Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra announces March 2, 2012 program selections for their concert titled Lights, Camera, Passion!
Composers frequently write music that embodies the joy and heartache of romantic love. The Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra’s March 2, 2012 program, Lights, Camera, Passion!, is a selection of classical works frequently used in modern film and television soundtracks, as well as highlights of music written specifically for the cinema.
Supernatural lovers Edward and Bella bond over Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” in the film Twilight. During the bromantic parting of the gang at the end of the film Oceans Eleven, the Bellagio Hotel’s fountains dance to the full symphony version.
“The Toreador Song” from Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 2, accompanied the death of Carmen at the hands of spurned lover Don José in the original opera. Decades later, however, the song was a prominent theme in The Bad News Bears, a film about a Little League baseball team coached by Walter Matthau.
The infamous story of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers has been explored musically by numerous composers, most notably by Peter Ilych Tchaikosky in his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Tchaikovsky’s sophisticated composition, however, has been featured in several episodes each of SpongeBob Squarepants, Ren & Stimpy, Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures.
Salute to the Cinema celebrates classic film music, such as Gene Kelly’s exuberant dance about falling in love from Singin’ in the Rain and “As Time Goes By” from the film Casablanca. Children of all ages will also enjoy “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz.
Richard Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll was written as a birthday gift to his wife Cosima and named after their beloved son Siegfried. Siegfried Idyll is featured in Howard Shore’s score to the currently playing film A Dangerous Method about the relationship amongst Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Sabrina Spielrein.
By including masterworks that are familiar to most audiences through movies and television, the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra’s program will appeal to both classical music lovers as well as those just falling in love with the symphony.
Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and $5 for children, plus a $2 ticket handling fee. Tickets can be purchased through the Lone Tree Arts Center online box office (http://www.lonetreeartscenter.org) or by calling 720-509-1000.
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