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Songs From the Great American Songbook

Hosted by the Consul of the Brisbane Arts & Culture Group
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Took place 2 months ago
Tue 16 Jul 12:00 - 13:00

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Let us enjoy a free concert inside the beautiful Lord Mayor's City Council's heritage-listed, built in Brisbane, between Protected content 1930. It is a fine example of neo-classical architecture, with its sweeping marble staircases, vaulted ceilings, chandeliers and mosaic-tiled floor.

The concert is held inside the Main Auditorium, the larger space in the building, which circular design is based on the Pantheon of Rome.

The stage has a superb organ, originally built by in Protected content Father Henry Willis, the greatest British organ builder of the late nineteenth century. It has more than Protected content , the longest one reaches 9.75 metres

On show timeless American music, such as Bye Bye Blackbird, Folsom Prison Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, What a Wonderful World, Yesterday.

You will be hearing these songs again for the first time. Let the guitar tear out your heart again, let the drums move your body again, let the piano make you weep again, let the singer make you laugh at love again.