Arts at Elstree
We are delighted to continue our Sunday Evening concert series for 2026.
Bookings for the concert on Sunday 19th July concert are now open. This concert features real jazz royalty - John Altman (Soprano Saxophone) and Mitch Dalton (Guitar). It showcases material drawn from The Great American Songbook and includes legendary compositions by George Gershwin, Harry Warren, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington and many others.
All concerts take place at the synagogue on Sunday evenings at 5:00pm.
Tickets are £15 (£13 for members of TLSE and Radlett Reform Synagogue and under 21s) and include refreshments with wine in the interval. Parking is available and the synagogue is fully accessible.
The Arts at Elstree series is curated by cellist Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, a member of TLSE.
Sunday 19th July 5:00pm
John Altman (Soprano Saxophone) and Mitch Dalton (Guitar)
The programme showcases material drawn from The Great American Songbook, including legendary compositions by George Gershwin, Harry Warren, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington and many others.
John Altman
John Altman is a composer, music arranger, orchestrator, conductor and saxophonist. Among the 50 plus movies he composed, arranged and conducted for are Titanic (period music), Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Goldeneye, winning a BAFTA Award for Hear My Song and a Golden Globe for orchestrating Sheltering Sky and Léon: The Professional. He also won an Emmy for his score for RKO281. His recent work includes the last James Bond movie No Time to Die, for which he arranged and conducted at the request of Hans Zimmer.
As an in-demand woodwind player, he has played with artists as diverse as Prince, Nick Drake, Muddy Waters, Peter Green, Bob Marley, Kevin Ayers, Amy Winehouse (whom he mentored) and was musical director for Hot Chocolate and Van Morrison. As a jazz musician he has led his big band in the UK, USA and Australia and played with Chet Baker, Slim Gaillard, Quincy Jones, Bud Freeman, Les McCann, Jeff Goldblum and many others. His autobiography Hidden Man was published in February 2022, and his audiobook has just been completed.
Mitch Dalton
Mitch Dalton is one of the U.K.’s most revered studio musicians, with a list of credits to his name that reads like a directory of “Who’s Who” in The Music Business.
He has performed on numerous hit singles with a variety artists ranging from Robbie Williams (“Somethin’ Stupid” & “Dream A Little Dream Of Me”) to Monty Python (“Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”) and hit albums with Van Morrison, Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand,Celine Dion,Elvis Costello,Jose Carreras amongst many others. Hollywood soundtracks include the James Bond and Twilight movies,In Bruges, Burn After Reading,Chicago and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Mitch has also performed on hundreds of prime time TV shows and countless commercials. In addition he continued to pursue his love of Jazz and has performed and recorded with major Jazz artists such as Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter, Melody Gardot, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Quincy Jones. Mitch also leads his own band, whose debut album “Meet Mitch Dalton & The Studio Kings” (Regius Records) has met with widespread critical acclaim. Their second album will be released later this year.
