Orchestra will present `Movies With the Maestro'
From staff reports
The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will present its second annual “Movies With the Maestro” concert, featuring cinematic music, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino.
The concert will draw from an eclectic selection of film scores, including several pieces in which Anthony Parnther, the San Bernardino Symphony’s music director, has personally participated.
“When I’m not here in San Bernardino with our world-class orchestra, I have the distinct pleasure of leading the Hollywood Studio Symphony on many of the most beloved film and television franchises on the planet,” Parnther said in a news release.
“This year’s ‘Movies With the Maestro’ is personal. We will delve into some of the scores I led from the scoring stages of Los Angeles, London and Nashville, including blockbuster hits like ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian’ and ‘Slumberland,’ ” Parnther said.
In addition to conducting, Parnther performs on numerous movie soundtracks.
“I remain active as a recording artist in the studios, and we will also explore some of the scores I have played my bassoon on, including ‘Animaniacs’ and ‘Gremlins: The Secret of Mogwai,’ ” Parnther said in the news release.
The program will include John Williams’ “Hooray for Hollywood” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” Simon Franglen’s Suite from “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Pinar Toprak’s Suite from “Slumberland and Bernard Herrmann’s “Salaambo’s Aria” from “Citizen Kane.”
Andrew Bain, principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will join the orchestra to perform Kris Bowers’ Concerto for Horn, which, under Parnther’s direction, premiered in 2021 as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Reel Change series, according to the news release.
Those attending the concert are encouraged to bring their light sabers to wave along to John Williams’ “Imperial March” from “Star Wars” and to Ludwig Goransson and Joe Shirley’s “Main Theme” from “:Star Wars: The Mandalorian.”
The Aug. 12 concert will be reprised Aug. 16 at the Henry W. Coil Sr. and Alice Edna Coil School for the Arts Auditorium in Riverside to open the Association of California Symphony Orchestras’ 54th annual conference.
Tickets for the Aug. 12 concert are $20-$100, available at sanbernardinosymphony.org or by calling 909-381-5388. The California Theatre of the Performing Arts is at 562 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino.
Tickets for the Aug. 16 concert are $50, available by calling 909381-5388. The Coil Auditorium is at 3890 University Ave., Riverside.