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Radio 3 in Concert: From Heaven to Hell at the Movies

24/03/2017

From Heaven to Hell at the Movies

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, From Heaven to Hell at the Movies

From the Royal Festival Hall, Matthew Sweet presents a concert of classic movie scores.

From the Royal Festival Hall in London, Sound of Cinema presenter Matthew Sweet presents a concert of classic movie scores, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra.

From Heaven to Hell at the Movies 
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall on 19 March
The BBC Concert Orchestra and their Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart are joined by the Crouch End Festival Chorus for a celebration of great choral moments from the silver screen. Presented by Matthew Sweet. 

Orff: O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)
Barry: The Lion in Winter Suite 
Barry (arr. Raine): Theme from Somewhere in Time 
Vangelis: 1492: Conquest of Paradise 
Prokofiev: Song about Alexander Nevsky; The Battle on the Ice; Alexander's Entry into Pskov (from Alexander Nevsky)

INTERVAL

Patrick Doyle: Finale - Cry No More (from Much Ado About Nothing)
Jerry Goldsmith: Music from The Omen 
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) 
John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Private Ryan)
John Williams: Main Theme from Schindler's List 
John Williams: Duel of the Fates (from Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace); Princess Leia's Theme (from Star Wars IV: A New Hope)
Walton: Epilogue from Henry V 

Matthew Sweet, presenter
Crouch End Festival Chorus 
BBC Concert Orchestra 
Keith Lockhart, conductor

You know the moment in a film when it finally gets to the point? Redemption and joy, or perhaps damnation and pain?
There of course is the acting, the sweeping camera shots and a big orchestral score up on the big screen. But when the future ahead could be heavenly or hellish, there has to be the power of massed human voices to complete the emotional detail. Those moments - this is our concert.
Let the 'Sound of Cinema' fill your ears as Radio 3's Matthew Sweet presents a concert of classic movie moments. Join the Crouch End Festival Chorus, conductor Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra - and a host of famous cinema composers - on a voyage that takes you all the way to Omaha beach with John Williams's Hymn to the Fallen (Saving Private Ryan), before transporting you to another universe with the epic score Duel of the Fates (Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace). It isn't all plain sailing though: expect some turbulence with Prokofiev's The Battle on the Ice and the ultimate O, Fortuna from Carmina Burana.

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