Itzhak Perlman joins the Richmond Symphony this weekend. The program includes music from Perlman’s Cinema Serenade albums, both of which feature solo violin adaptations of classic film music.
The first Cinema Serenade volume, released in 1996, concludes with the love theme from the 1988 coming-of-age drama, Cinema Paradiso. The film was scored by the late Academy Award-winning Italian composer, Ennio Morricone, who worked in collaboration with his son, Andrea Morricone. It was Andrea Morricone who created this shimmering arrangement.
Cinema Paradiso is a story told in a flashback. Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his native Sicilian village to attend the funeral of Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. It was the fatherly Alfredo who sparked the young Salvatore’s love of filmmaking, and opened the door to a world beyond.
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Recordings
- Cinema Serenade, Vol. 1, Itzhak Perlman, John Williams, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Amazon
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Music too beautiful for words
Almost as moving as Gabriel’s oboe from The Mission
Beautiful music! Beautiful film!
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