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Ives: Variations on America 7'
Herrmann: Suite from Psycho 10'
Copland: Appalachian Spring - Suite 24'
Adams: The Wound-Dresser 20'
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances (West Side Story) 23'
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Bernard Herrmann: Hangover Square
John Barry: The Ipcress File
Howard Shore: Eastern Promises
Alexandre Desplat: The King's Speech
Pete Townshend: Quadrophenia
Burt Bacharach: Alfie
Hans Zimmer: Sherlock Holmes
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Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Psycho
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in F, Op.73a (arr. Barshai from Quartet No.3)
Béla Bartók: Romanian folk dances, Sz.56 arr. Willner for ensemble.
The recent Moby Dick recording by Chandos was reviewed by the Guardian:
String Quartet No 12 in F, 'American' Op 96 - Antonín Dvorák
Lullaby - George Gershwin
Four, for Tango - Astor Piazzolla
Suite, from Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
String Quartet No 3 in D Op 34 - Erich Korngold
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An article by Jessica Duchen in the Independent:
True fans know the score on cinematic composers.
Bernard Herrmann, a film composer born 100 years ago, is the star of the film music Prom says Ivan Hewett:
BBC Proms 2011: The man who made Psycho even scarier
Film Music Journalist Michael Beek has launched a campaign for a proper application to get Herrmann an English Heritage Blue Plaque at one of his London homes.
A special panel by English Heritage selects about 12 names a year to be honoured on new plaques.
Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann
Marnie - Bernard Herrmann
North by Northwest - Bernard Herrmann
Torn Curtain - John Addison
Strangers on a Train - Dimitri Tiomkin
The Man Who Knew Too Much - Bernard Herrmann
Rear Window - Franz Waxman.
Deganwy, Conwy in Wales.
Friday (Nov. 18)
Haydn Op 33 No1 in B min
Tippett No 3
Beethoven Op 74 in Eb "The Harp"
Saturday (Nov.
Watershed’s On Dangerous Ground is an extensive overview of his finest work: from his first film to his last. There’s also performances, workshops, interviews and events:
Miklos Rozsa - String Quartet No.2 Op.38
Bernard Herrmann - Echoes for String Quartet
Astor Piazzolla - Four For Tango
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Suite for String Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - String Quartet No.3 Op.34 .
Programme to be confirmed!
Herrmann: North by Northwest - Overture
Raksin: Laura
Herrmann: Vertigo - Prelude, Nightmare, Love Scene
Newman: All about Eve - Main Title
Herrmann: Hangover Square - Concerto Macabre
Rozsa: Ben Hur - Parade of the Charioteers
Interval
Herrmann.
Herrmann: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Herrmann: Citizen Kane
Herrmann: North by Northwest
Herrmann: Psycho
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso - theme
Walton: Henry V - suite (arr. Muir Mathieson)
Williams: Star Wars
Williams: Schindler's List
Williams: Harry Potter (14 mins)
Greenwood.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95
Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 .
Rozsa: String Quartet No 2 Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet Piazzolla: Four For Tango Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Korngold: String Quartet No 3 Norma Herrmann special guest.
Marking the centenary of Bernard Herrmann’s birth the Watershed in Bristol, UK screens a film season in June and July 2011:
Full details: http://www.watershed.co.uk
Bernard Herrmann Centenary Tribute: Citizen Kane Taxi Driver Psycho North by Northwest Vertigo plus: Zimmer: Gladiator Horner: Avatar Williams: Harry Potter Williams: Star Wars Conti: Rocky Barry: Out of Africa Shore: Lord of the Rings Williams: Jurassic Park Zimmer.
Miklos Rozsa: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 38 Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for string quartet Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Erich Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 34.
Miklos Rozsa: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 38 Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for string quartet Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Erich Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 34.
Salonen: Insomnia Listen Herrmann: Suite from Vertigo 17 March: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 18 March: Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
Miklos Rozsa: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 38 Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for string quartet Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Erich Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 34.
Miklos Rozsa: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 38 Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for string quartet Astor Piazzolla: Four For Tango Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Erich Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 34.
"Musical highlights will include a famous Phantom, a trip into the underworld as well as a re-enactment of THAT shower scene from Psycho and a musical spell-binding appearance from Britain's favourite wizard.".
