Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concerts - “David Bailey accompanies Buster Keaton”

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Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert presents “David Bailey accompanies Buster Keaton”. In this organ concert, David Bailey will perform to the silent movie “Seven Chances” starring Buster Keaton. In this hilarious 1925 classic, Jimmie Shannon (played Buster Keaton) has just hours to marry or lose his 7 million dollar inheritance according to the terms of his grandfather’s will. As hundreds of would-be brides descend on Keaton the film ends with the most hilarious and over- the-top chase scene in silent history. David Bailey is an Australian theatre organist, composer and silent film accompanist based in Brisbane with a musical style influenced heavily by the popular music of the early to mid-twentieth century. A theatre organist firstly, David’s main form of musical expression has always been connected to the silent film world, but in 2007 he brought this expertise back to the cinema and pursued an interest in silent film accompaniment. Since then, he has composed and performed scores for films from all over the world and every genre including many for the Australian Cinematheque at GOMA. David strives to creatively reveal the vast musical resources of the theatre organ to modern audiences and offer a cinema experience that is novel yet nostalgic. This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Salubrious Productions.