 2019 To give you an idea of the artists that are on a MFAS, the following gives an indication of those planned to be on Aurora R920. Nick Bailey (Host), a soprano, mezzo/Director of Trial by Jury, pianist, violinist, flutist, Spanish guitarist, tenor, baritone. The Aurora Chorus will take part in the Trial by Jury production. Usually there are a couple of programme items each sea day, with one on port days. Running in parallel is a ‘normal’ PO entertainment programme. Hope this answers your initial enquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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