Post by erik on Sept 5, 2022 8:48:39 GMT -5
Last night put a wrap on my eight-concert Hollywood Bowl season for 2022.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman (first half)
John Williams (second half)
Various (arranged by Williams): TRIBUTE TO THE FILM COMPOSER (film montage)
Korngold: MARCH FROM "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" (with film)
Waxman: SUITE FROM "A PLACE IN THE SUN"
Waxman: SUITE FROM "SUNSET BOULEVARD" (with film)
Suppe: OVERTURE TO "MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT IN VIENNA" (set to Warner Brothers cartoon "Baton Bunny")
Mancini: MARCH FROM "THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER" (set to a Snoopy/Red Baron cartoon)
Williams: WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE/FROM "LINCOLN" (Trumpet solo: Thomas Hooton)
Williams: FLYING THEME/FROM "E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL"
(intermission)
Williams: OLYMPIC FANFARE AND THEME
Williams: HEDWIG'S THEME + HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD/FROM "HAPPY POTTER"
Jerry Bock (arranged by Williams): EXCERPTS FROM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" (Bing Wang, violin)
Williams: THEME FROM "SCHINDLER'S LIST" (Bing Wang, violin)
Williams: SCHERZO FOR X-WINGS/FROM "THE FORCE AWAKENS"
Williams: OBI-WAN'S THEME/FROM "STAR WARS"
Williams: THRONE ROOM AND FINALE/FROM "STAR WARS"
Encores
Williams: HELENA'S THEME/FROM "INDIANA JONES 5"
Williams: MARCH FROM "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK"
Williams: IMPERIAL MARCH/FROM "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK"
This had the potential for being a hair-raising night in terms of the weather; violent thunderstorms were occurring only thirty miles north of the Bowl in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Santa Clarita Valley. Fortunately, the weather did hold; the temperature, however, stayed exceptionally warm the entire night.
David Newman, whose father was the legendary film composer Alfred Newman and whose cousins include Thomas and Randy Newman, conducted the first half of the show, which was a significant celebration of film composers, particularly the ones of his father's generation, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Franz Waxman. There was also plenty of amusement to be had, as we also saw the Bugs Bunny short cartoon "Baton Bunny", one of Warner Brothers' frequent riffs on Disney's Fantasia, set to the famous overture for the late 19th century operetta "Morning, Noon, And Night In Vienna" by the Austrian composer Franz von Suppe, followed by a Snoopy/Red Baron aerial chase set to Henry Mancini's music for the 1975 George Roy Hill film The Great Waldo Pepper. The first half ended by setting the table for the second half, as the orchestra's principal trumpeter Thomas Hootpn performed "With Malice Toward None" from Williams' score to Lincoln; and then, of course, there was the famous Flying Theme from E.T., a can't-miss piece any time, but especially as this year marked that film's 40th anniversary.
The second half was given over to the now 90 year-old Williams, who was greeted by probably 5,000 light sabers being lit up throughout the dark interior of the Bowl (I often refer to John Williams night at the Hollywood Bowl as the annual Light Saber Convention). The line-up started with the Olympic Theme and Fanfare he wrote for the 1984 Summer Olympics that were held here in Los Angeles.. Then we proceeded onward with the two excerpts from Williams' Harry Potter scores. Following those, the orchestra's concert mistress Bing Wang took her solo violin turn in excerpts Williams arranged from the 1971 film version of the Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof, followed by the truly melancholic theme for Steven Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust masterpiece Schindler's List. After this, the Light Saber Rule was in effect with "Scherzo For X-Wings" (from The Force Awakens), the heretofore unheard "Obi-Wan's Theme", and the "Throne Room & Finale" from the original Star Wars. Since my seat was at near the top of the Bowl, I got a literal bird's-eye view of the light saber action like nobody's business.
Williams indulged us with three encores, one of which was for a film score that he had only just finished recording--"Helena's Theme", for the fifth Indiana Jones film (which won't even be out until June 2023); the famous March from Raiders Of The Lost Ark; and the "Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back.
