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[Donnelly24]

Lets say you were asked to conduct a major symphony orchestra and you were able to freely choose the program? How would you theme your concert and what would the program consist of? And which orchestra would you want to conduct? Also, name a soloist who you would like to apear...

[Ren]

ooo, nice thread let me think about this one seriously.

[Marian Schedenig]

Only one concert? Can't it be a whole cycle or something?

Marian - who'd plan a cycle of film music concerts, each one focussing on one or two composers.

[Donnelly24]

If my concert was a strictly classical program, it would go as follows...

Carnegie Hall, 8:00 PM
The New York Philharmonic conducted by SEAN DONNELLY
Renee Fleeming, soprano
Itzhak Perlman, violin

CONCERT PROGRAM:

* BIZET: Suite from Carmen
* ORFF: Selections from Carmina Burana
* STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring
* VIVALDI: Four Seasons
* ROSSINI: William Tell Overture

Each soloist would have an encore....Renee Fleemings encore would be "Manon: Obeissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle, Act 3" and Itzhak Perlmans encore would be "Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee"

I'm still thinking about how to program a concert as if it was performed by the Boston Pops....

[Ray Barnsbury]

I would do a film music concert, probably mostly Williams . . . but I'll have to really think about what I'd perform.

Ray Barnsbury

[Marian Schedenig]

Oh, if we're conducting any kind of music, it surely would have to be a Bruckner symphony.

Marian - stating the obvious.

Gattaca (Michael Nyman)

[Ren]

let's see, my first list off the top of my head. . .

selections from carmina burana
the breaking of the fellowship
bridge of kazad-dum
into the mines (or whatever that track is called)

superman theme
leaving hogwarts
and the leaving hogwarts extended one on COS. . .can't remember that track name either.

[diskobolus]

journey in the dark;

reunion of friends;

[Ren]

thanks, they came back as soon as you said that. amazing how quickly i forget.

[Lurker]

let's see, my first list off the top of my head. . .

superman theme

A woman after my heart.

Neil

[Ray Barnsbury]

Pieces that come to mind . . .

Olympic Fanfare and Theme
1941 March
Adventures on Earth from E.T. (film version)
Flight to Neverland
Far and Away End Credits
The Patriot
Harry Potter Suite:
Harry's Wondrous World (CoS)
Fawkes the Phoenix
Leaving Hogwarts (with CoS ending, like Ren)
Hedwig's Theme
The Land Before Time End Credits
The Magnificent Seven
Flying from Peter Pan (2003)
Let the Games Begin from Sinbad

Ray Barnsbury

[Donnelly24]

Oh yes, Magnificent Seven is a great piece....I heard the Boston Pops perform that last season @ a free concert I attended...

[QuestionMarkMan]

Need to put the Imperial March on there, nothing beats hearing that

[Ray Barnsbury]

Oh yes, Magnificent Seven is a great piece....I heard the Boston Pops perform that last season @ a free concert I attended...

That would be very cool, maybe we'll hear it in May. It's an excellent piece, it turned me onto Bernstein and reminds me of Williams.

Ray Barnsbury

[Docteur Qui]

Wow, good thread.

I would have (in no particular order):
Hedwig's Theme
Reunion of Friends
Fawkes the Phoenix
The Chamber of Secrets
Harry's Wondrous World (CoS)

The Rebel Fleet/End Credits

Concerning Hobbits
The Council of Elrond (featuring "Aniron" performed and composed by Enya)
The Bridge of Khazad-dum
Breaking of the Fellowship
The last instrumental part in "May it Be" Or a suite of the Fellowship themes
Foundations of Stone
The King of the Golden Hall (or Rohan after "Gollums Song")
Minas Tirith/The White Tree
The End of All Things
Into the West (with Annie Lennox)

Gunbarrel/White Knight
Backseat Driver (featuring Propellorheads)
Show Me the Money/Come in 007, You're time is up
Elektra's Theme/The Bedroom

Prologue (Hook)
Show Us Your Hook (a.k.a. Presenting the Hook)
Pan Remembers (I think that's the name...)
You Are the Pan
The Ultimate War

Something Wicked This Way Comes (feat. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry school choir)

[Magnus]

Hmm...

