Procol Harum : Millennium Concert

Early details of the programme

On 10 July 2000, following literally months of uncertainty, a FAX to 'Beyond the Pale' confirmed that Procol Harum were indeed to play Guildford, the nearest large town to Gary Brooker's home, in the summer of 2000.

The Multimedia Arts Festival (later renamed as The Web Arts Festival) takes place in a huge public park; and with its four performance zones and quaintly comprehensive mix of ingredients it will clearly be a quintessentially English affair.

Here are some selected details from that FAX … more information to follow, of course!

The Web : Multimedia Arts Festival : Sunday 17 September 2000

• County Sound Radio Road Show … presenters and bands
• Rock bands, indie, jazz, classical, folk, musicals
• Brass bands, Barbers' shops, Academy of Contemporary Music
• Dance of all kinds … modern, Morris, community
• Drama … from the Guildford School of Acting, Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre, Electric Theatre, University of Surrey's School for the performing arts
• Poetry: performance poets from Surrey
• Visual arts: demonstration and sales of painting, pottery, print-making and sculpture
• Ambient lounge, 'the place to chill out'
• Cinema: The Odeon, Circle 8, and Guildford Institute present a series of short films
• Bars … refreshment … craft stalls … children's funfair
• 'Have-a-go-digital zone', [whatever that could possibly be …]
• Picnic time 6.30 – 7.30

The New London Sinfonia, conductor David Gibson

• Rossini: William Tell Overture
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (for you, Unsteady Freddie!)

Covent Garden's Ann Murray and Jeremy Ovenden

• Mozart Arias

Guildford Choral Society with celebrity compères

• Handel: Zadok the Priest
• Parry: Jerusalem

Procol Harum

Firework Finale