VARÈSE SARABANDE 35th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT GALA
Golden State Pops Orchestra, Conducted by STEVEN ALLEN FOX
Produced and Hosted by ROBERT TOWNSON
We are thrilled to announce the central event of our 2013 collaboration with the Golden State Pops Orchestra.
Soloist: Sara Andon, flute
With Special Guests Joel McNeely, Diego Navarro, John Debney, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Christopher Lennertz, Brian Tyler and Mark Isham!
Tickets for the May 11 concert are selling fast!
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Soundtrack News
Two new releases in the Varèse Sarabande Limited Edition series will be announced on February 25th! Two truly excellent scores you may not know but do not want to miss! See you then!
Coming October 22....a new batch of releases from the Varèse Sarabande CD Club. See you then!!!!
So excited to be presenting the second performance of ALIEN: A BIOMECHANICAL SYMPHONY, a concert piece originally created for the Fimucité Festival in Tenerife, where we premiered the work in 2009. The music of Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Elliot Goldenthal, John Frizzell and Brian Tyler will be performed by Sinfonietta Cracovia, Pro Musica Mundi Choir and Pueri Cantores Sancti Nicolai Boys’ Choir, all under the direction of conductor Diego Navarro. For this special performance we will feature a greatly expanded ALIEN 3 section, with cues selected by Elliot Goldenthal himself. The second half of the concert will be an all-Goldenthal program "Elliot Goldenthal's Cinema of Art and Blood", featuring extended suites from TITUS ANDRONICUS, FRIDA and INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE. Don't miss this thrilling closing night celebration of Krakow's FMF festival on Saturday, May 26, 2012! Friday, May 25 will feature a historic 80th birthday celebration concert honoring the great Polish composer Wojciech Kilar! Both Goldenthal and Kilar will be in attendance at their concerts. See you in Krakow!!
The next pair of new releases in our Limited Edition series will be announced on March 5. See you then!
The American Express Symphony At The Park concerts are two uniquely themed symphonic performances commemorating and charting the history of the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the majestic grounds of West London's Chiswick House and Gardens on 20th and 21st August 2011.
August 21 presents a celebration of Abbey Road Studio's illustrious film music history, produced by Abbey Road's Jonathan Allen and Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson, featuring Joel McNeely conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus. The extraordinary program will include music by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, Howard Shore, George Fenton, Gabriel Yared, Philippe Sarde, James Horner, Joel McNeely and more!
Gates to the performance grounds open at 5:30 pm, from when you are invited to settle down on the spacious lawns in front of the main performance stage. The concert starts at 7:15 pm with an introduction to the concert program and history of the studios before the 80 piece orchestra start the main performance. There is an interval at 8:30 pm and the concert is due to conclude by 10:00 pm.
Don't miss this historic look back over the magical history of the legendary Abbey Road Studios!