Andre Jolivet: Suite Delphique Jonny Greenwood: Smear Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still Will Gregory: Journey into the Sky Otto Luening: Poem in Cycles and Bells Miklos Rozsa: Spellbound Kraftwerk.
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op.132 Mendelssohn String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13 Herrmann Echoes for String Quartet.
Herrmann: Psycho Goldsmith: Poltergeist Doyle: Frankenstein Williams: The Witches of Eastwick Zimmer: Hannibal Goldsmith: The Omen Waxman: Bride of Frankenstein Ottman: Halloween H2O Elfman: Edward Scissorhands Williams: Jurassic Park Bernard: The Devil Rides Out.
Herrmann: Aubade Firsova: Cello Concerto No. 4 (World Premiere) Mozart: Symphony No. 41 Jupiter.
Barber: Adagio for Strings Herrmann: Music from Psycho Ives: Quarter-tone Chorale Frankel: Concertante Lirico Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Walton: Two Pieces for Strings.
THE PRIVATE HERRMANN By 1961 assignments in Hollywood grew rarer and Herrmann decided to settle in London. At first he split his time between Los Angeles and his Regent’s Park flat but soon found himself spending less and less time in LA.
Korngold: King's Row Bernstein: On the Waterfront Herrmann: Marnie Waxman: Taras Bulba (arr Black).
Korngold King's Row - Main Title Waxman Prince Valiant - Suite Raksin The Bad and the Beautiful - Theme Kaper Mutiny on the Bounty - Overture Rozsa Madame Bovary - Waltz Porter arr.
programme to include: Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Williams: Indiana Jones, Various pieces Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg Goodwin: 633 Squadron plus works by Rodgers, Hamlisch, Morricone.
Steiner: Gone With the Wind Alford: Colonel Bogey March Moross: The Big Country Herrmann: North by Northwest Rozsa: Ben Hur Rota: Ls Dolce Vita Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia E. Bernstein: The Great Escape Jarre: Dr Zhivago Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West Rota: The Godfather Plymouth Pavilions.
Steiner - Gone with the Wind: Tara's Theme Herrmann - Vertigo: Main Title & Love Theme Barry - Out of Africa - Main theme Rota - Romeo & Juliet - A Time for Us Lai - Theme from Love Story Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto D. Arnold - Independence Day.
Williams: Star Wars Theme Korngold: Theme from the film, "The Sea Hawk" Williams: Symphonic Suite from Star Wars Waxman: The Philadelphia Story Suite: Main Title; Tracey in Love; End Title Williams: Jaws: Shark Theme Herrmann: Taxi Driver: Main Title Williams: Adventures on Earth: E. T. Newman.
Williams - Star Wars: Theme Korngold - The Sea Hawk: Theme Williams - Jaws: Shark Theme Waxman - Excerpts from The Philadelphia Story Williams - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ark: Raiders March Herrmann - Taxi driver: Theme Williams - ET: Adventures on Earth Newman - Airport.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946
Mr. Herrmann, conductor of the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, has just returned from a five-week visit to England, where he conducted the British Broadcasting Company and Halle Orchestras.
Mozart: Sonata for piano four-hands KV381 in D Major Mozart: Sonata for piano four-hands KV521 in C Major Brahms: Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands nos.11, 12, 16, 17 Herrmann: North By Northwest (arr. Archontides) North: Spartacus Suite (arr. Archontides).
Herrmann: Suite from Psycho Barber: Adagio Finzi: Dies Natalis Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No 5 Delius: Sonata for Strings.
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue overture Herrmann: Vertigo Kaper: Mutiny on the Bounty Korngold: The Sea Hawk Raksin: Laura Steiner: Gone With The Wind Waxman: Philadelphia Story Williams: Schindler's List, Star Wars, Harry Potter.
Claude Debussy : Petite Suite George Gershwin : 3 Preludes Maurice Ravel : La Valse (arr Garban) Bernard Herrmann : Excerpts from 'Citizen Kane' (arr. Archontides) Bernard Herrmann : Excerpts from 'North by Northwest' (arr. Archontides) Alex North : Excerpts from 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (arr.
