Royal Albert Hall, London
For those of us who know our musicals from DVDs and Christmas TV, John Wilson's Hollywood Prom delivered a pleasurable shock. His orchestra, with its nine-piece percussion section and full-blown jazz big band, blasted out a surround-sound version of music that is usually squeezed through the tiny speakers of a telly.
Without the tap dances, chorus girls and (often flimsy) plots, the music had to stand up for itself. Wilson, who has brought a passion for authentic performance to movie soundtracks, shone a glittering spotlight on arrangers such as Ray Heindorf, Conrad Salinger and Lloyd "Skip" Martin. They were Hollywood's invisible men, who toiled behind the tinsel to stretch three-minute ditties into extended suites (This Heart of Mine) or craft subtle tone poems that became huge hits (Secret Love, sung beautifully by Clare Teal).
A tag team of vocalists interpreted familiar songs from movies made between...
For those of us who know our musicals from DVDs and Christmas TV, John Wilson's Hollywood Prom delivered a pleasurable shock. His orchestra, with its nine-piece percussion section and full-blown jazz big band, blasted out a surround-sound version of music that is usually squeezed through the tiny speakers of a telly.
Without the tap dances, chorus girls and (often flimsy) plots, the music had to stand up for itself. Wilson, who has brought a passion for authentic performance to movie soundtracks, shone a glittering spotlight on arrangers such as Ray Heindorf, Conrad Salinger and Lloyd "Skip" Martin. They were Hollywood's invisible men, who toiled behind the tinsel to stretch three-minute ditties into extended suites (This Heart of Mine) or craft subtle tone poems that became huge hits (Secret Love, sung beautifully by Clare Teal).
A tag team of vocalists interpreted familiar songs from movies made between...
- 8/30/2011
- by John L Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
A chair (http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1271) upon which J.K. Rowling wrote Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets is to be re-auctioned (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3410382.html) to benefit Books Abroad (http://www.booksabroad.org.uk/), a charity which sends free school books to impoverished countries. Image: http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13923/normal_1519231.jpg ---Quote--- It has been personalised by the author herself and features several painted slogans including: "I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair." ---End Quote--- It was originally auctioned by Chair-ish a Child for the Nspcc (http://www.nspcc.org.uk/) in 2002 when it sold for £15,000. 20% of the money raised will be donated this time around. ---Quote--- Matthew Ford, the art dealer organising the sale, said: "It's a chair you'd pay a tenner for in a junk shop but, historically, it's the most important chair in Muggledom,...
- 7/21/2009
- by EmmaRiddle
- Snitchseeker.com
A chair (http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-49572) upon which J.K. Rowling wrote Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets is to be re-auctioned (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3410382.html) to benefit Books Abroad (http://www.booksabroad.org.uk/), a charity which sends free school books to impoverished countries. Image: http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13923/normal_1519231.jpg ---Quote--- It has been personalised by the author herself and features several painted slogans including: "I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair." ---End Quote--- It was originally auctioned by Chair-ish a Child for the Nspcc (http://www.nspcc.org.uk/) in 2002 when it sold for £15,000. 20% of the money raised will be donated this time around. ---Quote--- Matthew Ford, the art dealer organising the sale, said: "It's a chair you'd pay a tenner for in a junk shop but, historically, it's the most important chair in Muggledom,...
- 7/21/2009
- by EmmaRiddle
- Snitchseeker.com
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