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Continuing to
evolve The highlight
of the evening? There really was no single high point, rather a
series of There was also
a medley of 'Beatles hits' that kept the audience rockin' and rollin'
- that was some finale, considering the programme opened on a spiritual
note with The Lord's Prayer, The Lord is My Shepherd and The Holy
City. Even the musicals got their moment with an Andrew Lloyd Webber
segment, which featured hits from Evita; Dilhan de Silva's flamboyant
On This Night of a Thousand Stars, an angelic rendition of Another
Suitcase in Another Hall by Marisa de Silva, Shanaka Cooray's Oh,
What a Circus (and what a circus it was) and an emotive Don't Cry
for me Argentina by Nevanthi Pieres. That sums up the very best
of Evolution. Evolution,
presented by the Old Joes Choir, comprised 22 voices belonging to
accountants, lawyers, engineers, IT experts, marketers, senior managers
and even a medical student. They set themselves quite a programme.
If this was the musical version of the history of music, very little
was left out; every age was represented, and with a little bit of
imagination (primarily that of Choral Director Deshan Cooray) given
a new interpretation. There was classical music, music from the
modern age, a fusion of the classical with the contemporary and
the meeting of string and percussion instruments, guitars and piano. Although there
was room for some fine-tuning where the whole concert was concerned
to make it more of a slick production, the choir achieved what they
set out for themselves in the souvenir. I quote - "Evolution
signals the unfolding of a concert that is unique, created with
a spark of innovation fuelled by the pioneering spirit of a group
of youngsters having a new approach to choral music... Where imagination
plays a huge role, where entertainment for everyone is the core
objective, such is the mood of this performance." Evolution
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moments
when you thought to yourself, 'This must be the best part'. The
Bohemian Rhapsody (soloist Migara Luvis) was, without a doubt, one
of those moments, with its gentle croon that exploded into a triumphant
crescendo; stuff that fills the heart. 
