The classical-crossover girl group Ida Girls London has released a new medley entitled "Stars," featuring songs from the international hit musical Les Mis茅rables. Watch the performance, including portions of "Can You Hear the People Sing?," "Stars," "I Dreamed a Dream," "Bring Him Home," "Castle on a Cloud," "On My Own," and more, above.
The Ida Girls鈥擥eorgi Mottram, Wendy Carr, Jasmine Faulkner and Sarah Vaughan鈥攐riginally created and performed "Stars" for a fundraising concert at Leicester Haymarket Theatre. The singers recorded their parts during lockdown from their homes in Aberdeenshire, Jersey, and London. The musical arrangement is by Wendy Carr.
All proceeds from downloads of the single on will go to Help Musicians, the U.K. charity that looks after professional musicians of all genres and all stages of their career.
In a statement, Mottram said, 鈥淲ith our live performances postponed for the foreseeable future鈥e felt moved to use our voices for good. We hope that by releasing Stars in aid of Help Musicians we can not only lift spirits but also raise funds for the charity鈥檚 invaluable work.鈥�
Les 惭颈蝉茅谤补产濒别蝉, written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Sch枚nberg, is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Sch枚nberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, original French text by Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton, and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird.
