Simon Rattle conducts film scores at the Waldbühne
For this open-air concert at the Waldbühne, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle surrounded themselves with plenty of stars of the silver screen, including Indiana Jones, E.T., Robin Hood, Tom and Jerry, Ben Hur and the heroes of Star Wars. They were all brought to life musically when the orchestra struck up some of Hollywood’s most famous film music.
The Berliner Philharmoniker bring the 2014/15 season to a close with a particularly evocative programme. Sir Simon Rattle devoted himself to the genre of film music, something which is rarely heard in concerts with the Philharmoniker. The opener, the famous 20th Century Fox Fanfare, is a work by Alfred Newman, who won many Oscars and is considered one of the best-known film music composers of America. Miklós Rózsa was no less famous – he wrote, for instance, the music for Ben Hur, including what is probably the best-known chariot race in film history. And there’s Bernard Herrmann, who became world-famous through his work with Alfred Hitchcock (for example, The Trouble with Harry, Vertigo, Marnie, Psycho).
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Sir Simon Rattle
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