Hollywood Rhapsody Prom
91Èȱ¬ Proms: The John Wilson Orchestra presents a programme of Golden Age film music, with scores from Hollywood legends such as Bernard Herrmann, Erich Korngold and Miklós Rózsa.
In 2020, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. This evening's concert, from 2013, features Proms favourites John Wilson and his orchestra in a celebration of classic Hollywood film scores.
Connecticut-born child prodigy Alfred Newman’s ‘Street Scene’, from the 1953 classic How to Marry a Millionaire, contrasts with the music of Jewish émigrés Erich Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman, with suites from Korngold’s swashbuckling score for Robin Hood, Steiner’s nostalgic music for Casablanca and Waxman’s brooding score for A Place in the Sun – all of them Academy Award-winners – making for a red-carpet event.
Presented by Georgia Mann
7.30pm
Newman: Street Scene
Kaper: Confetti
Raskin: Laura - New Suite
Herrmann: Psycho Suite
Herrmann: Salammbo Aria (Citizen Kane)
Korngold: Robin Hood - Suite
c.8:20pm Interval
c.8:35pm
Moross: The Big Country
Steiner: Casablanca - Suite
Various: Main Title - Song Medley
Waxman: A Place in the Sun
Bradley: Tom and Jerry at MGM
Rózsa: Ben-Hur - Suite
Waxman: Taras Bulba - The Ride of the Cossacks
Venera Gimadieva (soprano)
Matthew Ford (vocalist)
Jane Monheit (vocalist)
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
(From 91Èȱ¬ Proms 2013, 26 August)
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Music Played
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Alfred Newman
Street Scene
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Bronisław Kaper
Forever, Darling: Confetti
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
David Raksin
Laura - New Suite
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Bernard Herrmann
Psycho Suite
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Bernard Herrmann
Citizen Kane: Salammbo's Aria
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Adventures of Robin Hood – Suite
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Jerome Moross
The Big Country
Performer: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. -
Max Steiner
Casablanca - Suite
Performer: John Wilson. Performer: John Wilson Orchestra. -
Harry Warren
Movie Theme Song Medley
Composer: Johnny Mercer. Composer: Johnny Richards. Composer: Jule Styne. Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen. Composer: Victor Young. Composer: Sammy Fain. Composer: Jay Livingston. Conductor: John Wilson. Performer: John Wilson Orchestra. Music Arranger: John Wilson. Music Arranger: John Wilson. -
Franz Waxman
A Place in the sun - suite from the film
Conductor: John Wilson. -
Scott Bradley
Tom and Jerry at MGM
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. -
Miklós Rózsa
Ben-Hur - Suite
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. -
Franz Waxman
Taras Bulba - The Ride of the Cossacks
Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. -
Johannes Brahms
Four Songs, Op 17
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Robert Schumann
6 Studies in Canon Form, Op.56 (no.2)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Robert Schumann
6 Studies in Canon Form, Op 56 No 6
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Michael Taplin
Ascent
Performer: Igor Yuzefovich.
Broadcast
- Fri 24 Jul 2020 19:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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