Herrmann: Vertigo Raksin: Laura Jarre: Doctor Zhivago Fain: Love is a Many Splendored Thing etc...
Mozart: String Quartet KV 589 Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet Mendelssohn: String Quartet 1, Op.44-1.
Herrmann: music fom 'Fahrenheit 451' Ligeti: Harpsichord solos Continuum and Hungarian Rock Scott Walker: 'It's Raining Today' and 'Rosemary' Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver Dutilleux: 'Mystere de l'Instant' Gorecki: Harpsichord Concerto Greenwood: Music from 'There Will Be Blood' Herrmann.
Yannis Constantinides: 8 Dances from the Greek Isles (arr. P. Archontides) Nikos Skalkottas: Four Greek Dances (arr. Dave Smith) Alex North: Spartacus (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides) Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire (excerpts; arr. P. Archontides) Bernard Herrmann.
John Barry: Out of Africa Howard Shore: Fellowship of the Ring, for Symphony Orchestra Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean John Barry: Symphonic theme from 'From Russia with Love' John Barry: Excerpts from 'You Only Live Twice' Bernard Herrmann: Excerpts from 'Psycho' Elmer Bernstein.
Christopher Hussey - new work John Williams - Schindlers List Bernard Herrmann - Herrmania Stuart Hancock - music from King Arthur Eric Coates - The Dam Busters Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven Ron Goodwin - 633 Squadron Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther.
Beethoven: String Quartet 1, Op.18-1 Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet Mendelssohn: String Quartet 1, Op.44-1.
Williams: Star Wars Korngold: The Sea Hawk Waxman: The Philadelphia Story Williams: The Towering Inferno Newman: Airport Williams: E.T. Williams: Superman Herrmann: Taxi Driver Williams: Schindler's List Williams.
The RPO presents a night of classic music from the movies. From Horner's epic Titanic to Hermann's terrifying Psycho, Barry's sensational James Bond songs to Williams' wonderful Indiana Jones theme.
Bernard Herrmann : Psycho Suite Heinz Karl Gruber : Singspiel - Frankenstein!! Brian Irvine : The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Friday 10 November 2006 at 19:30 City Halls - Grand Hall, Glasgow Saturday 11 November 2006 at 19:30 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.
--- Ticket offer for the Herrmann Society: It can't be booked online, you need to call the box office and have your credit card details ready. One only needs to quote 'Herrmann Society Offer' and you get 15% off the regular ticket price.
A very unusual Herrmann event at the Barbican in London on March 17 2006. And here's a very short report.
The Music (performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra unless indicated).
Bernard Herrmann : Souvenirs de Voyage, for Clarinet Quintet Joseph Haydn : String Quartet No 3 in G minor, 'Rider', Op 74 Johannes Brahms : String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 51
Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road Bollington, Cheshire, SK10 2JU Telephone: +(44) (0)1625 573863.
Bernstein | Hollywood and the Stars (3 mins) Rózsa | Overture and 'Parade of the Chariots' from Ben-Hur (11 mins) Korngold | 'Old England' and 'Robin Hood and his Merry Men' from Robin Hood (7 mins) Steiner | 'Tara's Theme' from Gone with the Wind (4 mins) Tiomkin | 'Red River', 'Duel in the S.
Dmitry Shostakovich | Suite, The Gadfly Sergey Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Bernard Herrmann | Vertigo Suite Bernard Herrmann | North by Northwest Overture Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story - Symphonic Dances Miklos Rozsa | Ben Hur (Chariot Race)
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On October 24 2000 the BBC Concert Orchestra gave a concert showcasing the talents of one of the great saxophonists of our time, John Harle. This was the first of a series of concerts running under the title "Revelations".
Hall: Queen Elizabeth Hall The first concert of a new series by the BBC Concert Orchestra called REVELATIONS. John Harle on Saxophone. Reduced rates for Bernard Herrmann Society members! (contact , +44 (0)20 7765 0646). Program.
This year's Promenade Concerts (Proms) are going to feature an evening of film music. Carl Davis will be conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme that will include Psycho and Vertigo . All of the Proms are broadcast on radio, usually on BBC Radio 3, and some are occasionally televised.
