Lowering The Tone & Raising The Roof

Raymond Gubbay, CBE

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English

Quiller Publishing Ltd
28 July 2021

Dance & Performing arts; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

In this much-anticipated autobiography, Raymond Gubbay brings to life his extraordinary fifty-year career as one of the most experienced and well-connected impresarios in British theatre and entertainment. With a provenance rich in history and talent, he retraces the musical legacy of his family, growing up as Jewish in 1950s post-war London with the challenges he faced while embarking on his theatrical journey after a few failed attempts at corporate conformity.

Beginning his career at the Royal Albert Hall, his introduction to the entertainment industry commenced under the guidance of the late Victor Hochhauser Britain s foremost promoter of Russian ballet and classical music.

Passionate and enigmatic, this memoir delves right into the heart of 1960s performing arts, with Gubbay absorbingly recounting both the stress and excitement that came with marshalling three coach loads of Russian performers around the country at a time of conflicting traditions, theatrical decline, amid Soviet tensions and this was only the beginning.

Working alongside some of the most prestigious classical and popular artists of our time from Yehudi Menuhin, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti and the English National Ballet to Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Andrew Lloyd-Webber Gubbay has witnessed and played a hand in promoting and producing some of the most iconic performances of opera, ballet and classical music ever staged in some of the largest theatres in Britain not least of all the Barbican, Bristol Hippodrome, The London Palladium and of course the Royal Albert Hall.

Lowering the Tone is rich with febrile stories of showbusiness and the behind-the scenes business of the great theatrical venues, with appearances by Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher, Princes Diana and a wealth of other household and international names.

This is a story of achievement, imagination and a desire to bring happiness and entertainment to generations of theatre-goers.

AUTHOR: Raymond Gubbay is an impresario who has played a hand in promoting and producing opera, ballet and classical music for over 50 years, having worked alongside some of the most prestigious classical artists of our time. In 1966 he founded Raymond Gubbay Ltd, an institution recognised as being at the forefront of the performing arts industry, which has since began to present well over 500 performances each year, including spectacular productions of the world's most famous ballets, such as Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

By: Raymond Gubbay CBE
Imprint: Quiller Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781846893520
ISBN 10: 1846893526
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Raymond Gubbay is an impresario who has played a hand in promoting and producing opera, ballet and classical music for over 50 years, having worked alongside some of the most prestigious classical artists of our time. In 1966 he founded Raymond Gubbay Ltd, an institution recognised as being at the forefront of the performing arts industry, which has since began to present well over 500 performances each year, including spectacular productions of the world's most famous ballets, such as Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

Reviews for Lowering The Tone & Raising The Roof

A rollicking account of a unique working life and as such, hard to put down. It affords an insider's glimpse behind the scenes and is fascinating for anyone with an interest in music-making in the UK over the past 60 years. It is told with love, wit and recalls a time when classical music was part of the country's fabric If there's one thing he understands, it's how to please an audience. People love fireworks? Give them fireworks. The legendary impresario has worked with some of our greatest performers and transformed the UK's musical scene. Raymond Gubbay is widely recognised as the promoter and events producer who's brought classical music to more people in the UK than anyone else Iconic impresario Raymond Gubbay shares incredible memories from his colourful career The legendary impresario is known up and down the land Raymond Gubbay, the impresario with a flair for spectacle