The foyer of the Colston Hall resounded to the strains of the Fantasy Orchestra at full tilt, during a free one-hour set on Friday 27 February (before the Bournemouth Symphony played in the main hall).

The playlist featured film music by the likes of Nino Rota, John Barry, Ennio Morricone and RD Burman, and, as news broke of the passing of Leonard Nimoy, the FO offered its own tribute:

There’s also a multi-angle edit of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the same set:

Photos from the gig are on the Fantasy Orchestra’s Flickr page.

a lite FO team performed the Navidad, still ringing in our ears from the 21st december performance at the Trinity, in the tiny bedminster bar El Rincon. Stan was MC and trumpet, George leader and lead vox. Other soloists were tony, marcos and john. Ole, on bass recorded and filmed the whole thing.

here are the links:

1. La Anunciacion – http://youtu.be/m7JumU4TkvA –
2. La Peregrincion – http://youtu.be/E37dS8_JMvo
3.  El Nacimiento – http://youtu.be/DYqkN09Hozk
4. Los Pastores – http://youtu.be/FchyhqcMYy4
5. Los Reyes Magos – http://youtu.be/tGQbRD2BuEs
6. La Huida – http://youtu.be/VD6LovDuos0
7. encore, Los Reyes Magos http://youtu.be/la1TWEIsAt8

We celebrate the longest night this winter with a rare opportunity to witness Bristols best loved psychedelic folk act and Bristols biggest community orchestra 

// This Is The Kit will feature members of The Fantasy Orchestra and the Fantasy Orchestra will be presenting Navidad Nuestra, a seasonal work from Argentina by Ariel Ramirez. Other festive and seasonal stuff will be occurring.

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/679672512130454/

here are a couple of videos

here are some vids from the night filmed by Owain and Sue Jones:
the Bristol Guitar and Mandolin Ensemble started us off:

then The Fantasy Orchestra took to the stage