Star Wars: In Concert
3-4th April 2010
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Star Wars™: In Concert, a unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, is on a worldwide concert tour.
“Creating the music for the Star Wars films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I therefore have derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in Star Wars in Concert,” said Williams. “The editors at Lucasfilm have created original film montages to accompany each of the musical selections, and in the process, I believe that a singular and unique Star Wars experience has been born.”
The show which had its world premiere at The 02 in London on April 10 2009 will return to the venue on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th April for matinee and evening performances each day.
Narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films), the production features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.
Accompanying the concert is an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production artwork and specially created behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm Archives. Many of these pieces are leaving Skywalker Ranch for the first time. The exhibit features many classic fan favourite artefacts, as well as several new and never-before-seen items, including:
“Creating the music for the Star Wars films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I therefore have derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in Star Wars in Concert,” said Williams. “The editors at Lucasfilm have created original film montages to accompany each of the musical selections, and in the process, I believe that a singular and unique Star Wars experience has been born.”
The show which had its world premiere at The 02 in London on April 10 2009 will return to the venue on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th April for matinee and evening performances each day.
Narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films), the production features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen – one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.
“We’ve taken the key themes from the music and cut together all the images that fit with each theme, so you can really get a sense of how the music played into the images,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga. “The whole soundtrack is a testament to John Williams’ creativity and his extraordinary ability to enhance the emotional aspects of the films.”
- Full costumes for Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon will be on display.
- For the first time ever, pages from John Williams' original hand-written sheet music for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace will be exhibited for the public.
- Also on display will be various never-before-seen props from the films, including blasters and helmets from Coruscant, Tatooine and other iconic Star Wars locations.
“This event has been crafted to present Star Wars from many points of
view; for the first time, the full dramatic sweep of Williams’ iconic
scores can be heard performed live in one evening,” said Another Planet
Touring Producer Spencer Churchill. “The show is a new way of
experiencing the epic scope of the saga.”
Last updated:
10/12/2009 17:16
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra has been in constant demand for live performances and recordings of classical, light classical and popular music since its formation in 1987, working with internationally-renowned artists in a variety of settings from the traditional – concert halls, stadiums and cathedrals – to the unorthodox. The orchestra has performed concerts with José Carreras, Diana Krall, Liza Minnelli, Randy Newman, Andrea Bocelli, and Russell Watson, appeared at Tina Turner’s Sixtieth Birthday Concert, performed Aida at Earls Court with the late Luciano Pavarotti and made tours of the UK with Bugs Bunny on Broadway, The Music of ELO and Symphonic Queen. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the world premiere performances of Star Wars: In Concert at The O2 in London in April 2009.10/12/2009 17:16
Besides performing at Windsor Castle for HM The Queen, The RPCO has toured the US with Andrea Bocelli, and as part of an extensive gala Royal Christmas tour (2002) with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charlotte Church. A repeat Royal Christmas tour of North America in December 2005, featuring Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves, performed to sell-out audiences. This season, they have performed the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, joined comedian Barry Humphries (and his famous alter ego Dame Edna Everage) for a riotous UK tour of ‘Last Night of the Proms!’ and is currently performing Star Wars™: In Concert which began its North American tour in October 2009.
This information was last updated on 10/12/2009 17:16. Please check with the event website for any last minute changes.
Ticket Info
Tickets for Star Wars™: In Concert at The O2 go on sale on Saturday 12th December @ 9.30am Tickets are priced at £95, £50, £40, £30 (subject to booking fee).The O2 Arena
Millenium Way
Greenwich
London
SE10 0AX
Millenium Way
Greenwich
London
SE10 0AX
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