{"id":14269,"date":"2019-04-27T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T03:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=14269"},"modified":"2019-05-24T17:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:47:24","slug":"kw-symphonys-live-by-request-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/kw-symphonys-live-by-request-2\/","title":{"rendered":"KW Symphony&#8217;s &#8220;Live by Request&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attended the KW Symphony&#8217;s concert &#8220;Live by Request: Music from the Stage &amp; Screen.&#8221; Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/kw-symphonys-live-by-request\/\">the last time<\/a> they did this, they allowed the audience to vote on songs on their cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hooray for Hollywood &#8212; Williams<\/li>\n<li>Semper Fidelis March &#8212; Sousa\n<ul>\n<li>from The Shape of Water, among other things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Phantom of the Opera &#8212; Webber<\/li>\n<li>Adventures on Earth &#8212; John Williams\n<ul>\n<li>from E.T.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Across the Stars &#8212; John Williams*\n<ul>\n<li>from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Les Mis<span class=\"st\">\u00e9<\/span>rables<\/li>\n<li>The Avengers &#8212; Alan Silvestri<\/li>\n<li>The Hope Suite &amp; Imperial Suite &#8212; Michael Giacchino\n<ul>\n<li>from Rogue One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Sea Hawk Suite &#8212; Erich Korngold<\/li>\n<li>Halo (video game theme)<\/li>\n<li>Raiders March &#8212; John Williams\n<ul>\n<li>from Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Schindler&#8217;s List &#8212; John Williams\n<ul>\n<li>violin solo by Jung Tsai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Singin&#8217; in the Rain*<\/li>\n<li>Ride of the Valkyries &#8212; Wagner\n<ul>\n<li>from Bugs Bunny<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chariots of Fire &#8212; Vangelis<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Suite &#8212; Howard Shore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Two pieces were accompanied by dancers from the Carousel Dance Company.<\/p>\n<p>The audience didn&#8217;t always go with my choice, but it was all great music. The standouts were from <strong>E.T.<\/strong>, <strong>Star Wars<\/strong>, and <strong>The Lord of the Rings<\/strong>. John Williams was well represented among the pieces.<\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t much music I didn&#8217;t already know. One piece I didn&#8217;t know was &#8220;The Sea Hawk Suite&#8221; and I wasn&#8217;t familiar with its composer, Erich Korngold. The piece was a revelation &#8212; I&#8217;m going to be looking into this composer. The conductor indicated that Korngold was a precursor to John Williams.<\/p>\n<p>John Morris Russell was the conductor &#8212; he did a tremendous job, as always. He mentioned that it&#8217;s not every orchestra that does a program like this &#8212; as far as he knew, Boston Pops was the only other one that&#8217;s done it.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fabulous concert.<\/p>\n<p>I previously discussed the KW Symphony\u2019s concert &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/kw-symphonys-the-four-seasons\/\">The Four Seasons<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended the KW Symphony&#8217;s concert &#8220;Live by Request: Music from the Stage &amp; Screen.&#8221; Like the last time they did this, they allowed the audience to vote on songs on their cell phones. 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