NYCOS Artistic Director Christopher Bell takes us through his many shoes during the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival.
Day 1 of the Edinburgh Festival – rehearsing in the Usher Hall, then attending Five Telegrams #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland pic.twitter.com/9nNObTKj6S
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 4, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 2 General Rehearsal for Creation with NYCoS, SCO and Ed Gardner. And suitably creative shoes to start out with. It’s a Concert Day, so there’ll be a dress pair later. #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @edintfest pic.twitter.com/1sb7rYPI1w
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 4, 2018
EIF NYCoS Concert 1. Tonight’s concert shoes, in gratitude for all of Creation, especially NYCoS, where singers make lifelong friends equally committed to, and in love with singing as they are themselves, all equal, without judgement. ??????? @NYCoScotland @edintfest pic.twitter.com/Ki68VKzXGA
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 4, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 4. NYCoS live broadcast on Radio 3 In Tune at 5pm. Need classy shoes for R3 and Sean Rafferty. #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @BBCRadio3 pic.twitter.com/HXk3kLQq6j
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 6, 2018
EIF Day 5 Sea Symphony CPR w- EFC & Brabbins. Some friends/colleagues since 1979. (Nic Sq Meth Ch, Univ Opera, Savoy, EUMS, ERCU and RSNO. Shoes from 1980, like the singers still reliable friends after all this time. #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland pic.twitter.com/H8c5OnGa2Y
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 7, 2018
Edin Festival Day 7. Sea Symphony Gen Reh with BBCSSO, EFC & Martyn Brabbins. I’m also attending NYOS Concert with La Mer. Sea green shoes seems appropriate with multicoloured eyelet action. Concert night too, so more to follow #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/uKuZU6PXdB
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 9, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 7 and EFC Concert No 1: VW Sea Symphony with BBCSSO and Martyn Brabbins. A pair of patent shoes in a sea green hue I thought would be appropriate. #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/aOtj4ckiy9
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 9, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 8 This is my first day off during this festival, so it’s time to kick back and chill. I’m basically going to do nothing much, and do it fairly slowly. #cbshoes @edintfest @EdinReporter @NYCoScotland pic.twitter.com/QfQejUFMNi
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 10, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 9 NYCoS is invited to an event at 11am and then I’ve been Invited to lunch in a rather grand Edinburgh New Town house. Something classy on my feet I think. Swarovski in case you are wondering!! #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/0MV9PkBVbA
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 11, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 10. Going to a lunch party, so I’m emphasising the party here! Dreich out, so I’m bringing some cheer! #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/8h64OusE2T
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 12, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 11 Site meeting @ St Mary’s Cathedral, NYCoS planning meeting, and then NYCoS National
Girls Choir rehearsal. Sophisticated velvet shoes with a paisley pattern, and matching that to some bright shirt action!! #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter @edintfest pic.twitter.com/A2smHVPyjZ— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 13, 2018
EIF Day 12 Hansel and Gretel with Sir Andrew Davies, NYCoS National Girls Choir & RSNO. Some blue suede shoes with some more bright shirt action. #cbshoes @edintfest @nycoscotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/cWyCZfaRYk
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 14, 2018
EIF Day 13. NYCoS National Girls Choir will be performing Hansel and Gretel @UsherHall with Sir Andrew Davies, the RSNO and astounding soloists. I’ve organised some fancy blue patent leather shoes to match my blue dinner jacket. #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter @edintfest pic.twitter.com/HYqhE7e0fW
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 15, 2018
EIF Day 14 Attending a Rotary event, getting my eyes tested ? and rehearsing Daphnis et Chloé with EFC and Ludovic Morlot. And it’s my mum’s 82nd birthday. #cbshoes @edintfest @nycoscotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/ZVb7CdZ1Ft
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 16, 2018
EIF Day 15 NYCoS meeting in Glasgow, then back to Edin for Orch Reh & Concert of Daphnis & Chloe w~ EFC, CBSO & Ludovic Morlot. #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @TheCBSO @EdinReporter @NYCoScotland pic.twitter.com/YehjkYHJnY
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 17, 2018
EIF Day 15: EFC Concert No2. Ravel Daphnis and Chloe with the CBSO conducted by Ludovic Morlot. This is the piece I have prepared most frequently with EFC! Sophisticated French music dictated elegant shoes I think. #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter @edintfest @TheCBSO pic.twitter.com/PaLmc201qx
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 17, 2018
Edinburgh Festival Day 18 Dvorak Requiem general rehearsal in the morning, nice lunch and then the concert this evening. What a piece the Dvorak is. I’m loving it #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter @edintfest pic.twitter.com/dXTUvLzHBi
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 21, 2018
EIF Day 20: the end is approaching. Attending meetings and preparing for the Mahler 8 weekend. #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter @edintfest pic.twitter.com/vQ32jI8yV8
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 23, 2018
EIF Day 22: penultimate day. Orch reh4 Mahler 8 @Usher Hall… then dinner. Saving the brightest shoes for last…? And paired with some wild shirt action ! #cbshoes @edintfest @EdinReporter @NYCoScotland pic.twitter.com/Uu9Qtkjbsu
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 25, 2018
EIF Day 23: the last day? Gen reh for Mahler 8, then lunch, the closing concert of course and then a farewell party. A big day! Lightening the mood with some parrots.. like you do. And the final concert pair of shoes to follow. #cbshoes @edintfest @NYCoScotland @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/CLbaDhTDFj
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 26, 2018
EIF Day 24. Deffo the last day. Lunch, cocktails, and Festival Fireworks. And the last shoe post (for a while ?) #cbshoes @NYCoScotland @edintfest @EdinReporter pic.twitter.com/LLAmqF8HXx
— Christopher Bell (@bellman143) August 27, 2018