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18 February 2024 München (Munich) (Germany)
The Sound of Ennio Morricone
Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir conducted by Chuhei Iwasaki - Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8
Program Info: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Chuhei Iwasaki, conductor Alma Naidu, singer Alexander Mazza, moderation
A handful of notes and endless tension: When Charles Bronson played a few notes on the harmonica in the legendary Western "Play me the Song of Death" , this musical motif alone created high tension. It was composed by Ennio Morricone (1928-2020): his soundtrack from 1968 would have been enough to make him immortal. But this was only one of over 500 scores that Morricone wrote. The Italian maestro has given his music the brilliant finishing touches to countless classic films, including For a Fistful of Dollars , Two Glorious Scoundrels , My Name Is Nobody , Cinema Paradiso , Once Upon a Time in America and Die incorruptible" .
In 2007 he was awarded an honorary Oscar for this great life's work. In 2016 he went one better: At the age of 87 he won the Oscar for the music for Quentin Tarantino's western "The Hateful Eight" . All these grandiose, monumental works and unforgettable melodies can be experienced at the gala film concert "The Sound of Ennio Morricone" - in a particularly impressive way with a large orchestra, choir and vocal soloists. The whole versatility of the Italian composer becomes clear: He enriched love scenes with his music just as congenially as duels in spaghetti westerns. Morricone used many instruments that are rarely heard in soundtracks. At this film concert they will all be played live: pan flute, Jew's harp, ocarina - and of course the harmonica.
Music from the films "Once upon a time in the West", "Cinema Paradiso", "Two Glorious Scoundrels", "For a Fistful of Dollars", "The Mission", "My Name Is Nobody", "The Hateful Eight", " Once upon a time in America", "The Untouchables" and much more
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