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A three concert festival at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, exploring the synergies between orchestral music and other musical genres:
CONCERTO FOR TURNTABLES
Thursday 19 June 2008 from 8pm at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Hip-Hop and House collide with Classical and Concert Hall in this unique and innovative party night that is probably quite unlike anything you’ve ever heard before!
Bask to smooth symphonic sounds, chill to club classics and then experience Gabriel Prokofiev’s incredible Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra with acclaimed DJ Beni G (Mixologists) at centre stage, mixing and ‘scratching’ orchestral instrumental samples, accompanied by the full force of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra!
ELVIS COSTELLO WITH THE RSNO
Saturday 21 June 2008 at 7.30pm at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Rock icon Elvis Costello joins the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to perform a selection of songs from his illustrious career, including Accidents Will Happen, Shipbuilding, She, God Give Me Strength and extracts from his first full scale classical orchestra work Il Sogno. Penned by one of Britain’s most passionate, diverse and eclectic musicians, Costello’s Il Sogno is an impressionistic work tinged with jazz, originally conceived as a score for a ballet adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
VIDEO GAMES LIVE
Thursday 26 June 2008 at 7.30pm at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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 Video Games Live™ is your favorite gaming music played live in front of your ears by the full might of the RSNO and RSNO Chorus, performing to exclusive cutting-edge video footage and synchronised laser lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action, state-of-the-art special FX and unique on-stage audience interactive segments. It’s the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock gig and the technology and interactivity of a computer game!
The concert includes music from Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Final Fantasy®, Warcraft®, StarCraft® II, Sonic™, Metal Gear Solid®, Medal of Honor™, Civilization IV, Tomb Raider®, Monkey Island, Earthworm Jim, Pac-Man, Conan, Splinter Cell®, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ and much more – even a retro Classic Arcade Medley!
Visit: www.videogameslive.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/videogameslive
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