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This page lists upcoming concerts featuring Herrmann's music as well as concerts held for the past year.

As concert schedules are changing this listing comes without warranty. Please confirm dates, programmes and ticket availabilty with the concert hall and the orchestra before making any travel arrangements.
27 November 2009 ... 28 November 2009
Silver Screen Classics!
Vancouver, Canada
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Steven Reineke
Orchestra:Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Program: Robert Wendel (arr): Hooray for Hollywood
Max Steiner: Tara's Theme from Gone With the Wind
Miklos Rozsa: Parade of the Charioteers from Ben-Hur
Alex North: Love Theme from Spartacus
Maurice Jarre: Theme from Lawrence of Arabia
Charlie Chaplin: "Smile" from Modern Times
Henry Mancini: Theme from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini: "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Maurice Jarre: Prelude and Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago
Ernest Gold: Theme from Exodus
Victor Young: Theme from Around the World in 80 Days
Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown: Singing In the Rain from Hollywood Review of 1929
Elmer Bernstein: Theme from The Magnificent Seven
Michelle Legrand: Theme from The Summer of '42
Henry Mancini: "Baby Elephant Walk" from Hatari
Bernard Herrmann: Theme from Psycho
John Barry: Theme from Goldfinger
Nino Rota: Theme from The Godfather
Bill Conti: Theme from Rocky
James Horner: "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
Richard Strauss: Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001: A Space Odyssey
Erich Kunzel (arr): A Tribute to the Film Music of John Williams

www.vancouversymphony.ca /concertpage.php ?concertcode=09POPS02
20 November 2009 ... 24 November 2009
Hollywood Emigres and Proteges
Raleigh, NC, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:John Mauceri
Orchestra:North Carolina Symphony
Source:Talking Herrmann
Program: Schoenberg: Fanfare for a Bowl Concert
Korngold: Fanfare from Kings Row
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2
Herrmann: Psycho - A Narrative for Orchestra
Strauss: Moonlight from Capriccio
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood - A Symphonic Portrait
John Williams: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

20th, 21st November 2009: Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
24th November 2009: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

www.ncsymphony.org
16 October 2009 ... 18 October 2009
John Williams: Music from the City of Angels
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Music:tba
Conductor:John Williams
Orchestra:Los Angeles Philharmonic
Source:E Endsley
Program: works by Korngold, Previn, Herrmann, Rosenman, Waxman and Williams

www.laphil.com
10 October 2009
HITCHCOCK! A Symphonic Night at the Movies
Richmond, VA, USA
Music:Psycho, etc
Conductor:Christian Knapp
Orchestra:Richmond Symphony
Source:Talking Herrmann
Program: A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a suspenseful evening of music and footage on a full-size screen. From "Psycho" to "Dial M for Murder".

www.richmondsymphony.com /events_details.asp ?id=105

probably similar to:
www.bernardherrmann.org /articles /events /oklahoma_2008
29 August 2009
Film Music
Berne, Switzerland
Music:tba
Conductor:Frank Strobel
Orchestra:Berne S.O.
Program: music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Maurice Jarre, John Williams, Christopher Young, etc

www.frankstrobel.de
www.bsorchester.ch
09 July 2009 ... 10 July 2009
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho with Orchestra
Baltimore & North Bethesda, MD, USA
Music:Psycho (complete)
Conductor:Constantine Kitsopoulos
Orchestra:Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Source:Talking Herrmann
Program: Alfred Hitchcock's original full length film noir classic will be shown with the original voice track, while the BSO performs Bernard Herrmann's cinematic score, famous for its screeching, piercing violins.

www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=1,29
09 July 2009
Cheltenham Festival: Academy 1
Cheltenham, UK
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Neil Thomson
Orchestra:Festival Academy Strings
Program: Herrmann: Suite from Psycho
Barber: Adagio
Finzi: Dies Natalis
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No 5
Delius: Sonata for Strings


cheltenhamfestivals.com /music-2009 /festival-academy-1
03 July 2009
Cheltenham Festival: Hollywood Rhapsody
Cheltenham, UK
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:John Wilson
Orchestra:John Wilson Orchestra
Program: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue overture
Herrmann: Vertigo
Kaper: Mutiny on the Bounty
Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Raksin: Laura
Steiner: Gone With The Wind
Waxman: Philadelphia Story
Williams: Schindler’s List, Star Wars, Harry Potter

cheltenhamfestivals.com /music-2009 /hollywood-rhapsody
28 June 2009
Mord im Schloss
Schleswig, Germany
Music:The Bride Wore Black, Vertigo
Conductor:Michael Dixon
Orchestra:Schleswig-Holstein SO
Source:FSM
Program: Herrmann: The Bride Wore Black
Herrmann: Vertigo
Jared: The Talented Mr Ripley
Goodwin: Miss Marple
Mancini: Pink Panther
and more...

