London Concert Video

Our friend, Michael, has posted a video of the London concert. It starts out with blue skies and a nice view of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Would I ever love to see those! :)

Inside the church you can see Ben Crawley and Sam Coates setting up for the concert, and Jonathan and Henry's dad, Mr. Barrington, moving the pews. There are pictures of the audience and stage and then video of Libera on stage during the ovations.

Then he has the great pictures that he already shared with us. Thank you, Michael! Glad you had such a nice time at the concert. :)

More London Concert Pictures & Review

Photo by Bullehynka - Daniel, Ralph, Alex, Kavana, Liam, Luke, Stefan,

Ben, Barney, Jonathan, Matthew R-A, Josh, Jakub (Kuba), Sammy, Jakob  

Wow! For a concert that had no Meet & Greet, we're doing pretty well with pictures from the London concert! It's the concert that just keeps giving. :) If you copy, please make sure you credit the photographer. First up is another beautiful picture from Bullehynka from France. This picture is so warm and clear. I like the shadows on their robes. :)

Next are some amazing pictures from Michael (LiberaFan4Ever) from the UK. He saw some of the boys after the concert! :D

Josh looks really happy. He did a great job at the concert.

Ben was so kind and greeted the fans.

Tom Cully! He's still working with Libera behind the scenes. :D

Smiley Daniel is always so nice to greet the fans also. :)

Then we have pictures and a review from Lucy from the UK! :)

I arrived at St George's at about 16:45 and there were already a small group of people waiting. I joined the queue and at about 17:00, the boys arrived. We could see them getting down their couch and entering the dressing room beside the cathedral. It was quite cold but we all cheered up when we saw the boys. However, since they have arrived one gentleman started to film and photo (with flashlight on!) standing right below the windows of the dressing room. Luckily and obviously, I guess the chaperons found this quite soon and we could no longer see the boys through the dressing room windows any more... OK, we should all thank this intrusive gentleman for this. I hoped the chaperons could have stopped him. :(

The cathedral doors opened at about 19:00. I collected my ticket from a lady before the doors open. After I secured my seat in the front row, I went to the back of the cathedral and purchased my programmes and a copy of the Christmas album. I sat in the left hand side, with Mr Prizeman's piano and keyboard in front of me. This time the piano and keyboard were put together so Mr Prizeman did not need to "travel" between the two sides of the stage.

Steven's keyboard was on the right side instead and there was a camera man in front of him. They have small LED Tv screens connected to the camera on each of the pillars so even people sitting at the back could have a close view of the stage.

For the programme, they stated the boys' names in full this time. Like Sammy's name appeared as Samuel and Mini Ben as Benedict. So we can see that Nano Ben was Benjamin Fairman (sounds quite cool, isn't it?) And Barney became Barnaby.

The concert started on time. And it was the same setting as their Philippines tour.

Jubilate+LiberaIt was all dark at first, then I could see several boys entered the stage. I did not figure out who sang the first alleluja but it the second one was from Ralph. This song was always one of my favourites. It transferred into Libera with Eoghan and Luke did the solo parts. But the last high notes, which is my favourite part of this song, were still from Ralph. And he did an amazing job again.

Cassius and Barney's speech to greet the audience.

Joy To the World
Before this song, Mr Prizeman asked the boys to cheer up for the song by waving his hands like dancing, this made us nearly laughed out. What a devoted and funny director he is!

Still, Still, Still
The first row of the boys kneeled during this song. This song was really gentle and calm, and Ralph's solo was perfect.

Song of Life
Ralph's splendid solo again (again, again!). I was nearly in tears during this song. And to me it sounded even better than the CD.

Here Cassius and Mini Michael's speech made people laugh a lot. They introduced us the Moose and "His name is Moose". And they dressed the Moose up with some red and green garlands! They also reminded us not to mistake the Moose with common reindeers, or it will "hurt his feelings". lol

SanctusA classical Libera song. I could hear Stefan's beautiful high notes during the song. And the last Sanctus was by Luke.

Salva Me
The Salvas were done by Matthew RA, but from my seat I could not see him as he was blocked by the big boys. Something off topic, I listen to this one a lot when I got upset, as if to set myself free. lol

Stay With Me
Daniel's solo, with Cassius standing beside him to support. And the high notes were by Matthew RA. And all of them did a great job.

Jude's speech to introduce the musicians.

