London Symphony Orchestra film music concert - 4 April

[LondonSymphony]

Hi everyone. Don't want you to think I'm spamming you here, but I wanted to let you know about a concert coming at the LSO which might be of interest to you:



The LSO: A Life in Film

Saturday 4 April 2009, 7.30pm

Barbican Hall, London



Tommy Pearson presenter

Harry Rabinowitz conductor



This concert will include music taken from films for which the LSO recorded the original soundtracks, from the 2006 Oscar-nominated soundtrack to The Queen by Alexandre Desplat, stretching back all the way to 1935 and Bliss's Things to Come, the first symphonic music specially composed for a film. The intervening 70 years produced some of the greatest music ever written for film, and this concert will include the following:



John Williams - Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Walton - Henry V

Vaughan Williams - 49th Parallel

Trevor Jones - The Dark Crystal

George Fenton - Shadowlands

Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto (Dangerous Moonlight)

James Horner - Braveheart



Tickets £7, £13, £19, £25, £32

Available online from Classical Concerts - Orchestra - LSO - London Symphony Orchestra - What's On- Event Information (£1.50 booking fee)

Or call the box office from 020 7638 8891 (£2.50 booking fee)



Free pre-concert talk

6pm, Barbican Hall

Join our presenter Tommy Pearson and British film music composers Patrick Doyle and Trevor Jones, with filmed contributions from James Horner and John Williams, for a free pre-concert talk in which they will discuss composing for film and the music we will hear in the concert. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.



Watch a short trailer for the concert by John Williams: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1obMuhRgm0&feature=channel_page]YouTube - John Williams on The LSO: A Life in Film concert[/ame]



Hope that some of you might be able to join us. Bring your mates and spread the word!

Thanks all

Jo, LSO admin

[Freddie Freeloader]

Wow....Harry Rab with the LSO at 93 years of age !



Who's playing the Warsaw? Not naughty John Alley is it ?

[LondonSymphony]

Thanks Freddie, yes I should have said more about Harry Rab and his appearance. He's 93 going on 33 I think, still going strong. He does of course have a good connection with the LSO's film music history, having conducted scores with the orchestra in the past, Lord of the Flies being one.



And yes, it'll be the man John Alley on keys for Warsaw.

[Freddie Freeloader]

name='LondonSymphony']

And yes, it'll be the man John Alley on keys for Warsaw.

Make sure he gets a haircut..



Fred x

[Steve Crook]

Nothing by Brian Easdale?



I was at the 2007 Proms concert where the BBC Concert Orchestra played a selection of themes from great British films.



Walton

Battle of Britain - 'Battle In The Air' (5 mins)

Lambert

Anna Karenina - Suite (10 mins)

Vaughan Williams

49th Parallel - Prelude (2 mins)

Adler

Genevieve - Waltz (3 mins)

Maurice Jarre

Lawrence of Arabia - Theme (3.30 mins)

Easdale

The Red Shoes - Suite (15 mins)

Arnold

Bridge On The River Kwai - March (3 mins)



Interval



Ireland

The Overlanders - March - Scorched Earth (4.30 mins)

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett

Love Theme From 'Yanks' (3.30 mins)

Eric Rogers

Carry On... Medley (7 mins)

Patrick Doyle

Much Ado About Nothing - Overture (4.20 mins)

Stephen Warbeck

Shakespeare In Love (5 mins)

Debbie Wiseman

Wilde - Suite (4.30 mins)

John Powell/Harry Gregson-Williams

Chicken Run (4 mins)

Addison

A Bridge Too Far (3.30 mins)

John Williams

Harry Potter - Harry's Wondrous World (4.30 mins)

Coates

The Dam Busters (3.45 mins)



Richard E. Grant narrator

Philip Achille Harmonica

Cynthia Millar Ondes Martenot

BBC Concert Orchestra

John Wilson conducto





I think that's probably the first time that the ballet music from The Red Shoes has been played in public, from the full score, complete with Ondes Martenot, for at least 50 years.





But I wish you all the best for your concert. It's great that enough people still care enough about some of these classic themes.



Steve

[LondonSymphony]

Oh, but if John Alley cut his hair we wouldn't have the shining silver beacon from the back of the stage anymore, and that would be a tragedy!



Sorry about the Easdale ommission! The LSO has done so many films and there was such a lot of music to choose from... We only did one score with Easdale apparently - Black Nacissus in 1947. Recorded at Pinewood Studios, conducted by the composer.



I was at the British Film Prom and remember the Red Shoes. One of the highlights of the evening I thought. Much undervalued. Along with the fabulous young harmonica player in Genevieve!