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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.
19 May 2009
Shadows and Light
San Francisco, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Orchestra:New Century Chamber Orchestra
Program: See below
17 May 2009
Shadows and Light
San Rafael, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Orchestra:New Century Chamber Orchestra
Source:Contra Costa Times
Program: See below
15 May 2009
Shadows and Light
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Orchestra:New Century Chamber Orchestra
Source:Contra Costa Times
Program: See below
14 May 2009
Shadows and Light
Berkeley, CA, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Orchestra:New Century Chamber Orchestra
Source:Contra Costa Times
Program: First Congregational Church, Berkeley.

Assad: "Dreamscape"
Mozart: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Herrmann: "Psycho Suite"
Borodin: "Nocturne"
Strauss: "Die Fledermaus Suite"

www.ncco.org

26 February 2009 ... 28 February 2009
American Composers Festival
Orange County, USA
Music:Vertigo, City of Brass
Conductor:Carl St. Clair
Orchestra:Pacific Symphony
Artists:Raymond Kobler, violin / Timothy Landauer, cello
Source:Jonathan Little
Program: HERRMANN Suite from Vertigo (Prelude, Nightmare, and Love Scene)
HERRMANN Melodrama "The City of Brass"
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Commission WORLD PREMIERE
KORNGOLD Scherzo from Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40
ROZSA Selections from Ben Hur (Prelude, Love Theme and Parade of the Charioteers)
ROZSA Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 29a

TBC.

www.pacificsymphony.org
artsblog.freedomblogging.com /2008 /02 /08 /pacific-symphony-announces-2008-09-season
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
06 December 2008
Charity Christmas Concert
London, UK
Music:tba
Conductor:Shea Lolin
Orchestra:Bloomsbury Woodwind Ensemble
Program: Christopher Hussey - new work
John Williams - Schindlers List
Bernard Herrmann - Herrmania
Stuart Hancock - music from King Arthur
Eric Coates - The Dam Busters
Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven
Ron Goodwin - 633 Squadron
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther

www.bloomsburywoodwind.org.uk
31 October 2008 ... 01 November 2008
HITCHCOCK! A Symphonic Night at the Movies
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Music:Psycho, North by Northwest
Conductor:Joel Levine
Orchestra:Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Source:Andrew Shaneyfelt
Program: tba

www.okcphilharmonic.org /hitchcock-symphonic-night-at-the-movies
26 October 2008
Tunes from the Crypt
Anaheim, CA, USA
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Anthony Parnther
Orchestra:Orange County Symphony
Program: Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
Danse Macabe - Camille Saint Saens
Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod
Symphonie Fantastique (Excerpts) - Hector Berlioz
Nightmare Before Christmas Suite - Danny Elfman
Prelude and Murder from Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
Harry Potter Symphonic Suite - John Williams
Incredibles - Michael Giacchino
Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber

www.ocsymphony.org
25 October 2008
Witches Ride
Lakewood, NJ, USA
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Anthony LaGruth
Orchestra:Garden State Philharmonic
Program: Witches Ride - Engelbert Humperdinck
Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz
Psycho - Bernard Herrmann

www.gardenstatephilharmonic.com
12 October 2008
Canterbury Festival
Canterbury, UK
Music:Echoes for String Quartet
Artists:Fine Arts Quartet
Program: Beethoven: String Quartet 1, Op.18-1
Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet 1, Op.44-1

www.canterburyfestival.co.uk
03 October 2008 ... 04 October 2008
Man, Myth & Magic
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Music:Fahrenheit 451
Conductor:Heinz Karl Gruber & William Eddins
Orchestra:Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Program: Herrmann - Fahrenheit 451: Suite
Gruber - Frankenstein!!
Weill - Suite from Threepenny Opera
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major

www.edmontonsymphony.com
11 September 2008 ... 13 September 2008
Movie Music: Crime Time
Sidney, Australia
Conductor:Frank Strobel
Orchestra:Sydney Symphony
Program: WAXMAN Rebecca: Suite
HERRMANN Psycho: Suite
BARRY James Bond: Suite
ROTA The Godfather: Suite
WILLIAMS Harry Potter: Suite
and more

www.sydneysymphony.com /event_detail.asp ?s=663
09 August 2008
The Golden Age of the Silver Screen II
Jacksonville, OR, USA
Music:Concerto Macabre from Hangover Square
Conductor:Peter Bay
Orchestra:Britt Orchestra
Artists:Sara Davis Buechner, piano / Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, violin and cello
Program: Shostakovich: Excerpts from The Gadfly
Rozsa: Sinfonia Concertante
Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight
Herrmann: Concerto Macabre from Hangover Square
Waxman: The Bride of Frankenstein Suite

