Music from the Movies Program

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Broken Runes………………………………………………………………………Doug Sparta
Danse Infernale……………………………………………………………………Elliot del Borgo
Golden Slippers…………………………………………………………………..James A. Bland
Adagio cantabile from Sonata Pathétique…………………………….Ludwig van Beethoven
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream…………………………Felix Mendelssohn
Main Theme from The Pirates of the Caribbean……………………Klaus Badelt
LYO & LSO
Viva La Vida………………………………………………………………………..Coldplay, arr. Larry Moore
Main Theme from Star Wars………………………………………………..John Williams, arr. Charles Sayre


Intermission


LSO
Night on Bald Mountain…………………………………………………………Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Adagio from Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Wolfgang……Amadeus Mozart
Laura Neubauer, clarinet
The Shark Theme from Jaws…………………………………………………John Williams
Feather Theme from Forrest Gump………………………………………..Alan Silvestri, arr. Paul Lavender
Rebecca Studinger, piano and Joe Miller, guitar
Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission……………………………………………Ennio Morricone, arr. Robert Longfield
Allison Laibly, Oboe
Suite from The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring…..Howard Shore, arr. John Whitney
Raider’s March from Raiders of the Lost Ark……………………………..John Williams

LYO: Meet the Conductor

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Joe Snider is a local private string teacher and freelance
cellist from Flint. He has a music degree from
Taylor University in Indiana, and has taught music in
both public and private schools ever since. His passion is teaching
people of all ages how to play music. He currently plays in the Livingston
Symphony Orchestra and is principal cellist in the Fenton
Community Orchestra.

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