DVD MUSICAL CONCERT PROGRAMME SATURDAY 7TH OF DECEMBER AT 7.30 PM
SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT: TRIBUTE TO ANDRE PREVIN [RIP JAN. 2019]
DOCUMENTARY: “A Bridge Between Two Worlds” – the winner in his twenties of four movie Oscars for musical scores; multiple nominations for Oscars, Emmys and Grammys [surpassed in number only by Solti]; member of the West Coast “Cool Jazz” school [with Shelly Manne; Shorty Rogers; Ray Brown; Jimmy Giuffre, et al]; and transition to principal conductor/music director of the London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic; Oslo Phil; Pittsburgh Phil; & LosAngeles Philharmonic; and widely-performed composer of instrumental & operatic works; & virtuoso classical pianist & multitude of wives.
Followed by:
- The [in]famous Morecambe & Wise Christmas TV Special with Previn conducting the LSO and Eric Morecambe “playing” the Grieg Piano Concerto [this programme was a global triumph].
- Arthur Rubinstein & Previn & the LSO playing the Grieg Concerto
- Previn [soloist] & RPO in Vienna – Mozart Concerto no 24 C min K491