Veni Emmanuel
Josh and Ralph duet, and the gaudes at the beginning and the end of the song were from Ralph. I like Josh's solo very much, but I'd also love to see Daniel sing it live. And I'm sure it will be amazing.

Exsultate
Very joyful song, solo by Stefan. And I do love the movements and percussions in this song.

Interval
Mr Philipp made a short speech to thank the audience and encourage us to share their music with our friends and family. And I promise I definitely will. lol

Carol of the Bells
I was looking forward to seeing this song live and it was great. There were loads of movements and I love Stefan and Ralph's ahhhs. This song was so cheerful and it made me feel warm.

GloriaAnother song with quite a grand image.

Barney's Speech Here's another speech that made me laugh. Barney introduced their robes with Cassius's help. When mentioning the hoods he pulled Cassius's down. Barney returned to his position after he has finished. But Cassius remained where he was with his face covered, until Mr prizeman played the first notes of The Fountain. Then Cassius seemed to have been waken up and joined the boys quickly. lol

The Fountain
This is also one of my favourites and Ralph just sounded amazing with the gentle lower parts and the awesome high parts.

Eternal Light
Stefan's solo. His voice was really powerful and warm. I felt "cured" during this song. lol

Sing the Story
Luke's solo, and this song sounded quite like the CD. For me Luke's voice has quite a special type of brightness and power.

Liam's speech on lower voices.

Ave Verum
Carlos did the solo and Matthew RA on the high notes. And this song was a good chance to hear the big boys. My favourite part of this song was the V shape by the end with Josh in the front. But pity no duet from Jakob... someone said his voice has changed. :(

In Dulci Jubilo
This song was so cheerful and I started to smile automatically the moment I heard it.

Glory To Thee
Eoghan's solo. And I love the way that the song goes from high to low.

Nano Ben's speech. He told us how he got his nickname and wished everyone a merry Christmas. This little one was really adorable! :P

How Shall I Sing That Majesty
Stefan sang the first verse and Eoghan did the second. I think Eoghan will be the next Libera main soloist! This song was really moving and it added a great end to the concert.

Encore: White Christmas
I did not think much about this song before for it sounds a little too pop. But with Stefan's solo and Libera's arrangements I just fell in love with it.

Thank you, Bullehynka, Michael and Lucy for sharing your great pictures and a great review! :D

London Concert Picture & Review

Left - Cassius, Jude, Nano Ben, Henry, Dylan, Tom

Center - Daniel, Ralph, Alex, Kavana, Liam, Luke, Tiarnan, Stefan, (Eoghan behind Stefan),

Ben, Barney (Barnaby), Jonathan, Matthew R-A, Josh, Kuba (Jakub), Sammy, Jakob

Right - Mr. Prizeman, Matthew J, Ciaran, Carlos, Michael, Matthew M, Issac

Bullehynka from France attended the London concert and shared this picture with us all! Her pictures are always so great! If you copy, please credit her. The 5 newbies are not pictured. They did not sing all of the songs since they are so new, so sometimes they sat behind the choir. Thank you for the picture, Bullehynka! :D

Fan de LoK from France also attended the concert. He said that "Veni Veni Emmanuel" sung by Josh was the most incredible moment of the concert. "I was first surprised and then moved to tears hearing him singing as he sung. Even now deep, his voice is still full of emotions."

On "Stay With Me," Daniel and Cassius' voices complemented each other perfectly. He couldn't distinguish one from the other.

On "Carol of the Bells," the stage movements were impressive. The boys changed positions all the time! The song is already bouncy and rhythmic, and it was increased by the dynamic they added with their movements.

On "Ave Verum," they timed it perfectly moving from random positions to form the V with everyone decreasing in height from front to back. Jonathan was at the front in Canada, but Josh was again at the front like he was for US 2011.

And he said that Moose was in a Christmas mood and wore some red and green decorations around his neck! :D Thank you, Fan de LoK! Wish we could have been there with you!

London Concert

Yuki's picture before the concert started

The London concert starts in just 2 hours! Fan de Lok was lined up at 10:00 am! :D It's very cold in London today. The boys arrived about 30 minutes ago, and Dani reports that all the regular boys are there including Josh, Ben, Liam and Daniel. Hope the concert goes well and that everyone has a wonderful time!