www.brittfest.org/schedule.aspx?aid=306
08 August 2008
The Golden Age of the Silver Screen I
Jacksonville, OR, USA
Music:North By Northwest, Vertigo, Psycho
Conductor:Peter Bay
Orchestra:Britt Orchestra
Artists:Janet Sung, violin
Program: Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood Suite
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Herrmann: Psycho Suite
Herrmann: Vertigo Suite
Herrmann: North by Northwest Overture

www.brittfest.org/schedule.aspx?aid=305

Pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. by special guest Katy Korngold Hubbard, violinist and granddaughter of composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
02 August 2008
Dial "H" for Hitchcock
Washington, DC, USA
Music:North by Northwest, Psycho
Conductor:Emile de Cou
Orchestra:National Symphony Orchestra
Program: Tiomkin: Strangers on a Train
Tiomkin: Dial M for Murder
Murray: To Catch a Thief
Herrmann: North by Northwest
Herrmann: Psycho

www.kennedy-center.org /nso /calendar /index.cfm ?fuseaction=showEvent &event=ZIWTJ
12 July 2008
A Salute to Film Music
Ubeda, Spain
Music:North by Northwest
Conductor:Joel McNeely & Others
Orchestra:tba
Program: Bruce Broughton:
-Tombstone
-Rescuers Down Under
Conducted by Bruce Broughton

Roque Banos:
-The Oxford Murders
-The Thirteen Roses
Conducted by Roque Banos

Joel McNeely:
-Iron Will
-Shadows of the Empire
-I Know Who Killed Me
-Poof Heffalump Movie
Conducted by Joel McNeely

Bernard Herrmann:
-North by Northwest
Conducted by Joel McNeely

Fernando Velazquez:
-Orphanage
Conducted by Fernando Velazquez

John Scott:
-Antony and Cleopatra
-Greystoke
Conducted by John Scott

Patrick Doyle
-Henry V
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
-Frankenstein
-Much Ado About Nothing
-Carlito's Way
Conducted by Joel McNeely

Basil Poledouris:
-The Hunt for Red October
Conducted by Pascual Osa

congreso.bsospirit.com/ingles/index.htm
08 July 2008
American Festival for the Arts
Houston, TX, USA
Music:Vertigo
Orchestra:AFA Conservatory Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: afatexas.org
29 June 2008
In Session: A Film Music Celebration!
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Music:Psycho, Vertigo, Fahrenheit 451
Conductor:Joel McNeely
Orchestra:Tenerife Film Orchestra
Source:Varese Sarabande
Program: Alex North: 2001 Suite (conducted by Diego Navarro)
Bernard Herrmann: Psycho - Prelude
Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo - Scene dAmour
Bernard Herrmann: Fahrenheit 451 - The Road
Jerry Goldsmith: The Generals Suite
Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek TMP - The Enterprise
John Barry: Somewhere in Time - Theme
John Barry: Out of Africa - Main Title
John Barry: Body Heat - Theme
Franz Waxman: Taras Bulba - Ride of the Cossacks
John Williams: Saving Private Ryan - Hymn To The Fallen

www.fimucite.com /ES /programa-de-conciertos

31 May 2008
The Music of John Williams
Manchester, UK
Music:Taxi Driver
Conductor:John Wilson
Orchestra:Halle Orchestra
Program: Williams: Star Wars
Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Waxman: The Philadelphia Story
Williams: The Towering Inferno
Newman: Airport
Williams: E.T.
Williams: Superman
Herrmann: Taxi Driver
Williams: Schindler's List
Williams: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

www.halle.co.uk
17 May 2008
Filmmusik!
Aarhus, Denmark
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Per-Otto Johansson
Orchestra:Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Program: Music from : Psycho, Superman, Harry Potter and Star Wars

www.aarhussymfoni.dk/sw4445.asp
06 May 2008
DuPont Champagne Chamber
Wilmington, DE, USA
Music:Psycho Suite
Conductor:David Amado
Orchestra:Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Program: Mozart: Serenade "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Herrmann: Suite from Psycho
Dvorak: String Serenade

www.desymphony.org
26 April 2008
Spring Pops Concert
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:Eduard Zilberkant
Orchestra:Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: www.fairbankssymphony.org /2buy_a_ticket /events /2008_pops.html
24 April 2008
Breitwandkino fuers Ohr
Mainz, Germany
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Catherine Rueckwardt
Orchestra:Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
Program: Korngold: Captain Blood - Overture
Rozsa: The Thief of Bagdad - Suite
Rozsa: Ben Hur - Prelude
Herrmann: Psycho - Prelude
Steiner: Gone With the Wind - Symphonic Picture
Williams: Schindler's List
Williams: Star Wars - Suite

