It’s “fiendishly virtuosic, a chance for the orchestra to really shine,” Willis says. The “most virtuosic bumblebee in musical history,” as Willis calls it, follows with “Flight of the Bumblebee” from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Tale of the Tsar Saltan” opera.Ĭharlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush,” Disney’s “Fantasia,” “The Green Hornet” radio and TV series, and “Kill Bill” have all made use of it. The string section - particularly the violin - takes the spotlight next, with the first movement of the “Spring” concerto from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” According to IMDb, the “Spring” movement has appeared in such films as “A View to a Kill,” “Pretty Woman,” “Up Close and Personal,” “Spy Game” and “Tropic Thunder.” To see these 60 people make these incredible sounds is an educational moment and a fascinating moment.”įrench and Silk Road connections: South Bend Symphony focuses on climate change with 'Terra Nostra' “But to see the string players play it and to see the intensity of the trumpeters is different. “Perhaps it’s important to know the real source of a piece of art,” Willis says. The overture’s finale, which also figures prominently in the film adaptation of “A Clockwork Orange,” opens with a thrilling theme from the trumpets that heralds the action to come and then goes on to feature the entire orchestra. “Everyone will recognize it but hearing it and seeing it played by an orchestra as opposed to a masked man on a white horse is a completely different experience.” “I grew up hearing that and thinking it was the ‘Lone Ranger’ theme and had no idea it was by an Italian composer,” Willis says. The concert, however, opens with one of the most famous uses of classical music as a film or television theme: the finale of Gioachino Rossini’s “William Tell” Overture. Hardcover (September 1st, 2000): $19.The first five works on the program are short and popular pieces that have all been used in film and television productions, although Dmitri Kabalevsky’s aptly named “Galop” from “The Comedians” suite might not be as familiar as the other four: The percussion-centered work served as the theme song for the game show “Masquerade Party” in the 1950s and during its one-season revival in the 1970s.Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous.Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Music.Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Payne lives with his wife and children in Cincinnati, Ohio. He teaches at the Columbus College of Art & Design, where he is the chair of the Illustration Department. Payne has illustrated more than a dozen picture books, including the New York Times bestselling Mousetronaut by astronaut Mark Kelly the Texas Bluebonnet winner Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy, written by Phil Bildner and the New York Times bestsellers The Remarkable Farkle McBride and Micawber, both by John Lithgow. He performs concerts across the country and has recorded the CDs Farkle and Friends, Singin’ in the Bathtub, and The Sunny Side of the Street. An award-winning actor, he has starred on stage, film, and television. John Lithgow is the New York Times bestselling author of I Got Two Dogs Mahalia Mouse Goes to College Marsupial Sue Presents: The Runaway Pancake I’m A Manatee Micawber Marsupial Sue The Remarkable Farkle McBride and Carnival of the Animals.
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