UPDATE:

There were 34 boys singing at the concert which included 5 newbies!!! Thanks to Bullehynka for the picture of the program with the boys' names! :D

1.   Henry Barrington
2.   Jonathan Barrington
3.   Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey
4.   Tiarnan Branson
5.   Jude Collins
6.   Luke Collins
7.   Liam Connery
8.   Kavana Crossley
9.   Thomas Delgado-Little
10. Jakob De Menezes-Wood
11. Dylan Duffy
12. Benjamin Fairman
13. Daniel Fontannaz
14. Matthew Jansen
15. Stefan Leadbeater
16. Alexander Leggett
17. Misha Lieven
18. Barnaby Lindsell
19. Isaac London
20. Joshua Madine
21. Matthew Madine
22. Eoghan McCarthy
23. Oscar McFall
24. Michael Menezes
25. Samuel Moriarty
26. Kuba Niedermaier-Reed
27. Cassius O'Connell-White
28. Benedict Philipp
29. Matthew Rangel-Alvares
30. Carlos Rodriguez
31. Ralph Skan
32. Bertie Smart
33. Michael Ustynovych-Repa
34. Lucas Wood

I wonder if Michael Menezes and Lucas Wood are related to Jakob De Menezes-Wood! :D I want to see pictures of them all!

It was a sold-out concert. There were programs and CD's for sale at the door. Sam Leggett and James Mordaunt were sitting in the audience, and Murkskis heard at the concert that Freddie Ingles has moved away and is not in Libera any more. :'( Jakob was standing with the big boys on the back row, so his voice may have changed. 

The song list was the same as for the Philippines concert.

1. Jubilate into Libera - solo Cassius & Barney then Eoghan & Luke
Speech: Barney & Cassius on Josh & Jonathan being oldest
2. Joy to the World
3. Still, Still, Still - solo Ralph
4. Song of Life - solo Ralph
Speech: Cassius & Michael with Moose
5. Sanctus
6. Salva Me - high salvas Matthew R-A
7. Stay With me - still Daniel! & Cassius, descant MRA
Speech: Jude introducing musicians
8. Veni Emmanuel - solo Josh & Ralph - really awesome!
9. Exultate - solo Stefan

Interval

10. Carol of the Bells
11. Gloria in Excelsis
Speech: Barney with Cassius on keeping robes clean, big hoods 
12. The Fountain - solo Ralph
13. Eternal Light - solo Stefan
14. Sing the Story - solo Luke
Speech: Liam on voices changing & with Libera since age 8
15. Ave Verum - solo Carlos
16. In Dulci Jubilo
17. Glory to Thee - solo Eoghan
Speech: Nano Ben on how he got his "Nano Ben" nickname - very cute!
18. How Shall I Sing That Majesty - solo Stefan & Eoghan

Encore: White Christmas - solo Stefan

It sounds like it was another amazing concert! Congratulations Libera!!!

London Concert Sold-Out!

It's another sold-out concert! Libera posted on their website today -

**Stop Press** Advance tickets for our concert at St Georges Cathedral on Friday 25th November are sold out. There will be some restricted visibility tickets available at the door for £10 (£5 concessions).

Congratulations to Libera and to everyone who will be getting to see them in concert! :)

And don't forget, today is the release date of The Christmas Album in the UK. Hope it goes to #1!!! :D

Libera on QVC

Did you wake up with your fellow #Libera fans and watch #Libera on QVC UK? It was 9 am in London but 4 am in Chicago. We had a twitter party with other fans all over the world while watching it. :)

10 boys appeared on QVC UK- Stefan Leadbeater, Barney Lindsell, Matthew Jansen, Daniel Fontannaz, Cassius O'Connell-White, Matthew Rangel-Alvares, Luke Collins, Kavana Crossley, Eoghan McCarthy and Ralph Skan. They sang 3 songs. "Joy To the World" was beautiful. The host interviewed Ralph and Kavana. They are so well-spoken.

Then they sang "Carol of the Bells." Stefan, Ralph and Cassius did a great job with their solos. It was all definitely live. I noticed Eoghan singing his part and could distinctly hear his voice. It sounded different with all the lower voices missing, but it was still so amazing! They make that song look so easy.

Then the host interviewed Barney and Cassius. Both did such a great job! Barney said he is 11 years old, and Cassius is too funny. Next was what we were hoping for... "White Christmas" with Stefan soloing! Stunning! Great job, boys! You're all amazing!

Hopefully this will help "The Christmas Album" to hit #1 in the UK when it's released November 21st.

Fan de LoK took 99 screen captures! lol. Here's just a few. Thank you, Fan de LoK! :)

Matthew R-A

Eoghan & Ralph

Stefan, Barney, MJ, Daniel, Cassius, Matthew, Luke, Kavana, Eoghan & Ralph

Cassius & Matthew J.

