20102011 SEASON GUIDE - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

SOUNDBYTES
NEW!! Welcome to our SoundBytes Series. This is a perfect series for first-time
symphony-goers or the season symphony lover! The first two concerts are themed with
short familiar pieces (soundbytes!) to show how classical music with a symphony orchestra
is used in popular culture. After last year’s overwhelming response to Chaplin’s City
Lights, our third concert in this series is Chaplin’s Modern Times, complete with his own
original score performed by the WSO.
Music, Movies & Maddin
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 I 8:00 PM
- 30 - 2010 I 2011 SEASON GUIDE
Join celebrated Winnipeg filmmaker Guy
Maddin as he takes you on a journey of music
and movies, and explores how classical music is
used in Hollywood’s famous films such as: The
Incredibles, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Amadeus,
Apocalypse Now, Austin Powers, The Shining,
Blues Brothers, Manhattan, Platoon, 10,
Excalibur and Fantasia.
Guy Maddin’s most distinctive quality is his
fondness for recreating the look and style of
silent or early sound era films. His award-winning feature films include Tales
from the Gimli Hospital, The Saddest Music in the World, Brand Upon the Brain,
and My Winnipeg, to name a few.
Along with resident conductor Richard Lee, you will be surprised and mesmerized
by how classical music is interwoven into popular culture.
Richard Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (Amadeus)
Barber: Adagio for Strings (Platoon)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (The Shining)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Khachaturian: Sabre Dance (Blues Brothers 2000)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Manhattan)
Ravel: Bolero (10)
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Fantasia)
Mozart Requiem: Dies Irae (The Incredibles)
Orff: "O Fortuna!" from Carmina Burana (Excalibur)
Richard Lee, conductor
Guy Maddin, host
Photo: Guy Maddin