BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba - 17.9.13 - 7:30pm

[mercia]

The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba, performs a concert of great scores from the silver screen, including the March from 'Dambusters', music from '633 Squadron' and the iconic 'Star Wars' theme. This concert is part of the BBC's 'Sound of Cinema' season, exploring the composers, songs and film scores that form the soundtrack to the big screen.



Goodwin: Theme to '633 Squadron'
Bliss: 'Things to Come', Concert Suite
Bennett: 'Far from the Madding Crowd', Suite
Rózsa: 'Thief of Bagdad', suite from the film

8:40 Interval

9:00
Rawsthorne: Burma Victory
Goodwin: The Battle of Britain
Coates: 'Dambusters' March
John Williams: 'Star Wars', main titles

BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

[DracoM]

And so it goes on....................and on.

[french frank]

They've certainly got the second half bang to rights - nos 64, 22 and 2 in the Classic FM listeners' vote last month. And no 35 in the first half. I hope they weren't peeking.