Barney & Matthew J.

Daniel

Barney, Matthew J., Cassius & Daniel

The Christmas Album for sale on QVC

Ralph being interviewed

Ralph

Kavana being interviewed

Stefan & Barney

Luke

Eoghan

Cassius

Cassius being interviewed

Barney being interviewed

Ralph

Snowflakes light up the floor

Stefan

While we tweeted, @officiallibera got its 3000th follower on twitter! :D

London 2011 Concert Poster

Libera just posted their London concert poster. It looks like the cover of the Christmas Album, so I think London can also count on a lovely Christmas concert. Premium tickets are already sold out, so get your general admission tickets while you can. More info here.

London, UK Concert!

UPDATED September 30, October 3:

Premium tickets are sold out! Hurry and get your seats before they're ALL sold out!

It's official!!! Libera is having a concert in London!!! It says, "Libera presents a concert, to include music from our new Christmas Album." Yay!!! Tickets are available on TicketWeb here or call 08444 771 000. The date and location is

          Friday, November 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m., doors open 6:45 p.m.
          St. George's Catholic Cathedral
          Lambeth Road, Camberwell, Greater London, UK

Tickets are
          30.00 BPS - Premium Seating  SOLD OUT!!!
          17.50 BPS - General Seating Full Price
          10.00 BPS - General Seating OAPs & Children 16 & under

This is where they performed last year in November 2010. It is so exciting for the UK and European fans! I'm guessing it would be a Christmas concert like the one next month in the Philippines. So the UK would get to have their own Christmas concert, too. And much closer to Christmas. :)

November 25th is the day after our Thanksgiving Day, so people from the US could go! We usually get off school part or all of Wednesday and all of Thursday and Friday, so if parents can get off work... Just sayin'. :) 25 relatives will be descending on my house that week. Sigh. lol. Yeah, I'll look forward to hearing how everyone else liked it.

And thanks to Fan de LoK for the link! :)

Libera at BBC 50th Anniversary Concert

Today is the BBC 50th Anniversary concert! I wrote details about it before here. Our friends Yuki, Momo, Fan de LoK, John, Yorkie and Michael went to the concert also!

Yuki wrote a great review of it here. She has excellent pictures, too! This is my favorite.

There were 27 boys + 4 former. It looks like - 
Back - Steven Geraghty, Sam Coates, Sam Abouelfaid, Jonathan, Sam, Liam, Sammy, Tiarnan and Simon Lewis.
Middle - Josh, Ben, Kavana, Isaac, Orlando, Jakob, Daniel, Nano Ben, ?, Matthew J., and Henry.
Front - Alex, Luke, Tom, Barney, Carlos, Michael, Ralph, Matt M., Eoghan, Cassius, Matthew R-A.

Fan de LoK said that it was a great and pleasant evening. Andrea Bocelli has a magnificent voice, as does Katherine Jenkins. Libera sang with the other choirs in one large Stage Choir. There were 25 boys in their white robes. Jonathan Barrington was there, but James Mordaunt was not. He thinks Libera will be on TV several times, because they had the cameras on them quite often. Libera was by far the choir having the youngest choristers. The show was not a "concert-like event" but a "recording event." The main purpose was to record the TV special that will be aired next week, so some songs were redone 2 or 3 times to correct technical issues or to motivate the public to sing with more energy. I sure hope we get to see it somehow here in America! :)

Yuki posted a picture of her program which shows that Libera was part of the Stage Choir as was Fuchsia (Sam Coates's a cappella group).

These are Fan de LoK's 2 pictures of his program. He said the rest of the program is the score of the songs.

Yuki took this picture of what Alexandra Palace looked like right before the concert started! Wow! There are 7,000 people there! :D

These are Fan de LoK's pictures of the stage when he first got there, the full audience and the stage before it started. There are choir lofts up and to the left and right. You can see some of the Libera boys in their white robes in the front of the right choir loft.

Fan de LoK's last picture is when Libera was ready to leave their seats at the end. The taller boys were more easy to recognize : Jonathan, Sam, Liam, Sammy, Tiarnan were the 5 seated on the third row with Steven Geraghty and Sam Coates to their left and Simon Lewis to their right. Below them were two rows of ten, starting on the left with Josh and Ben, and then the sizes were decreasing. I recognize Jakob and Daniel for sure!

Thank you Fan de LoK and Yuki for all the information! :D