Concert of Film Music: Korngold in Hollywood
Date & Time
Fri, May 9, 2025, 19:30Johan Dalene, photo: Marco Borggreve Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a child prodigy whose talent enchanted Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. He staged his most famous opera at the age of 23, pursued a career as a conductor shortly afterwards and then became, still at a very young age, a lecturer at the Staatsakademie für Musik in Vienna. Nothing foreshadowed his great turn to film, which – bored by the silent image – decided to speak with an audible voice. A... Read full text
Keywords: Film Music, Symphony Concert
Musicians
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Rumon Gamba | Conductor |
Johan Dalene | Violin |
Program
Ferde Grofé | Hollywood Suite |
Erich Korngold | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 |
Erich Korngold | Fanfare from the music to the film Kings Row |
Miklós Rózsa | Love Theme and Parade of the Chariots from the music to the film Ben-Hur |
Max Steiner | Tara’s Theme from the music to the film Gone with the Wind |
Bernard Herrmann | Suite from the music to the film Psycho (fragments) |
Bronisław Kaper | Theme from the music to the film Mutiny on the Bounty |
Erich Korngold | Suite from the music to the film The Adventures of Robin Hood |