Magic Of The Movies Coming To Birr Theatre And Arts Centre
The Irish Chamber Orchestra presents THE MAGIC OF THE MOVIES showcasing some of Hollywood’s best film music, from classic movie scores to today’s most popular soundtracks on Friday 7 October at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre. A selection of these colourful works feature the accordion, played with acrobatic panache by Dermot Dunne.
This programme sold out in tour venues last May so this extra performance is highly anticipated. Bernard Hermann used tonality and pitch to great effect in his iconic Psycho score. It is exciting, bleak, shocking and visceral all at once. Bacalov’s Il Postino is Italian film music at its best. It is catchy and addictive in its ability to convey the lifestyles on an isolated Italian island. From the authenticity of spirit of the accordion to the romantic flavour of the strings, Il Postino is a charming and infectious score.
Jean Claude Petit’s exquisite score to Jean de Florette was inspired by Verdi’s libretto, The Force of Destiny. John Williams main theme from Schinder’s List is a hauntingly beautiful melody, written for the violinist, Itzhak Perlman, and will be show-cased by ICO Leader, Katherine Hunka. In contrast, Williams mixes wonderment, surprise and danger in Hedwig’s Theme from the enigmatic Harry Potter.
Widely regarded as one of the most influential soundtracks, the Suite from There Will Be Blood by Greenwood is extraordinary and magnificently unsettlingly, as conflicts are played out by a powerful ICO string section which oozes tension and energy! Nino Rota’s The Godfather has one of cinema’s greatest scores while the richly cinematic Cinema Paradiso is among Morricone’s most loved. Henry Mancini’s iconic Pink Panther music features alongside the captivatingly “I Will Wait for you” from the ground-breaking Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand in which camera movement, décor and song were in unique harmony with one another.
“The Magic of The Movies” takes you an incredibly nostalgic musical journey, not to be missed at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre @ 8pm on the Friday 7 October.
The Irish Chamber Orchestra is resident at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and is funded by The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
LISTINGS
Bernard Hermann Psycho Suite
Luis Bacalov Il Postino
Jean-Claude Petit Theme from Jean de Florette
John Williams Theme from Schindler’s List
Johnny Greenwood Suite from There Will Be Blood
Nino Rota Love Theme (The Godfather)
Ennio Morricone Theme from Cinema Paradiso
Henry Mancini The Lonely Princess & It Had Better Be Tonight from
(The Pink Panther)
Luigi Boccherini ‘La Musica notturna della strade di Madrid’
(Master and Commander The Far Side of the World)
John Williams Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter
Michel Legrand I Will Wait for You (Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
Friday 7 October Birr Theatre & Arts Centre @ 8pm
057 9122911 www.birrtheatre.com
€20, €18 and (U13) €10
