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National Symphony Orchestra Film Festival: European Cine-music

Explore the expressive power of European film music with Leonard Slatkin and two acclaimed choral groups.

Jan 30, 2003 at 7:00 PM
Concert Hall
1 hr. 56 min.
$19.00 - $69.00

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About the Program

Artists:

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Samuel West , Narrator

The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner, Music Director
Children's Chorus of Washington
Joan Gregoryk, Music Director

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.

Beginning with the first "soundtrack" in movie history—Camille Saint-Saens' dramatic synchronous for the 1908 film L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise (The Death of the Duke of Guise) Leonard Slatkin takes you on a journey through major milestones in European film music. Discover Europe's musical impact upon world cinema as you hear Sir William Walton's sensational 1944 score for Henry V, the first of Sir Laurence Olivier's Shakespearean features...Arthur Honegger's 1948 locomotive-themed divertissement for the experimental film poem Pacific 231 and selections from Dmitri Shostakovich's classic and gripping suite for the 1964 Soviet film version of Hamlet.

AfterWords: Join Leonard Slatkin and Samuel West immediatley following the concert in the Concert Hall for a free discussion about Henry V. Program:

SAINT-SAËNS - L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, Op. 128
	Music from the Film, Op. 128 Introduction First Scene Second Scene Third Scene Fourth Scene Fifth Scene
HONEGGER - Pacific 231
	Mouvement symphonique No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH - Selections from Hamlet Film Suite, Op. 116
	Introduction Ball at the palace The ghost In the garden Scene of the poisoning The arrival and scene of the players Ophelia The duel and death of Hamlet
WALTON - Henry V

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Reviews and Articles

Review - "Fade In: Soundtracks' Starring Role"
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...

Review - "For the NSO, A Grand Night For Syncing"
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...

Review - "Maestros and the movies"
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...

Review - "Music to Our Eyes"
The Washington Post "Over the course of five minutes, Williams manages to breeze through 22 film themes..." Read More...

Review - "Picture Perfect: NSO's Stellar 'Soundtracks'"
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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National Symphony Orchestra Film Festival: A Portrait of John Williams Feb 1, 2003 at 8:00 PM

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