Middletown – The Bernard Herrmann Society

Middletown, NY, USA City

Latest News

Laurie Johnson, R.I.P.Herrmann’s friend and frequent collaborator, British composer Laurie Johnson, MBE has died aged 96 on 16th January 2024.Digitizing Bernard Herrmann’s Recordings with the CBS SymphonyThe UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections will preserve, digitize, and make accessible the groundbreaking radio broadcasts of the CBS Symphony conducted by Bernard Herrmann in the 1930s and 1940s.112th Birthday AnniversaryBernard Herrmann was born on 29th June 1911 in New York.Talking Herrmann 1999 – 2023 We have disabled the ability to post to the forum and retain it as a read-only archive. This forum has been "pining for the fjords" for some time, and it's time to withdraw its life support.Benny & Hitch – Upcoming BBC Radio DramaBenny & Hitch is a brand new BBC radio drama – with live orchestral music – about the extraordinary and explosive relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann.

Upcoming Concerts

Latest Recordings

The Golden Age of Hollywood

Symphony No.1, etc

Wuthering Heights / Echoes

The Man Who Knew Too Much / On Dangerous Ground

Latest Videos

Talking Herrmann

Talking Herrmann - Retirement

Günther Kögebehn

The short version: We will soon disable the ability to post to the forum and retain it as a read-only archive. The long version: This forum has been "pining for the fjords" for some time, ...

Royal Concertgebow performance of [i] Vertigo [/i] suite on YouTube. 8

John Lasher ...

06 - 11 March 2023

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. That includes repetition, something Herrmann favoured in his music. You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but I fully disagree with you.

MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and ON DANGEROUS GROUND are being prepped! 31

18 May 2022 - 07 March 2023

Can't wait for this.

WALKING DISTANCE AND H�NDEL 5

Dr Andrew Bellenkes ...

06 - 23 February 2023

23 February 2023

Thank you for your comments everyone, and especially those of Mr. Big. Maestro Herrmann was a classically trained musician who, having studied at both New York University and thereafter at Julliard, ...

Herrmann's music theory 7

David Scott ... Winknotes

25 July - 27 October 2022

27 October 2022

Do any of you know if a score to his Symphony No. 1 is available? I'd love to study that along with his movie scores if those are available as well. But particularly interested in his Symphony. Steve

Psycho+Documentary

Wuthering Heights Suite Premiere 5

Günther Kögebehn ... Hans sorensen

12 April - 07 July 2022

Chandos release of the Wuthering Heights suite, June 2023. Including world premiere recording of Bernard Herrmann's String Quartet "Echoes", adapted for string orchestra.

Herrmannesque Sound Lives on in The Orville 4

John J ... Andrew Shaneyfelt

04 - 06 July 2022

I still come both for info and because its not as distracting as social media. I do hope we can have a comprehensive discography and recordings database again someday. ...

Oh No! another Psycho!

18 February 2022

18 February 2022

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