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Magnus Karlsson
7:30 PM in the Berwaldhall (Date TBA)

Program:
J. Williams: Selections from the Star Wars Trilogy
- Star Wars Main Title
- Princess Leia's Theme
- The Imperial March
- Yoda's Theme
- The Throne Room and End Credits

Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther

J. Williams: Selctions from Harry Potter
- Hedwig's Theme
- Harry's Wondrous World
- Fawkes the Phoenix

L. Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story
- The Jets Song
- Somewhere
- Mambo
- Maria
- Tonight
- Cool
- America

Intermission

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: From the Adventures of Robin Hood
- Prologue
- Banquet at Nottingham Castle
- Robin Meets Little John
- Robin and Friar Tuck
- Feast in the Forest
- The Archery Tournament
- Love Scene
- Coronation Procession (if I'm allowed... I have this vision of having 8 trumpeters placed in four corners of the Berwaldhall for the fanfares... it'd be so sweet )

J. Williams: Selections from E.T.
- The Flying Theme
- End Credits (I love the piano bit in the beginning)

J. Williams: Raiders March

J. Williams: Superman March


Hehe, it'd be so nice doing this the program is almost two hours long though

[Jeshopk]

Boston Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jesse Hopkins: All Williams Film Music Night

Esplanade Overture (Originally from Monsignor)

Selections from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Flight From Peru
The Map Room, Dawn
The Basket Chase
The Well of Souls
Desert Chase
The Miracle of the Ark
Raiders March (with Marion's Theme)

Selections from The Empire Strikes Back
The Battle of Hoth (all music from String Music of Luke's Departure to Take Off)
Han Solo and the Princess
The Asteroid Field (Possibly excluded for time's sake and balance)
Carbon Freeze and Luke Skywalker's Trials
(-Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure Of Boba Fett
-The Clash Of Lightsabers
-Rescue From Cloud City/Hyperspace)
Finale and Overture
(-The Rebel Fleet/End Title)

Encores:
Harry's Wondrous World (with Philosophers' Stone ending)
The Witches of Eastwick (Devil's Dance)

[Donnelly24]

Am I the only one who would do a NON film score concert?

[Alexcremers]

I would choose 'Soundings' and while I'm at it I'd hire Simon Rhodes to do a recording of it.
The second piece would be Dmitri Shostakovich's 'Violin Concerto N°1' with some hot she-player on the violin.

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Alex Cremers

[Ren]

Additions. . .Minas Tirith/White Tree

Definitely 1941. . .


Superman. .. .after your heart Neil. . . . .. .

[Marian Schedenig]

Am I the only one who would do a NON film score concert?

Read my post.

Marian -

Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Philip Glass)

[Donnelly24]

Sorry...I was just saying that because everyone went with film music as a theme for the concert

[Lurker]

Sorry...I was just saying that because everyone went with film music as a theme for the concert

How dare they do that at a board almost entirely devoted to film music!

Neil - who wants to hear more film music performed at concerts

[Beowulf]

I'm gonna cheat and say I would do a 3-day festival with a different theme on each day.

I would choose to conduct the LSO.

In any event the musicians of the LSO would have to be prepared for my program[s] - it ain't gonna be easy on their chops!


The London Symphony Orchestra presents a Celebration of Music, conducted by Shyam Narotam.


