Royal Albert Hall
Date: 20th July (Thursday), 7:30pm
Seats: Rausing Circle S, Row 4, Seats 70/71
Presenter: Katie Derham
Performers: Jess Gillam (saxophone - Catch Me If You Can), Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet - The Terminal), Jamal Aliyev (cello - Memoirs of a Geisha), Haringey Vox choir (Amistad), Music Centre London choir (Amistad)
Notes: This is our first Prom concert for the season! We are hoping to go Promming (standing seats on the day for 6 pounds!) for a few concerts, but we did buy 5 concert tickets in advance - mostly to get the entry to win tickets to the Last Night, but also to ensure we could get to the concerts we wanted to attend the most. We paid 20 pounds per ticket for these concerts and have seats in the Rausing Circle section (the first section below the top gallery).
This concert was the one which I was most excited about - a whole concert celebrating the music of John Williams (who is now 85, and thus couldn't attend in person)! He has written the music for some of my absolute favourite movie scores. They played a wide range of pieces, starting with the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Also included were the theme from Jaws, Superman march, Memoirs of a Geisha, the flying theme from E.T., Escapade No. 3 from Catch Me if you Can, Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and, of course, a few songs from Star Wars (March of the Resistance and Rey's Theme from Episode VII, and the Main Title from A New Hope).
My favourites were Jaws, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, Harry Potter (of course), Catch Me if You Can, and Star Wars! It was especially impressive to watch the string section playing Hedwig's Theme - it's a real workout!!!
They performed 2 encores - firstly Cantina Band (the full orchestra version, which I hadn't heard before), and then Harry's Wondrous World (more Harry Potter, yay!!!) El Husbando was disappointed in the lack of dinosaurs (no music from Jurassic Park), but it was a fantastic evening and quite resonably priced. Bring on the rest of the Proms!
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