www.staatstheater-mainz.com /sz0607 /stuecke /stuecke-konzert.php
12 April 2008
Hooray for Hollywood
New Britain, CT, USA
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:Jesse Levine
Orchestra:New Britain Symphony Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: www.newbritainsymphony.org
10 April 2008 ... 12 April 2008
Night on the Red Carpet
Orange County, USA
Music:The Man Who Knew Too Much
Orchestra:Pacific Symphony
Source:FSM
Program: Includes music from:
"Ben Hur", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Out of Africa" "E.T.", "Forrest Gump", etc

www.pacificsymphony.org /show_details.php ?shid=139

06 April 2008
Chamber Concert 5
Philadelphia, USA
Music:Souvenirs de voyage
Artists:players from the Philadelphia Orchestra
Program: LIGETI String Quartet No. 1 ("Metamorphoses nocturnes")
HERRMANN Souvenirs de voyage, for clarinet and string quartet
SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night

www.philorch.org
04 April 2008
Nightmare Romance - Bernard Herrmann & Alfred Hitchcock
Chicago, USA
Music:Psycho, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Marnie, Fahrenheit 451, Vertigo, The Trouble With Harry, Marnie, Taxi Driver
Conductor:Joel McNeely
Orchestra:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Artists:Greg Cohen, Robert Burger, Erik Charlston, Marty Ehrlich, Bill Frisell
Source:Danny Kapilian, Jonathan Little
Program: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joel McNeely, conductor
David New, narrator
Rebecca Davis, vocalist
Greg Cohen Quintet
Robert Burger, piano
Erik Charlston, percussion
Greg Cohen, bass
Marty Ehrlich, saxophone
Bill Frisell, guitar
Danny Kapilian, producer

Herrmann - Psycho
Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry
Herrmann - Vertigo
Herrmann - Citizen Kane
Herrmann - Fahrenheit 451
Herrmann - Taxi Driver
Herrmann - North by Northwest

www.cso.org /main.taf ?p=3,11,6,1 &EventID=9096

also see:
www.bernardherrmann.org /articles /events /nightmare_romance_2006
30 March 2008
Filmmusic
Stuttgart, Germany
Music:Psycho - excerpts
Conductor:Bernhard Epstein
Orchestra:Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Program: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare
Lalo Schifrin: Mission Impossible - Main theme
Bernard Herrmann: Psycho - Prelude - The Knife
Danny Elfman: Spider-Man - Main theme
John Corigliano: The Red Violin - Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (The Great Dictator)
Klaus Badelt/Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean - Main theme
John Williams: Harry Potter - Hedwigs theme - Nimbus 2000 - Quidditch - Harrys wondrous world
John Williams: Star Wars

www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de /oper /spielplan
20 March 2008
tba
Cannes, France
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Philippe Bender
Orchestra:Regional Orchestra of Cannes
Source:FSM
Program: Bernard Herrmann: Psycho
Laurent Petitgirard: Film Story

www.orchestre-cannes.com
14 March 2008
Hitchcock et la Musique
Paris, France
Music:tba
Artists:Ensemble Bonsai
Source:Kimmo Raisanen
Program: www.ensemblebonsai.com
08 March 2008
Bernard Herrmann: More than the Movies
Cleveland, USA
Music:La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Psycho, Wuthering Heights
Conductor:Jonathan Sheffer
Orchestra:Red (an orchestra)
Artists:Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano / Michael Todd Simpson baritone
Source:John Kendall Bailey, Talking Herrmann / Donald Rosenberg, Plain Dealer
Program: PLEASE NOTE: THE CONCERT WAS SADLY CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS

Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Film Scene
Herrmann: Melodram - La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Herrmann: Psycho - A Narrative for String Orchestra
Herrmann: Excerpts from Wuthering Heights

www.redanorchestra.org
www.cleveland.com /plaindealer /stories /index.ssf ? /base /entertainment-0 /1193474135233790.xml

Probably identical to this 2001 concert:
www.bernardherrmann.org /articles /events /eos2001
24 February 2008
From Score to Screen
Wellington, New Zealand
Music:Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver
Conductor:Marc Taddei
Orchestra:Vector Wellington Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: Herrmann: Psycho
Herrmann: Vertigo
Herrmann: Taxi Driver
Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean
Williams: Harry Potter
etc...


www.wellingtonorchestra.co.nz /content /view /91 /86 ?extmode=day &date=2008-02-24
23 February 2008
Marvin Hamlisch
Birmingham, AL, USA
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Marvin Hamlisch
Orchestra:Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: www.alabamasymphony.org /seasoncalendar.asp ?id=217556 &series=Alabama+Symphony+Pops%21
22 February 2008
An Evening with Marvin Hamlisch
Melbourne, FL, USA
Music:Psycho
Conductor:Marvin Hamlisch
Orchestra:Brevard Symphony Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: www.brevardsymphony.com/2007-2008.html
10 February 2008
Kino fuer die Ohren
Duesseldorf, Germany
Music:Madeleine from Vertigo, Marnie Song
Conductor:Tobias van de Locht
Orchestra:Orchester der Musikschule Leverkusen
Artists:Ursula Goeller, soprano
Source:Tobias van de Locht
Program: Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Jenkins: Palladio
Dellacher: Ah, Venedig
Dodoras: Tesoro (arr v.d. Locht)
van de Locht: Toplitz Sinfonietta

