La dolce vita
A tribute to the music of Italian cinema.
Welcome to a lavish evening of cinematic soundtracks. At this concert, audiences will enjoy a generous programme featuring many of film history’s most famous soundtracks – live with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Movies such as Fellini’s Amarcord, Visconti’s The Leopard or Dino Risi’s Scent of a Woman have all left powerful marks on the history of film. But they wouldn’t be anything without the incredible music of composers such as Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovajoli, Luis Bacalov and many others.
Nino Rota composed music for over 150 films and won an Oscar for the soundtrack of The Godfather Part II. In addition to Amarcord, he composed the music for classic films such as La Strada, Satyricon and La Dolce Vita with Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni in the lead roles. And we mustn’t forget Federico Fellini’s 8½.
Ennio Morricone is widely known for composing the music to many “spaghetti westerns”, such as A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More with Clint Eastwood. Here, we will also hear selections from Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, and of course, from the beautiful Cinema Paradiso.
The evening will also include specially designed projections to accompany and enhance the experience with visual interpretations of the movies.
A production by Sugarmusic.
Music consultant William Ross. Visual script Giampiero Solari. Visual artist Giuseppe Ragazzini. Executive producers Caterina Caselli Sugar & Filippo Sugar. Producers Andrea Cotromano & Elisabetta Biganzoli. Exclusive distribution International Music and Arts.
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The music
Approximate times -
La dolce vita – A Celebration of Italian Film Musicmin
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Nino Rota Theme from Amarcord arr William Ross4 min
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Stelvio Cipriani Suite from Anonimo veneziano arr William Ross6 min
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Ennio Morricone Your Love, Theme from C’era una volta il west – Once Upon a Time in the West arr William Ross4 min
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Nino Rota Valzer del commiato from Il gattopardo arr Fabio Gurian3 min
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Ennio Morricone Non penso a te, Theme from Incontro arr William Ross4 min
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Luis Enríquez Bacalov Suite from La città delle donne arr William Ross7 min
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John Williams Elegy for cello and orchestra7 min
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Armando Trovajoli Suite from Profumo di donna arr William Ross7 min
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Riz Ortolani/Nino Oliviero More – Theme from Mondo cane arr William Ross4 min
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Nino Rota Suite from Giulietta degli spiriti arr William Ross6 min
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Ennio Morricone Theme from Il clan dei siciliani arr William Ross5 min
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Andrea Morricone/Ennio Morricone Se, Theme from Nuovo cinema paradiso arr William Ross4 min
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Nino Rota Suite from La dolce vita arr William Ross7 min
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Giovanni Fusco Theme from L’eclisse arr Fabio Gurian3 min
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Nicola Piovani Buongiorno principessa from La vita è bella6 min
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Nino Rota Suite from 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) arr William Ross6 min
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Luis Enríquez Bacalov Mi mancherai, Theme from Il postino arr William Ross6 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Massimo Zanetti conductor
- Hannah Holgersson vocals
- David Lindgren vocals
- Claudia Bonfiglioli violin
- Johannes Rostamo cello