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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)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Alfred Newman

    Street Scene

    Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • BronisÅ‚aw 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.
  • Robert Schumann

    6 Studies in Canon Form, Op.56 (no.2)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.
  • Robert Schumann

    6 Studies in Canon Form, Op 56 No 6

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.
  • Michael Taplin

    Ascent

    Performer: Igor Yuzefovich.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Jul 2020 19:30

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