Songbook I (arr by Dellacher/v.d. Locht):
-Herrmann: "Madeleine" from "Vertigo" (1958)
-Blake: "Tilly's song" from "The Bear" (1998)
-Coulais: "Vois sur ton chemin" from "Les Choristes" (2004)
-Shore: "Gollum's song" from "The Lord of the Rings" (2002)

Songbook II (arr by Dellacher/v.d. Locht):
-Cosma: "David's Song" from "Kidnapped" (1978)
-v.d.Locht: "Duck Song" from "Ducks" (2008)
-Vaughan Williams: "Greensleaves" (1934)
-Herrmann: "Marnie" (1964)


Lichtburg, Duesseldorf
www.filmkunstkinos.de
31 January 2008
Music of the Cinema
Jerusalem, Israel
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:Murray Sidlin
Orchestra:Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Artists:Sergey Ostrovsky , violin
Program: Waxman - Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani
Rosza - Violin Concerto
Herrmann - Vertigo Suite
Bernstein - On the Waterfront

www.jso.co.il/index-english.php
19 January 2008
The Sounds of Cinema Festival: Hitchcock and Fantasia
Minneapolis, USA
Music:Citizen Kane, Vertigo
Conductor:Osmo Vanska
Orchestra:Minnesota Orchestra
Source:Minneapolis Star Tribune
Program: E. BERNSTEIN : The Magnificent Seven
M. STEINER : Tara, from Gone with the Wind
A. NORTH : Suite from A Streetcar Named Desire
B. HERRMANN : Prelude and Love Scene, from Vertigo
P. DUKAS : The Sorcerer's Apprentice, featured in Fantasia
B. HERRMANN : Overture to Citizen Kane
L. BERNSTEIN : Suite from On the Waterfront
M. JARRE : Overture to Lawrence of Arabia
A. PONCHIELLI : Dance of the Hours, featured in Fantasia
M. ROZSA Parade of the Charioteers, from Ben Hur

www.minnesotaorchestra.org /season /event_detail.cfm ?id_event=45894633

Host for the evening is Bruce Crawford (producer of the radio documentary "Bernard Herrmann: A Celebration of His Life and Music")


17 January 2008 ... 20 January 2008
Sci-Fi Spectacular
Baltimore, USA
Music:The Day the Earth Stood Still
Conductor:Jack Everly
Orchestra:Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Artists:George Takei, narrator
Source:Talking Herrmann
Program: John Williams: Main Title from Star Wars
Various: Lost in Syndication (arr. Jack Everly)
John Williams: Adventures on Earth - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
John Williams: Can You Read My Mind? from Superman (arr. Brian W. Tidwell)
John Williams: Superman March
Various: Star Trek Through the Years (arr. Calvin Custer)
Richard Strauss: Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey
John Williams: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Diane Warren: Where My Heart Will Take Me from Star Trek Enterprise (arr. Wayne Barker)
John Williams: Hedwig's Flight from Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
John Barry: Somewhere in Time
Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still
John Williams: Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
John Williams: The Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars

herrmann.uib.no /talking /view.cgi ?forum=thGeneral &topic=2922
13 January 2008
Hooray for Hollywood
Boston, USA
Music:Fahrenheit 451
Conductor:Susan Davenny Wyner
Orchestra:Pro Arte Orchestra
Artists:Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin
Program: Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Hermannn: Fahrenheit 451 - Suite
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Corigliano: The Red Violin - Suite for Violin and Orchestra

www.proarte.org/notes/2008_01_13.html
06 January 2008
Made in USA
Helsinki, Finland
Music:The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Conductor:Luke Dollmann
Orchestra:Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Source:FSM
Program: Rozsa: Double Indemnity
Rozsa: Providence
Waxman:A Place in the Sun
Newman: How Green Was My Valley
Raksin: Laura
Steiner: Jezebel
Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

www.hel2.fi /filharmonia /search /hakuen.aspx
01 January 2008
New Year's Concert
Stuttgart, Germany
Music:Vertigo
Conductor:Frank Strobel
Orchestra:Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
Program: Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Friedrich Hollaender, Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Schnittke

www.frankstrobel.de /deutsche_Version /Saison /saison.html
www.stuttgart.de /philharmoniker /item202810

See archive for past events.

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