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Conductor/composer André Previn was born on April 6, 1929 #botd

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Andre Previn - Two For The Seesaw, 1962.

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Shelly Manne: The Rhythmic Innovator of West Coast Jazz

Introduction: Shelly Manne stands as one of the most influential and versatile drummers in jazz history. With a career spanning over four decades, Manne’s contributions to the genre are immeasurable, particularly in the development of West Coast jazz. His inventive drumming, deep musicality, and ability to adapt to various styles made him a sought-after musician in both the jazz and film music…

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—“Solaris” (1972) | By Andrei Tarkovsky

Background score: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 10, Scene. Moderato by André Previn and London Symphony Orchestra.

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jesus christ julie andrews' tits coming unharnessed and the ensuing stare-off in throughly modern millie is an interaction i have every other day

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Morecambe and Wise - Andre Previn (1971)

I was searching for this recently - the only versions on YouTube were edited, which misses a lot of the comedy in the anticipation, the time it takes to get to the alleged point of this sketch, but I finally tracked it down on Vimeo. idk, it is just one of those formative things in my life, and I wanted to share it with y'all.

It is effortlessly funny - but of course there was an incredible amount of effort behind the scenes to make it work, and talent, and in the end, sheer serendipity of casting.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise liked to rehearse exhaustively, which had been problematic for other busy guest stars, but, for Andre Previn, proved nearly impossible. They wanted him for five days; his agent bargained them down to three; and then his father got sick and he had to fly to America, only arriving back the day of the recording.

Eric and Ernie were convinced it would be a disaster - the script is long, and they needed someone who could convincingly play the straight man to their troublesome, chaotic personae, and Andre was neither an actor nor a comedian. But he nailed it--and it remains one of their most famous sketches, and one of the things for which he was most recognised, for the rest of his life:

"Eric was very worried that I wasn’t a comedian. He said, ‘If anyone thinks we’re trying to be funny, we’re finished. We must act as though it’s very serious.’ The sketch was scheduled at about five minutes, but when we did it on air it was nearer 10. Eric added bits as he went, like when he slapped my face. To this day, whenever I walk down a street in London someone will shout, ‘Hey, Mr Preview.’ Every single bloody time."

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Dionne Warwick, (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls

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[now-playing] - ost - andre previn - irma la dolce - 1963

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July 10, 2024

By Tim Grieving

Before John Williams believed in himself as a conductor, the general manager of the Los Angeles Philharmonic believed in him.

Ernest Fleischmann was a savvy and powerful impresario, born in Germany in 1924, raised in South Africa to escape the Nazis, a frustrated conductor and journalist who managed the London Symphony Orchestra for eight years and ran the European classical division of CBS Records before coming to Los Angeles in 1969 and transforming a “provincial second-rank orchestra,” as L.A. Times critic Mark Swed wrote, “into one of the world’s best.”...

... When Fleischmann saw Star Wars with his kids on opening weekend in the summer of 1977, he thought to himself: God, this score! “It’s really the score and the sound effects that have made that movie what it was,” he later said. “It was almost Wagnerian.” The LA Phil was scheduled to tour Japan that fall, but the tour was canceled at the last minute when the promoter went bankrupt. With his orchestra suddenly freed up, and Star Wars totally consuming the culture, Fleischmann saw a plum opportunity; he paid a visit to John Williams’ Brentwood home and asked the composer if the LA Phil could perform music from Star Wars in a concert of space-themed music. Williams said “Fantastic,” and created a special 28-minute suite from his already super-famous, record-breaking score.

The resulting concert on November 20th, 1977 at the Hollywood Bowl—the iconic outdoor summer home of the LA Phil—was a galactic party designed for young families, complete with a laser light show and readings by William Shatner. The sold-out audience went crazy for it, but the event also highlighted the deep tension between anointed priests of “high culture” and the hoi polloi. “We were criticized very heavily,” recalled Zubin Mehta, the LA Phil’s music director who conducted that night. “Our critics and colleagues said that we had sold our souls to Hollywood. It was really a children’s concert.” The grumpy L.A. Times critic Martin Bernheimer called it “artistic prostitution.”

Fleischmann didn’t care. He had the LA Phil repeat the “Music from Outer Space” program at the California Angels’ baseball stadium in nearby Anaheim, and he commissioned an album of the Star Wars suite and Williams’ new Close Encounters suite, recorded at UCLA’s Royce Hall in December 1977 by Mehta and the orchestra. According to veteran classical music broadcaster Jim Svejda, it was the first time a major American orchestra treated film music “in a very serious way. I think it made a very dramatic statement.”

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The love theme from this movie is so gorgeous.

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Carl Orff ~ ”Carmina Burana” - No. 25 ~ Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi O Fortuna (Reprise) (1975) Composer: Carl Orff | Composed in 1935 and 1936

Cantata | Classical Music | Modern Classical Music

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Personnel: Conductor: Andre Previn The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus St. Clement Danes Grammer School Boys’ Choir Vocals: Sheila Armstrong Gerald English Thomas Allen

Produced by Christopher Bishop

Recorded: @ Kingsway Hall in London, England UK November 25, 1974 - November 27, 1974

Released: in 1975

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Record fair haul 🤩

Jazz is beautiful 🥰

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Birthday remembrance - André Previn 🎵 #botd

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why is it impossible to read the wikipedia of any female artist without coming away traumatised

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DORY PREVIN AND HER HUSBAND ANDRE PREVIN BEFORE MIA FARROW WAS INVITED TO VISIT...1959-1968

ANDRE PREVIN AND MIA FARROW AFTER MIA BECAME PREGNANT WHILE ANDRE WAS STILL MARRIED TO DORY...MARRIED 1970-1979

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