And thus, with heat, humidity, a hot wind, and thousands of light sabers, ends another concert-going season at the Hollywood Bowl for me.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman (first half)
John Williams (second half)
Various (arranged by Williams): TRIBUTE TO THE FILM COMPOSER (film montage)
Korngold: MARCH FROM "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" (with film)
Waxman: SUITE FROM "A PLACE IN THE SUN"
Waxman: SUITE FROM "SUNSET BOULEVARD" (with film)
Suppe: OVERTURE TO "MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT IN VIENNA" (set to Warner Brothers cartoon "Baton Bunny")
Mancini: MARCH FROM "THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER" (set to a Snoopy/Red Baron cartoon)
Williams: WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE/FROM "LINCOLN" (Trumpet solo: Thomas Hooton)
Williams: FLYING THEME/FROM "E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL"
(intermission)
Williams: OLYMPIC FANFARE AND THEME
Williams: HEDWIG'S THEME + HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD/FROM "HAPPY POTTER"
Jerry Bock (arranged by Williams): EXCERPTS FROM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" (Bing Wang, violin)
Williams: THEME FROM "SCHINDLER'S LIST" (Bing Wang, violin)
Williams: SCHERZO FOR X-WINGS/FROM "THE FORCE AWAKENS"
Williams: OBI-WAN'S THEME/FROM "STAR WARS"
Williams: THRONE ROOM AND FINALE/FROM "STAR WARS"
Encores
Williams: HELENA'S THEME/FROM "INDIANA JONES 5"
Williams: MARCH FROM "RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK"
Williams: IMPERIAL MARCH/FROM "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK"
This had the potential for being a hair-raising night in terms of the weather; violent thunderstorms were occurring only thirty miles north of the Bowl in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Santa Clarita Valley. Fortunately, the weather did hold; the temperature, however, stayed exceptionally warm the entire night.
David Newman, whose father was the legendary film composer Alfred Newman and whose cousins include Thomas and Randy Newman, conducted the first half of the show, which was a significant celebration of film composers, particularly the ones of his father's generation, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Franz Waxman. There was also plenty of amusement to be had, as we also saw the Bugs Bunny short cartoon "Baton Bunny", one of Warner Brothers' frequent riffs on Disney's Fantasia, set to the famous overture for the late 19th century operetta "Morning, Noon, And Night In Vienna" by the Austrian composer Franz von Suppe, followed by a Snoopy/Red Baron aerial chase set to Henry Mancini's music for the 1975 George Roy Hill film The Great Waldo Pepper. The first half ended by setting the table for the second half, as the orchestra's principal trumpeter Thomas Hootpn performed "With Malice Toward None" from Williams' score to Lincoln; and then, of course, there was the famous Flying Theme from E.T., a can't-miss piece any time, but especially as this year marked that film's 40th anniversary.
The second half was given over to the now 90 year-old Williams, who was greeted by probably 5,000 light sabers being lit up throughout the dark interior of the Bowl (I often refer to John Williams night at the Hollywood Bowl as the annual Light Saber Convention). The line-up started with the Olympic Theme and Fanfare he wrote for the 1984 Summer Olympics that were held here in Los Angeles.. Then we proceeded onward with the two excerpts from Williams' Harry Potter scores. Following those, the orchestra's concert mistress Bing Wang took her solo violin turn in excerpts Williams arranged from the 1971 film version of the Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof, followed by the truly melancholic theme for Steven Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust masterpiece Schindler's List. After this, the Light Saber Rule was in effect with "Scherzo For X-Wings" (from The Force Awakens), the heretofore unheard "Obi-Wan's Theme", and the "Throne Room & Finale" from the original Star Wars. Since my seat was at near the top of the Bowl, I got a literal bird's-eye view of the light saber action like nobody's business.
Williams indulged us with three encores, one of which was for a film score that he had only just finished recording--"Helena's Theme", for the fifth Indiana Jones film (which won't even be out until June 2023); the famous March from Raiders Of The Lost Ark; and the "Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back.
And thus, with heat, humidity, a hot wind, and thousands of light sabers, ends another concert-going season at the Hollywood Bowl for me.