New songs for Charity Night

New songs for Charity Night

JAKARTA (JP): Songs composed in Bali by a team of international songwriters will be heard in public for the first time this evening.

Tonight's charity concert at the Jakarta Convention Center is the culmination of the Pacific Music Rainbow event.

Alan Roy Scott, a member of the organizing committee, said that the best eight songs composed during the event would be sung at tonight's show.

More than 40 songs were produced in total, when dozens of composers from the U.S., Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Germany got together in Bali on Oct. 25. They finished their 10-day marathon composing session yesterday and added final touches on the way to Jakarta.

The eight songs are One By One, to be sung by Brenda Russel and Lisa Fischer; My Heart Keeps on Calling Your Name by Victoria Shaw, Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw; Love Is All We Need by Irianti Erningpraja, Cathy Dennis and Dave Gibson; Moonlight on the Water by Harold Payne, Brenda Russel and Beth Hooker; Kau Selalu Di Hatiku by Irianti Erningpraja and Trie Utami; Till You Give It Away by Tommy Shaw; Open Your Heart (Bukalah Hatimu) by Lisa Fischer and Dadang S. Manaf; and Pacific Harmony and Where Magic Flies by all the songwriters, including the rock group, Scorpions.

Saxophonist Dave Koz and guest stars Tommy Page and the Nelson Brothers will also perform at the charity gala tonight. (jsk)