www.sh-landestheater.de /de /spielzeit /08-09 /1-Sommerkonzert /index.php
20 June 2009
Hitchcock-Dial M for Murder
Dublin, Ireland
Music:North by Northwest
Orchestra:RTE Concert Orchestra
Program: Lyn Murray : To Catch a Thief Lyn Murray
Dmitri Tiomkin : Strangers on a Train (Feet to the Station, The Murder, The Tennis Match)
Dmitri Tiomkin : Dial M for Murder (A Perfect Marriage, Deceit, A Perfect Ending)
Bernard Herrmann : North by Northwest (Titles, Drunk Driving, Escape with Me, On Top of Mt Rushmore)

Excerpts on the big screen from classic murder, mystery & suspense movies with live orchestral accompaniment.

www.nch.ie /Box-Office /Performances /RTE-Concert-Orchestra--Hitchcock.aspx
www.rte.ie /performinggroups /2009 /0620 /rteco.html
16 May 2009
Legends of American Film Music
Long Beach, CA, USA
Music:Citizen Kane
Conductor:Larry Blank
Orchestra:Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Source:Press-Telegram, Long Beach
Program: Herrmann: Citizen Kane
Raksin: Laura
Williams: Superman, ET
The Sound of Music
etc

Quote:
"The first half honors composers of 20th Century Fox: Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, David Raksin and John Williams.
The second half features a tribute to musicals, with Broadway star Valerie Perri doing a Judy Garland medley, plus other famous film songs."

www.lbso.org/american_film_legends.html
14 May 2009 ... 19 May 2009
Shadows and Light
Various, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Orchestra:New Century Chamber Orchestra
Source:Contra Costa Times
Program: Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Herrmann: "Psycho Suite"
Borodin: "Nocturne"
Assad: "Dreamscape"
Strauss: "Die Fledermaus Suite"

www.ncco.org/shadowsandlight.htm

Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8pm, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Fri, May 15, 2009, at 8pm, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
Sun, May 17, 2009 at 5pm, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael
Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco


24 April 2009
Charity Concert for Piano Duet with the Ivory Duo
Canterbury, UK
Music:Citizen Kane, North by Northwest (excerpts)
Artists:Natalie Tsaldarakis & Panayotis Archontides, piano
Source:Natalie Tsaldarakis
Program: Claude Debussy : Petite Suite
George Gershwin : 3 Preludes
Maurice Ravel : La Valse (arr Garban)
Bernard Herrmann : Excerpts from 'Citizen Kane' (arr. Archontides)
Bernard Herrmann : Excerpts from 'North by Northwest' (arr. Archontides)
Alex North : Excerpts from 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (arr. Archontides)
Alex North : Excerpts from 'Spartacus' (arr. Archontides)

www.concert-diary.com /home /concert_details.asp ?id=100491
22 April 2009
Fine Arts Quartet
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Music:Echoes for String Quartet
Artists:Fine Arts Quartet
Program: Arriaga: String Quartet No 1 in D minor
Herrmann: Echoes
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96

www4.uwm.edu /arts /about /quartet_season.html
20 April 2009
CME plays Bernard Herrmann
Evanston, IL, USA
Music:Psycho, The Day the Earth Stood Still
Conductor:Ryan T. Nelson
Orchestra:Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
Artists:Christopher Husted, guest lecturer
Source:none, retrospective entry
Program: Psycho
The Day the Earth Stood Still

www.pickstaiger.org /index.php /venues-and-seating /details /169-contemporary-music-ensemble-movie-music-festival
30 March 2009
American Music Festival
Troy, NY, USA
Music:Melodrams
Conductor:David Alan Miller
Orchestra:Albany Symphony Orchestra
Artists:Kevin Cole, Piano
Program: Dorothy Chang: "Erie Canal" for Children's Chorus and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Bernard Herrmann: Melodrams
Kevin Beavers: Hudson Valley Melodrams (World Premiere)
George Gershwin: Concerto in F , New York Songs

www.albanysymphony.com /concerts-ntix_season_dtl-sub-classic.html
22 March 2009
Fine Arts Quartet
Oxford, UK
Music:Echoes for String Quartet
Artists:Fine Arts Quartet
Program: Mozart: String Quartet KV 589
Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet 1, Op.44-1

www.communigate.co.uk /oxford /oxfordchambermusic /page4.phtml
21 March 2009
Extreme Entertainment!
Nanaimo, Canada
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Pierre Simard
Orchestra:Vancouver Island Symphony
Program: Giacchino: Mission Impossible 3
Williams: Superman
Elfman: Spiderman
Williams: Star Wars
Herrmann: Psycho
Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia
Jarre: Doctor Zhivago
Shore: Lord of the Rings
etc..

www.viso.bc.ca
20 March 2009
At the Movies
New York, USA
Music:Taxi Driver
Artists:Mark Mollica, guitar - John Ellis, tenor saxophone - Jesse Stacken, piano - Ike Sturm, bass - Mark Ferber, drums
Program: Blanchard: Mo' Better Blues
Ellington: Anatomy of a Murder
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso
Herrmann: Taxi Driver
Raksin: Laura
etc.


