Well the Morricone concert was daddy! I forgot to bring the programme in but - from memory - it was kind of split into three parts starting with 'The Untouchables' into 'OUATIA' into 'Legend of 1900' then 'Cinema Paradiso'. Then a section of some stuff I was unfamiliar with followed by - the best stuff - Leone suite.
'GBU', 'OUATITW', 'Giu La Testa', 'GBU (Ecstasy of Gold)'. The 'GBU' sounded funny at the start due to instruments replacing the crazy screams but this was to be expected, the Ecstasy of Gold with a 60 strong choir screaming was awesome (and thankfully repeated as an encore!)
The soprano didn't quite nail 'OUATITW' but she made 'Giu La Testa' her own.
Following the intermission it was the 'social' cinema suite which included the awesome Battle of Algiers (really must get this watched) and a lot of other stuff that I didn't recognise by name but sounded familiar. The suite pretty much finished with the haunting 'Casualties of War'.
The last section was a lot of specially remixed stuff mainly of the desert scene in GBU and The Mission. Following this and a standing ovation. He popped back about three times to play some more.
...the final time some guy shouted out "Thank you Ennio!"
And even the orchestra performed the last chorus of 'Happy Birthday To You' after a group of people had instigated it!
Anyway! All in all a great way to spend 3 hours - the seats I had were daddy too, though not if you suffered from vertigo - just wished I could have actually clapped! (Broke my wrist on Sunday!)
