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John Wilson

Vocal

Kim Criswell

Konserthuset Stockholm

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Epiphany weekend concert

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Epiphany weekend concert: Concert

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Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall)

EPIPHANY WEEKEND CONCERT
The traditional, festive and richly varied Epiphany Concert!

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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. 

The music
Approximate times
Erich Wolfgang Korngold King’s Row - Main Title 2 min
Bronislaw Kaper Overture to Mutiny on the Bounty arr John Wilson/Andrew Cottee 3 min
George Gershwin Overture to Strike Up the Band arr Don Rose 7 min
Cole Porter I Get a Kick Out of You from Anything Goes arr Ray Heindorf 3 min
Harold Arlen Suite from Wizard of Oz arr John Wilson/Andrew Cottee 11 min
George Gershwin Love Walked In from Goldwyn Follies arr Edward B Powell 3 min
Hugh Martin Love arr Lennie Hayton/Paul Campbell 3 min
Franz Waxman The Ride to Dubno ’’The Ride of the Cossacks’’ from Taras Bulba 5 min
Intermission 25 min
Frederick Loewe Overture to My Fair Lady arr Alexander Courage 4 min
Max Steiner Suite from Casablanca arr Hugo Friedhofer/John Wilson 7 min
Richard Rodgers Main Title from The Sound of Music arr Irwin Kostal 4 min
Richard Rodgers I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music arr Irwin Kostal/John Wilson 4 min
Jule Styne People from Funny Girl arr Walter Scharf/Andrew Cottee 4 min
John Williams Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5 min
Michel Legrand The Way He Makes Me Feel from Yentl 4 min
Michel Legrand A Piece of Sky from Yentl 4 min
Participants
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson conductor
Kim Criswell vocals

English

Epiphany weekend concert by Various, From (2023/2023), Conductor John Wilson, Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall), Stockholm, Sweden

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