DAY ONE - Symphonic Favorites

*Finlandia - Sibelius
*The Lark Ascending - Vaughn-Williams (Featuring Sarah Chang)
*Night on a Bald Mountain - Mussourgsky

***INTERMISSION***

*Caprrico Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov
*Prelude on the Afternoon of a Faun - Debussy
*Symphony No. 5 - Tchaikovsky



DAY TWO - The Genius of John Williams

*Superman
----*Planet Krypton
----*Main Theme from Superman
*Harry's wondrous world
*Star Wars Medley
----*Main Theme
----*Princess Leia's Theme
----*Across the Stars
----*Imperial March
----*Duel of the Fates
----*Yoda's Theme

***INTERMISSION***

*Hook
----*Main Theme
----*You are the Pan
----*The Ultimate Battle
*Raiders of the Lost Ark March
*Schindler's List Main Theme (Featuring Sarah Chang)
*Flying Theme and End Credits from E.T.



DAY THREE - The Profundity of Music

Piano Concerto No.3 - Rachmaninoff (Featuring Martha Argerich)
Carnival Overture - Dvorak
Death and Transfiguration - Richard Strauss
Libestod from 'Tristan und Isolde' - Wagner (Featuring Renee Flemming)

***INTERMISSION***

Pines of Rome - Respighi
Nessun Dorma - Puccinni (Featuring Andrei Boccelli)
Symphony No. 6 - Tchaikovsky

[Donnelly24]

Andrea and Renee on the same bill, insane but I would pay LOTS to see THAT!!! Incredable festival, nice choices! And good idea to mix everything...go for one more day and make it a broadway/patriotic day.

[Morn]

Mainly golden age film music, lots of North, Herrmann, Korngold, Rozsa, Waxman etc etc.

[Ren]

I love Finandia.

I could play Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 for someone's concert

[Donnelly24]

I could play Mozarts Clarinet Concerto for a someone, but yea, doesn't look like that would make it into anyones repitoir...

[Docteur Qui]

How about:

The John Williams Fan Network Orchestra:
Performing -
Various John Williams pieces...

That would be cool, but do we have enough people and various instruments for an Orchestra? I play piano, but I'll learn the Timpani. Banging things + Making noise = fun.

[Ren]

i'm sure that why every child thinks being a drummer is cool. . . drummer=bad percussionist=good

[Marian Schedenig]

*Finlandia - Sibelius
*Death and Transfiguration - Richard Strauss

Ooh, two of my all-time favourite pieces.

*The Lark Ascending - Vaughn-Williams (Featuring Sarah Chang)

Very nice as well, but I'd have to pick the Tallis Fantasia instead.

Marian - who'd like to have percussion.

Siegfried (Richard Wagner)

[Ren]

TALLIS1


Ok, Grainger Ye Banks and Braes, Gumsuckers March

Any Ralph Vaughn Williams

Neil, I'd give you special passes to the Superman night.

[Donnelly24]

Ralph Vaughn Williams...whats that Wedding one that he wrote?

[Morlock]

A bit off topic, but I just came back from the greatest concert I've ever been in. It was Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Mozart's 40th, and Beethoven's 5th. I'd never heard the 5th before in concert, and it was one of the most magnificent things I've ever heard, played perfectly. I'm still a bit tipsy from it (and the Jack Daniels at the bar, of course). In the next few weeks I'm also seeing Brahms' violin concerto, Elgar's cello concerto, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mendelsohnn's violin concerto, Mozart's Don Giovani and Marriage of Figaro, Rossini's Barber of Seville, and Cavellaria Rusticana. This year, my local philharmonics have done an outstanding job choosing them.

I'd personaly do longer concert, with Beethoven's 5th, 6th and 9th, and with Dvorak's 9th. My favorite symphonies in the world.

[Beowulf]

Who did you see perform Morlock?

[Morlock]

Who did you see perform Morlock?

(Why the highlighted name?)

I saw the Jerusalem Phillharmonics, an absolutely amazing orchestra. I saw Zubin Mehta and Lalo Schifrin there last year too.

[Donnelly24]

Where does the Israel Philharmonic station in Israel...are they in Jerusalem?

[Morlock]

I believe the national phillharmonics (Conducted by Zubin Mehta) are in Tel Aviv.

[Donnelly24]

Ok