NOSPR / Humala / New Year's Eve concert / An Oscar Night on New Year’s Eve at NOSPR

Special concerts

Wednesday

31.12.202518:00

Concert Hall

Seats

Conductor

Alexander Humala

Performers

NOSPR

Program

Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer – „Hooray for Hollywood” from „Hollywood Hotel”
Miklós Rózsa – Overture from „Ben-Hur”
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – „March of the Merry Men” from „Robin Hood”
John Barry – „I Had A Farm In Africa” from „Out of Africa”
Henry Mancini – „Moon River” from „Breakfast at Tiffanys”
Bronisław Kaper – „Ballet Sequence” from „Lili”
Dmitri Tiomkin – Suite from „High Noon"

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Maurice Jarre – Overture from „Lawrence of Arabia”
Nino Rota – End Credits from „The Godfather”
Rachel Portman – Final from „Emma”
Alexandre Desplat – Theme from „Shape of water”
Howard Shore – Suite from „The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
John Williams – „The Flying Theme” from „E.T. ”
James Horner – „Rose” from „Titanic”
John Williams – Theme from "Star Wars"

When, on Oscar night, the world’s attention drifts naturally toward Hollywood and its red carpet, expecting the customary parade of luminous film stars, it is also worth considering where all these impeccably dressed elegant figures have come from and what traditions they bring with them. During the Oscar Night on New Year’s Eve at the NOSPR, we will take a closer look at the pantheon of the greatest legends of film music.

Some of them are long-term residents of the Californian suburbs, e.g. James Horner, the author of the score for Titanic. A little farther east, in the state of New York, another composer was born – the all-time Academy Award record-holder, John Williams, who has no fewer than fifty-four nominations and five statuettes to his name. As we journey across North America, we also encounter Henry Mancini, the son of Italian immigrants raised in Pennsylvania, whose soundtrack to Breakfast at Tiffany’s secured his lasting fame, and the Canadian Howard Shore, whose music for the Lord of the Rings trilogy has taken a permanent place in the history of film.

Almost from the earliest days of Hollywood’s dream factory, European composers proved to be an extraordinarily strong contingent. Austria’s musical lineage was carried forward by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, remembered not only for his celebrated Violin Concerto, but also as a two-time Oscar winner, one of those awards recognising his score for Robin Hood. Miklós Rózsa, long before he claimed his third Oscar for Ben-Hur, the defining epic of the 1950s, had been absorbing the idioms of Hungarian folklore in his native Budapest. Poland, too, had its voice in this group: Bronisław Kaper, a Warsaw-born admirer of Chopin (who even composed a musical inspired by Chopin’s works) and the composer of the score for Lili, which earned him an Academy Award in 1953.

These are only a few among the entire constellation of distinguished artists who make cinematic images resonate with unforgettable power. During the Oscar Night on New Year’s Eve at the NOSPR, the audience will have a chance of listening to melodies that evoke not only marvellous film scenes, but also the emotions that once held us spellbound in the cinema or in front of the television.

Szymon Maliszewski

Concert duration (intermission included): approximately 120 minutes

During the interval, we warmly invite you to enjoy a traditional glass of champagne in the foyer on the ground floor.

In cooperation with Europäische FilmPhilharmonie – EFPI.

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