Friday 22.11.2024 at 13.00
Sibelius Hall
Friday 22.11.2024 at 18.30
Sibelius Hall
MICHAEL SEAL, conductor
TIMO RUUSKANEN, host
Alfred Newman, orc. Nic Raine: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
John Williams: Star Wars Main Title (Star Wars Suite for Orchestra)
John Williams: Raiders March
Hans Zimmer, arr. Paul Lavender & Robert Longfield:
Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End
John Powell: Bourne Ultimatum – Faces Without Names
Bernard Herrmann, ed. Christopher Palmer:
Psycho – A Short Suite for String Orchestra
John Williams: Here They Come from Star Wars – A New Hope
John Williams: The Asteroid Field from Star Wars – Empire Strikes Back
Intermission
Elmer Bernstein: The Great Escape – Main Title March
John Williams, arr. Johannes Rusten: Suite from Home Alone
Lalo Schifrin, arr. Michael Townend: Mission Impossible Suite
David Arnold, orc. Nicholas Dodd: City of Lovers from Casino Royale
John Williams: The Forest Battle from Star Wars – Return of the Jedi
Hans Zimmer, arr. Olav Lervik: Gladiator – Prologus
Duration 2h, inc. 20 min intermission
Tickets:
34–13 € (adults) / 28–13 € (OAPs) / 10–8 € (children, students, unemployed)
Music is an inseparable partner of film, creating carefully structured layers of images. Since the very first films, music has provided more than just accompaniment to the story: it raises the psychological charge of scenes, propels the plot from one twist to the next, deepens the characters, intensifies the atmosphere and engages the viewer. It moves us, makes us cry, makes us laugh and touches us in ways we still can’t fully explain.
Examples of unforgettable film music include John Williams’s powerful bass lines for the flashing of the lightsabers. Or Alfred Hitchcock’s piercing horror with Bernard Herrmann’s violent chords. Star Wars, The Great Escape, Mission Impossible. Chase sequences, aerial scenes, a racing heartbeat.
The heroes of adventure films will receive a symphonic baptism at the Sibelius Hall, under the British conductor Michael Seal.