It's movies...with orchestra music!

The title of this post is a phrase I heard from my husband quite a bit a couple of weeks ago. I should have posted about it when it was fresh in my mind, but I don't get around to posting here as much as I probably should.

On October 15th Brian and I attended "A Symphonic Night At The Movies" performed by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a lot of fun. There was a movie screen that played scenes from classic movies while the orchestra played the score. There were four clips, then an intermission, then three more clips. The first half contained the Empire State Building scene from the 1932 King Kong, two clips from The Yearling (the boy finding the fawn and the running of the deer), and the Mount Rushmore scene from North by Northwest. The second half started off with the classic Robin Hood. Errol Flynn, not Kevin Kostner. Following that was Phantom of the Opera, and then the big finale. The finale was the 17 minute ballet starring Gene Kelly at the end of An American In Paris.

It was a lot of fun for me. I love classic cinema, so this was a real treat. If your local Philharmonic orchestra does a Symphonic Night At The Movies, I'd highly suggest going.