www.bsmny.org
13 March 2009 ... 15 March 2009
Symphonic Oscars
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Music:The Man Who Knew Too Much
Conductor:Richard Kaufman
Orchestra:Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: Steiner: Gone with the Wind
Morricone: The Untouchables
Rota: The Godfather
Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird
Porter: The Gay Divorcee
Herrmann: The Man Who Knew Too Much

etc..

www.malaysianphilharmonic.com
08 March 2009 ... 22 March 2009
Autour de la Musique de Films
Various, France
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Henri-Claude Fantapie & Jean-Philippe Dejussieu
Orchestra:Jeune Philharmonie de Seine-Saint-Denis
Program: Camille Saint-Saens: L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
Henri-Claude Fantapie: A propos de Nice
Nino Rota: Prova d'orchestra
Bernard Herrmann: Psycho, suite
Arnold Schoenberg: Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene


pagesperso-orange.fr /jpssd /programmation_jeune_philharmonie.htm

8th March 2009 at 16h
Theatre des Bergeries
Noisy-le-Sec

22nd March 2009 at 15h30
Espace 93
Clichy-sous-Bois
02 March 2009
Cinema to Symphony: How Movies Become Music
Orange County, CA, USA
Music:Souvenirs du Voyage
Source:Henk Verrijt
Program: Rozsa: Toccata Capricciosa for solo cello
Korngold: Songs for Baritone and Piano (with film clips from "The Sea Hawk")
Chihara: Minidoka for Clarinet, Viola, Harp and Percussion (with film clips from "Farewell to Manzanar")
Herrmann: Souvenirs du Voyage for Clarinet and String Quartet

www.pacificsymphony.org /show_details.php ?shid=234
26 February 2009 ... 28 February 2009
Hollywood's Golden Age
Orange County, CA, USA
Music:Vertigo, City of Brass
Conductor:Carl St. Clair
Orchestra:Pacific Symphony
Artists:Raymond Kobler, violin / Timothy Landauer, cello / John-David Keller, narrator
Source:Jonathan Little
Program: Herrmann: Suite from "Vertigo"
Herrmann: Melodrama "The City of Brass"
Newton Howard: I Would Plant a Tree (World Premiere)
Korngold: Scherzo from Symphony in F-sharp
Korngold: Theme and Variations from "Kings Row" (with film clip)
Rozsa: Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Rozsa: Parade of the Charioteers from "Ben-Hur"

www.pacificsymphony.org /show_details.php ?shid=201
14 February 2009
Valentine Film Night
Belfast, UK
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:Robert Ziegler
Orchestra:Ulster Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: Herrmann: Vertigo
Raksin: Laura
Jarre: Doctor Zhivago
Fain: Love is a Many Splendored Thing
etc...

www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk
13 February 2009 ... 14 February 2009
Magical Music Movie Night
Tulsa, OK, USA
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:G. Barry Epperley
Orchestra:Signature Symphony
Source:FSM
Program: www.signaturesymphony.org
31 January 2009
Fine Arts Quartet
Columbus, OH, USA
Music:Echoes for String Quartet
Artists:Fine Arts Quartet
Program: Beethoven: Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5
Herrmann: Echoes
Schumann: Quartet in A minor, op. 41, no. 1

www.columbuschambermusic.org
28 January 2009 ... 29 January 2009
Musiques de film
Rennes, France
Music:Hangover Square, Psycho, North by Northwest
Conductor:Antony Hermus
Orchestra:Orchestre de Bretagne
Artists:Willam Wolfman, piano
Program: Williams - Jurassic Park
Williams - Harry Potter
Herrmann - Concerto Macabre from Hangover Square
Herrmann - North by Northwest
Herrmann - Psycho
Williams - Star Wars

www.orchestre-de-bretagne.com
24 January 2009
Movie Medley
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Boris Brott
Orchestra:New West Symphony
Source:Miklos Rozsa Society
Program: Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43
Herrmann: Suite from Psycho
Rozsa: Spellbound Concerto
Williams: Suite from E.T

www.toaks.org /theatre /tickets /events /event.asp ?eventID=1229
24 January 2009 ... 25 January 2009
American Voices
Stamford, CT, USA
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Eckart Preu
Orchestra:Stamford Symphony
Program: Hermann - Psycho
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Barber - Violin Concerto
Preu - Bach on Broadway (Jazz Fugue)
Cage - Imaginary Landscape No.4
Copland - Appalachian Spring


www.stamfordsymphony.org
22 January 2009
Homage to Alfred Hitchcock
Klagenfurt, Austria
Music:The Trouble With Harry, Psycho, Vertigo
Conductor:Peter Bay
Orchestra:Kaernten SO
Program: www.musikverein-kaernten.at

Benjamin: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Herrmann: Psycho
Herrmann: Vertigo
Herrmann: The Trouble with Harry
Waxman: Rebecca
etc

See archive for past events.

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