The Philharmonic’s 2014–15 season opens September 16 with La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema, an Opening Gala Concert, with Martin Scorsese as special guest. The performance the following night, September 17, an expanded version of the same program, will be broadcast on PBS’s Great Performances at a later date. Presented in collaboration with Sugarmusic, the concerts will be conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert; feature violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Renée Fleming, and singer/songwriter/actor Josh Groban; and include video projection combining animated graphics and film clips designed by visual artist Giuseppe Ragazzini, under the direction of Giampiero Solari. La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema celebrates the lush and iconic scores from some of Italy’s greatest films with music by Nino Rota, Andrea and Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, Stelvio Cipriani, Armando Trovajoli, Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero, Giovanni Fusco, and Nicola Piovani. The program will feature suites and famous songs, many newly arranged and orchestrated by music consultant William Ross, from Academy Award–winning films including Federico Fellini’s 81⁄2 and La Dolce Vita; Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West; Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful; and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso (for full listing see pages 8–9). The Opening Gala Concert will also feature the Overtures from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and William Tell. La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema utilizes historical footage from Istituto Luce Cinecittà; for the program’s creation, Sugarmusic made available its catalog of more than 2,000 Italian film sound tracks.
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