Vincent’s hits from voices of four generations
View(s):Vincent de Paul Peiris, a gifted singer who rendered his voice to some of the evergreen hits like ‘Siripade Samanala Kanda Pene’ and ‘Bicycale Bicycale’ will return to perform a musical evening at 6.30 pm on Sunday, November 4 at the British School Auditorium, Colombo 8.
The most significant feature of this show is that Vincent will entertain his fans together with his children, grand children and great grand children on the same stage.
‘Siripade’, the musical evening will be performed by Vincent’s son and daughter Illonka, Anil, grand children Peshani, Amalika, Duwaine, Anarkalie, Lakindu, Shenal, Shion and Shioni and great grandchildren Ayani, Senuja, Deandra and Devorah.
The show will be compeered by Vijaya Corea while talented musician Dinesh Subasinghe is to handle the music.
Vincent a singing legend made his first appearance on stage singing in all three languages at a concert organized in aid of the war effort on December 15, 1940. There he had entertained Lord Louis Mountbatten and soldiers with his voice and a solo rendition on the Hawaiian guitar. He then joined then Radio Ceylon in 1949, Vincent was the only person to host two programmes, western and oriental. Vincent’s ability to yodel and sing western classics earned him the moniker ‘The Gay Yodeler’.
With the aim to render original Sri Lankan songs at a time when the identity of Sri Lankan music was being experimented, Vincent opted to become an oriental singer when Radio Ceylon granted him the option of hosting either western or oriental musical programmes.
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