2023-05-04 20:30:58
On this May 4th, an informal day of celebration of the Star Wars saga, the FILMharmonic Orchestra announced the presentation of a cine-concert around the film Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi (1983), May 19 and 20 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.
A total of 78 musicians under the direction of Erik Ochsner will perform the soundtrack imagined by Oscar-winning composer John Williams, while the 2.5-hour film will be projected on a giant screen.
We still hear the dialogue and special effects of the film, but the soundtrack is removed from the audio and is performed live
explains Francis Choinière, principal conductor of the Orchester FILMharmonique and artistic director of GFN Productions, which is producing the event.
Bringing a new audience to classical music
This is the third and last movie-concert surrounding the Star Wars saga to be presented by the Orchester FILMharmonique. Francis Choinière, rising star of classical music in Quebec and Canada, has made it his mission with these events to interest a new audience for classical music.
The Lord of the Ringswe have already seen the impact that these concerts had on the public: 50% of people in the hall had never bought a ticket for a concert at Place des arts.”,”text”:”We want to renew the symphonic and orchestral experience and bring people back to the hall, he explains . From the first concert we did in 2019, which was The Lord of the Rings, we have already seen the impact that these concerts have had on the public: 50% of the people in the room had never bought a ticket for a concert at Place des arts.””>We want to renew the symphonic and orchestral experience and bring people back into the room, he explains. From the first concert we did in 2019, which was The Lord of the Ringswe have already seen the impact that these concerts had on the public: 50% of the people in the room had never bought a ticket for a concert at Place des arts.
The cine-concert will be presented on Friday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m., as well as Saturday, May 20 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available on the Place des arts website (New window).
This text was written from an interview conducted by Catherine Richer, cultural columnist on the show The 15-18. Comments may have been edited for clarity or conciseness.
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