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THE MIGHTY WURLITZER:
MUSIC AT THE
MOVIES
Michael Morgan,
Conductor
March 19,
2010
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
March 21,
2010
New
~ Matinee!
Sunday, 2:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Pre-concert talk by
John Kendall Bailey
at 7:00pm on
Friday and 1:00pm on Sunday
Program
The General (1927)
Screening of the silent film
written and
directed by Buster Keaton
and Clyde Bruckman;
with organ
accompaniment by Christoph Bull
Camille Saint-Saëns -
Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony"
(1886)
with Cristoph Bull, organ
We're pulling out all the stops for this
great event, which will feature the Paramount Theatre's celebrated "Mighty
Wurlitzer" pipe organ and one of the greatest - and funniest - silent movies
ever made, Buster Keaton's The General. Highly acclaimed concert
organist Christoph Bull, who has been University Organist and Professor at UCLA
since 2002, will play his own original score to The General. Bull's
dramatic score, which blends seamlessly with the train chases and breath-taking
stunt work shown on-screen, will add color and excitement to Keaton's comic
masterpiece.
Bull will also join the orchestra on the second half of
the program for a performance of Saint Saens' powerful "Organ Symphony", a work
widely recognized as the main theme in the 1995 Academy Award-winning movie
Babe. This combination of classic and popular film, pipe organ and
orchestra will make this event a uniquely Paramount Theatre experience! .
(Suitable for children 7 and over.)
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Concert
sponsored
in part by
"Christoph Bull
brings 1960s cool to the organ."
~ Los Angeles Times
The concert is also
supported by
your local independent
record store
Audio
Podcast of
Michael Morgan about
this
concert
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