Classic Ibiza returns to Bowood House on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 July promising the best-ever show in its 11-year history.
Classic Ibiza rehearsal
With less than four weeks to go, Urban Soul Orchestra, DJ Goldierocks and London Community Gospel Choir, conducted by Stephen Hussey, gathered in a London music studio last week to perfect the iconic house tracks being performed on the evening.
Lisa Ward who owns and promotes the show said: “If our rehearsals are anything to go by, Classic Ibiza this year is going to blow our Bowood crowd away because we’ve upped the orchestra to 45 musicians and extended the number of tracks featuring LCGC’s incredible vocals, the symphonic wall-of-sound coming from the stage will be on a whole new level. Even the ‘crowd favourite’ tracks, that we know our Bowood audience love, have so much more depth – it’s like hearing them for the very first time.”
USO will be performing more tracks than ever before this summer, including eight completely new orchestration.
Lisa said: “All the new tracks that we’re performing this year sound amazing, but for me there’s one absolute stand out. The strings and horns on Todd Terry’s iconic Something Goin’ On are so epic and lush – talk about kicking off the dance set in style!”
The other new tracks being performed by USO are Eple (Röyksopp), Release The Pressure (Leftfield), Hey Hey (Dennis Ferrer), Greece 2000 (Three Drives), On The Beach (YORK), Flaming June (BT) and Losing It (FISHER). New remixed versions of Insomnia (Faithless) and Sandstorm (Darude) also feature.
This year’s extended five-and-a-half-hour programme also includes a new chill-out set and fresh performances by Classic Ibiza debutant, DJ Meera. Here are the full concert timings:
- 17:00: Car parks & gates open
- 17:30: Arrival Lounge Set with DJ Meera
- 18:45: Chill-Out Set with USO & DJ Meera
- 19:30: Party-Starter Set with DJ Meera
- 20:00: Ghost Ship Sundowner Set with USO, conducted by Stephen Hussey, DJ Goldierocks & LCGC
- 21:00: Deep House Set with DJ Goldierocks
- 21:30: Dance Set with USO, conducted by Stephen Hussey, DJ Goldierocks & LCGC
- 23:00: Concert finishes
Sponsored by Adnams, tickets to Classic Ibiza at Bowood are selling fast. The show is proud to be supporting Chippenham-based charity Doorway.
For tickets and further information visit: classicibiza.co.uk/bowood
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