National Symphony Orchestra Film Festival: Made in Hollywood U.S.A.
Leonard Slatkin and John Williams lead the Orchestra in timeless scores from American movie classics.
- Jan 24, 2003 at 1:30 PM
- Concert Hall
- approx. 2 hrs.
- $19.00 - $69.00
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About the Program
At the movies, one element does more than any other to heighten the suspense, enhance the romance, and ratchet up the thrills: the music. From the earliest days of cinema, filmmakers have turned to composers to help bring their art to life. Now you can hear that music performed as part of the National Symphony Orchestra's festival Soundtracks: Music and Film. This exciting festival will be co-directed by Leonard Slatkin—who, as a child in Hollywood, was mentored by leading composers and performers from cinema's golden age— and preeminent film composer John Williams, whose music has graced such seminal hits as Star Wars, E.T., Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and many more.Experience the fascinating musical heritage and evolution of the American cinema in this thrilling concert that spans from the early beginnings of movie studios to Hollywood's golden age. Leonard Slatkin and John Williams conduct separate segments of a program that begins with Aaron Copland's glorious music for the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony... continues through timeless movie scores by such famed composers as Leonard Bernstein, Alfred Newman, and Bernard Herrmann..and culminates with musical excerpts from Gone with the Wind, one of America's most beloved cinematic masterpieces. Program:
| COPLAND - The Red Pony Suite | |
| BERNSTEIN - Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront | |
| WILLIAMS - Tribute to Film Composers | |
| NEWMAN - Conquest from Captain from Castile | |
| NEWMAN - Cathy from Wuthering Heights | |
| BERNSTEIN - Theme from The Magnificent Seven | |
| HERRMANN - Scene d'Amour from Vertigo | |
| HERRMANN - Inquirer Polka from Citizen Kane | |
| WAXMAN - Suite from Suite from A Place In The Sun for Saxophone | |
| STEINER - Excerpts from Gone With The Wind |
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Reviews and Articles
The Washington Post "Now Slatkin and Williams have joined forces to present "Soundtracks: Music and Film," an ambitious festival that begins Thursday night [Jan. 23] at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall and continues through Feb. 1." Read More...
The Washington Post "Slatkin is brilliant not only as a conductor but as an educator as well. As narrator for the third "Soundtracks" program, he introduced a capacity audience to an absorbing evening devoted to the history of aligning music with film..." Read More...
The Baltimore Sun "With more than 80 film credits, including the recent Catch Me If You Can, Williams is widely recognized as the leading contemporary master of the genre." Read More...
The Washington Post "Over the course of five minutes, Williams manages to breeze through 22 film themes..." Read More...
The Washington Post "Williams made a charming, self-effacing host, and a capacity audience cheered him as if he were Luke Skywalker." Read More...
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From the Gift Shop
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DVD-Leonard Berstein's Mass (MUSIC)
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CD-Turnage: Fractured Lines conducted by Slatkin (MUSIC)
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