The Hollywood Hits kept coming including a whole James Bond theme section. Very cool to hear Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, etc.
A vocalist -Kelly Levesque - sang some lovely numbers too. The guest conductor, Brian Byrne, was an Irish fellow with a pleasant manner and a good sense of humor. He talked about some of the numbers, and conducted his own theme from Albert Hobbs, a movie that starred Glenn Close.
The finale included grand movie themes - Tara's Theme from Gone With the Wind, Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago, and of course we finished with Rocky's Theme. I left the symphony ready for victory, but I had already won - my heart was filled with music.
Ah, nothing like the Hollywood Hits Joanne. Ak favourites of mine.
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Yvonne.
yes, you would have applauded every number
DeleteThat would be a neat one to take in as you recognize all the tunes they gave a spin.
ReplyDeleteoh yes - and hearing live gives more drama
DeleteThat sounds like a FABULOUS concert. One of the CDs I used to check out from the library as often as I could get away with it was the London Philharmonic playing Rolling Stones music. It was soooooo cool to hear the familiar songs done up "big." The library got rid of all their CDs, (Dang it!) and the last time I checked, Amazon had the symphonic Stones music CD, but it was priced ridiculously high. Guess I'll just have to enjoy it in my memories... Anyhow, I have a feeling the concert you saw was the same sort of thing. Familiar music done large.
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yes, nothing like live drum beats and more. You might have to spring for a symphony ticket some day
DeleteThat sounds like it was an awesome concert!
ReplyDeletetruly wonderful
DeleteI love GWTW and both Tara and also Lara :) not so much devoted to the JB films, but gotta love the music (and Sean Connery)! That must have been a super-pleasant way to start the week!
ReplyDeleteTara's Theme just swells and you can picture her in that big gown
DeleteI love your finale to this post - cleverly worded and uplifting. It sounds like they covered lots of greats. I'm not into symphonies, but I'd enjoy this one. I'm glad you did, Joanne.
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I like hearing familiar tunes played by the symphony. I'm not up on super classical stuff
DeleteThis sounds fantastic. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm sure I would have too.
ReplyDeleteyes - too bad you don't live closer. We could go together!
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