Epiphany Weekend Concert
The traditional, festive and richly varied Epiphany Concert!
At this festive Epiphany concert, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by English conductor John Wilson. He is an authority in film scores and has reconstructed and arranged many classic soundtracks for concert settings. Since 1994, Wilson has also led his own hand-selected orchestra, which has specialised in film and musicals with great success.
Classical film scores were in focus when John Wilson led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra last time, at the 2020 Epiphany concert. It was a success, and this time too, the programme includes a blend of alluring film scores and the best from the music world, including music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Michel Legrand.
The vocal soloist is American Broadway and West End star Kim Criswell. Her 40-year career has taken her to the major stages all over the world – including classical bastions like La Scala in Milan, Musikverein in Vienna, and the Philharmonie in Berlin.
While this concert is surrounded by tradition, so too is the dance to the sound of a big band in Grünewald Hall afterward. This year, we hear the Johan Stengård Big Band and original arrangements of classic American big band music.
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The music
Approximate times -
Erich Wolfgang Korngold King’s Row - Main Title2 min
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Bronislaw Kaper Overture to Mutiny on the Bounty arr John Wilson/Andrew Cottee3 min
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George Gershwin Overture to Strike Up the Band arr Don Rose7 min
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Cole Porter I Get a Kick Out of You from Anything Goes arr Ray Heindorf3 min
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Harold Arlen Suite from Wizard of Oz arr John Wilson/Andrew Cottee11 min
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George Gershwin Love Walked In from Goldwyn Follies arr Edward B Powell3 min
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Hugh Martin Love arr Lennie Hayton/Paul Campbell3 min
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Franz Waxman The Ride to Dubno ’’The Ride of the Cossacks’’ from Taras Bulba5 min
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Intermission30 min
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Frederick Loewe Overture to My Fair Lady arr Alexander Courage4 min
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Max Steiner Suite from Casablanca arr Hugo Friedhofer/John Wilson7 min
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Richard Rodgers Main Title from The Sound of Music arr Irwin Kostal4 min
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Richard Rodgers I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music arr Irwin Kostal/John Wilson4 min
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Jule Styne People from Funny Girl arr Walter Scharf/Andrew Cottee4 min
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John Williams Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind5 min
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Michel Legrand The Way He Makes Me Feel from Yentl4 min
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Michel Legrand A Piece of Sky from Yentl4 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- John Wilson conductor
- Kim Criswell vocals