Prague Proms 2023 – Eastwood Symphonic & Voices of Hollywood

Wed – 21/6/2023 – 19h – Eastwood Symphonic

This all-embracing and unique concert will walk audiences through the most essential classics featuring in Eastwood’s films, while also honoring the brilliant actor.

 

The program will include the following pieces:

• Eastwood’s Ouverture (for symphony orchestra) – Composer: Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Clint Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Kyle Eastwood, Arr. Jean-Jacques Mailliet
• Magnum Force (1973) – Director: Ted Post – Composer: Lalo Schifrin
• Dirty Harry (1971) – Director: Don Siegel – Composer: Lalo Schifrin
• The Eiger Sanction (1975) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: John Williams
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Lennie Niehaus
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Clint Eastwood, Arr. Kyle Eastwood
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
• Bird (1988) (for jazz quintet) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Charlie Parker
• Changeling (2008) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Clint Eastwood, Arr. Kyle Eastwood
• Gran Torino (2008) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
• Unforgiven (1992) – Director: Clint Eastwood – Composer: Lennie Niehaus
• A Fistful of Dollars / Per un pugno di dollari (1964) – Director: Sergio Leone – Composer: Ennio Morricone
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) – Director: Sergio Leone – Composer: Ennio Morricone

 

The Eastwood Symphonic concert will take place as part of the Prague Proms festival on 21st June 2023 and will form part of the 2023-2024 world tour. A CD recording of the music will also be made. The concert will include video projection.

 

Leading the Czech National Symphony Orchestra will be conductor, film music composer for more than 160 films and television productions, as well as Grammy Award winner Gast Waltzing.

 

Kyle Eastwood and his quintet will naturally be the highlight of the evening, not to mention the world tour. One of the most important contributors to the project, the son of the celebrated actor, is a talented jazz bassist, composer and arranger of film scores including Gran Torino, Invictus, and Letters from Iwo Jima. Joining Kyle Eastwood (double bass and bass guitar) will be Andrew McCormack (piano), Brandon Allen (saxophone), Quentin Collins (trumpet), and Chris Higginbottom (drums).

 

More information and tickets (500-1300 CZK / 21-55 €):

https://www.pragueproms.cz/en/program/eastwood-symphonic/

https://www.obecnidum.cz/cs/program/2023-06-21/eastwood-symphonic/

 

Sun – 25/6/2023 – 19h – Voices of Hollywood

Film music fans will once again have the opportunity to hear hits from the best soundtracks of world cinema live. For the second year in a row, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra will be led by its music director Steven Mercurio. The outstanding Jeremy Winston Chorale, who have performed for President Barack Obama and the First Lady of the United States, as well as the President of Colombia, will appear, along with its founder, the artistic director and choirmaster Jeremy Scott Winston. The concert will include video projection.

 

The program will include the following pieces:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss, Dreamgirls (2006), Cadillac Car, Henry Krieger
• Titanic (1997) – My Heart Will Go On, James Horner
• Chinatown (1974) – Love Theme (Main Title), Jerry Goldsmith
• Casino Royale (1967) – The Look of Love, Burt Bacharach
• Bodyguard (1992) – I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton
• Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) – I Put a Spell On You, Jay Hawkins
• Alien (1979) – Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”, Howard Hanson
• Selma (2014) – Glory, Common & John Legend
• The Blues Brothers (1980) – Think, Teddy White & Aretha Franklin
• Excalibur (1981) – O Fortuna, Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
• Mission: Impossible (1996) – Mission Impossible Theme, Lalo Schifrin
• Gran Torino (2008) – Original Theme Song, Kyle Eastwood & Michael Stevens
• Happy Feet Two (2011) – Under Pressure, Queen
• Amadeus (1984) – Lacrimosa, Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Shaft (1971) – Main Theme, Isaac Hayes
• BlacKkKlansman (2018) – Ron’s Suite, Terence Blanchard
• Rocky (1976) – Gonna Fly Now, Bill Conti
• Harriet (2019) – Stand Up, Cynthia Erivo & Joshuah Brian Campbell
• Despicable Me 2 (2013) – Happy, Pharrell Williams

 

Performers:

• Czech National Symphony Orchestra
• Steven Mercurio, conductor
• Jan Hasenöhrl, trumpet
• Jakub Tököly, piano
• Jeremy Winston Chorale
• Jeremy Scott Winston, choirmaster

 

More information and tickets (500-1300 CZK / 21-55 €):

https://www.pragueproms.cz/en/program/voices-hollywood/