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ON THE RADAR AMORE
They’re young, attractive, individu- ally and collectively talented and have bagged a prestigious six- album record deal with Warner… that’s Amore, also known as Peter Brathwaite, David Webb, Victoria Gray and Monica McGhee. All twenty-somethings and stu-
dents of their craft, one of their Royal College of Music tutors over- heard record execs in a coffee shop talking about putting togeth- er an all-British classical group, kick-starting a chain of events that, in as little as four months, saw the quartet get signed and record their major label debut album.
Monica McGhee spoke to
Music Week about the secret behind the group’s chemistry: “All four of us knew each other from way back. We socialised before this happened and most of us have sung together as well. There’s something about our voices that fits; all the technical things and the opera sounds, the harmonics just fit together.” Between them, the four have
sung for presidents, royalty, and at recitals and festivals around the world but McGhee revealed that the recording process was all new to them: “It was a terrifying experi- ence and so to have some of your
HE SAID / SHE SAID
smashing things up and getting rid of stuff. Then 35 years later there are hardback books about it. You can’t help it, it just becomes part of history
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In his first major interview since Pulp reformed, Jarvis Cocker speaks to Shortlist magazine about music being “too aware of its heritage”.
[Punk] was all about
best friends to go through it with you and kind of feel this out togeth- er, it’s great. It makes me feel like it was meant to be.” For their debut album, she says
there’s a mix of repertoire: “This one has five operatic tracks, five classical tracks and two ‘wild cards’. So we’ll see what the response is to [those] and then see [what direction to take] for the next album.” Commenting on the future and
possibilities for the next five albums the group are signed to, McGhee remains open-minded: “We’ll explore our options from live audience responses and see the
general feeling on the ground to the first album.” “There’s so much we’d love to
do. We’d eventually love to put on shows with us as the four lead roles so we can show people [opera’s] got drama, acting, music, comedy and love. And bring some of the most beautiful music in the world to people who for some rea- son may not have heard it.
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