{"id":8459,"date":"2019-04-14T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T14:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=8459"},"modified":"2019-04-15T11:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:37:30","slug":"symphonies-present-jedi-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=8459","title":{"rendered":"SYMPHONIES PRESENT JEDI NIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"&quot;copy-snippet\">\n<article class=\"art\">\n<header>\n<p data-bind=\"text: articleSubtitle\"><em>Three orchestras will be performing Star Wars music in Montreal. They are the Orchestre FILMharmonique, GFN productions, which put on an orchestral version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in January, and Orchestre \u00e0 vents de musiques de films (OVMF) . <\/em><\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: articleSubtitle\"><em>MonSFFen are already familiar with the OVMF, since several of us have attended their concerts.\u00a0 &#8212;CPL<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 data-bind=\"text: articleSubtitle\">Three different orchestras set to perform music from the Star Wars movie series<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"art-byline\">\n<li class=\"art-source\" data-bind=\"text: issueTitle\">Montreal Gazette, <time data-bind=\"text: shortDateString\">13 Apr 2019, <\/time>T\u2019CHA DUNLEVY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"art-pic\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.prcdn.co\/img?regionKey=8LdWwWSRUa5OHAB3KdxkMw%3d%3d\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" data-bind=\"attr: { src: imageUrl }\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTOS: CHRISTINNE MUSCHIPatrick Morin conducts the Orchestre d\u2019Harmonie Leonardo da Vinci, one of three orchestras performing concerts of Star Wars music. The shows feature the music of composer John Williams, who is known for other movie scores, including Jaws and Harry Potter films.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div data-bind=\"foreach: articleBlocks\">\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">May the orchestra be with you.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Make that orchestras. Not one, not two, but three different classical ensembles will perform the music of Star Wars in Montreal over the next 60 days.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Leading the charge is Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert, April 19 and 20 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, with music by the 80-piece Orchestre FILMharmonique, featuring musicians from the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al and the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain playing the iconic tunes while the original Star Wars movie screens in the background.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Front and centre is the music of U.S. composer John Williams, famous for his scores to cinematic classics including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, ET the Extraterrestrial, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Schindler\u2019s List and the first three Harry Potter films.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cComposers and directors have to work together,\u201d said New York conductor Erik Ochsner, who will oversee the Montreal concerts. \u201cJohn Williams was able to find the emotion; his music tells the audience how to feel.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cHe was inspired by so many greats: Fucik, Dvorak, Holst, Stravinski. In some ways he is honouring the greats. At the same time, he piggybacks on them to make sure he\u2019ll stay part of the canon of classical music. It\u2019s unabashedly romantic, big and bombastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Ochsner is a specialist at conducting these types of orchestral film events, and gets hired around the world for just that purpose. Last summer, he was at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, leading La La Land In Concert, also at Place des Arts.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">He has conducted concert versions of Mary Poppins, Back to the Future, Pirates of the Caribbean and the 2009 Star Trek reboot, among others.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">While classical music purists might turn up their noses at such crossover concerts, Ochsner has no problem with the concept.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cFilm is popular culture,\u201d he said. \u201cThese kinds of events have been a great partner to symphony orchestras, bringing them new audiences and helping sell tickets. I\u2019m not ashamed to say I\u2019m an entertainer. People love it, so let\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert is produced by new Montreal company GFN productions, which put on an orchestral version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in January, and will follow with Fantasia In Concert, June 22.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cI call it modernizing the classical music industry to reach a larger audience,\u201d said GFN president Francis Choini\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cWe get people to show up for a live symphony orchestra who otherwise wouldn\u2019t,\u201d added vice-president Gabriel Felcarek.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cIt\u2019s music people know and love,\u201d Choini\u00e8re continued, \u201cso they connect with it on a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">After brushing up on the original Star Wars soundtrack, fans can head to Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al\u2019s Salle Claude Champagne, where the 50-member Orchestre \u00e0 vents de musiques de films (OVMF) performs the music to the Empire Strikes Back, June 8, 9 and 13.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cJohn Williams offers a lot of content,\u201d said OVMF artistic director Jocelyn Leblanc, who rearranged all the pieces for wind instruments. \u201cOften a film composer will have one or two themes, which they stretch over a film. He doesn\u2019t do that. He takes scenes and gives them a soul by making music just for the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cHis compositions are catchy, simple and complex at the same time. They have themes that everyone can sing, but beneath that is an incredible complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">The OVMF will perform the Empire Strikes Back music without the film screening in the background, due to the cost of acquiring the rights. But that hasn\u2019t deterred fans; tickets for the first two concerts are already sold out.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Leblanc started the OVMF nearly 20 years ago, and has seen its popularity continue to grow, as evidenced by big turnouts for recent performances of Jurassic Park and a tribute to Japan\u2019s Studio Ghibli.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cThis is our best year since we started,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">Film music has also been a great way for the Orchestre harmonique Leonardo Da Vinci (OHLDV) to draw bigger crowds.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">The 45-piece St-L\u00e9onard community orchestra performs a decades-spanning tribute to the entire Star Wars oeuvre, May 4 at the Centre Leonardo Da Vinci. While it\u2019s a treat for the audience, tackling Williams\u2019 elaborate compositions is a challenge for the OHLDV players, notes conductor Patrick Morin.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cPerforming Star Wars gets<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">them to push their limits as musicians,\u201d he said. \u201cThis music is not always easy. It provides them with a challenge that requires intense concentration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">That challenge is welcomed by baritone saxophonist and orchestra president H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Louis-Seize.<\/p>\n<p data-bind=\"text: $data\">\u201cJohn Williams is something else,\u201d she said. &#8220;(Learning this music) has allowed us to evolve; it\u2019s very motivating. 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