This talk was given at a performance of An Evening of Film & Music: From Mexico to Hollywood at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
ESPERÓN Suite México 1910
REVUELTAS Excerpts from La noche de los Mayas
REVUELTAS Music from Redes
RAMÍREZ Tribute to Emilio “El Indio” Fernández
ESPERÓN The Genre of La Comedia Ranchera
BRETÓN Tribute to Luis Buñuel
RAVEL Tribute to Mario Moreno (Cantinflas)
WHITING, “Hooray for Hollywood”
arr. John WILLIAMS
RÓZSA Prelude and Finale from Double Indemnity
GERSHWIN Excerpts from An American in Paris
STEINER, A Tribute to Bette Davis: Theme from Now Voyager
arr. John WILLIAMS
JARRE (adapted by Eddie Karam) Suite from Dr. Zhivago
ROSENMAN A Tribute to James Dean: Music from East of Eden
STEINER Finale from Casablanca
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