Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap presents 'The Wizard of Oz' accompanied by The National Symphony Orchestra under the stars
Date published: 8/3/2006
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By LISA CHINN
Technicolor was new to the big screen when "The Wizard of Oz" was released in 1939.
The movie's Kansas sequences were filmed in black and white, while the new process gave the dreamland of Oz a magical splash of color.
Back then, watching Dorothy Gale and her farmhand friends frolic along their amazing journey in living color was a treat for viewers.
This weekend, "Wizard" watchers will get a different kind of gift when the American classic comes to a giant screen at Wolf Trap in Vienna.
At A Symphonic Night at the Movies: "The Wizard of Oz," the National Symphony Orchestra will perform the movie's full score live while the complete musical, starring Judy Garland, plays out onscreen. The event marks the conclusion of Wolf Trap's summer film series.
During this fresh-air showing, the orchestra will reveal some of the musical details of the score that have been obscured in the film by the overlay of sound effects and script.
Guests can relax beneath the stars and relive the movie's classic songs, memorable moments and colorful characters.
Travel down the Yellow Brick Road along with Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, the cotton-candy-sweet Glinda the Good Witch, the evil Wicked Witch of the West and, of course, those lovable Munchkins and the all-powerful Wizard of Oz himself.
All the while, the orchestra will present a real-time re-creation of the film score as a conductor tediously keeps track of the clock.
"The orchestra can't see the film or the clock, and if you get off-synch for a quarter of a second, it takes half a minute to recover," NSO at Wolf Trap festival conductor Emil de Cou said in a press release. "I watch Judy Garland's breathing, and I stare at every single Munchkin foot. It's the most difficult thing I've ever done, but I enjoy it immensely."
To reach LISA CHINN:540/374-5412Email: lchinn@freelancestar.com
WHAT: A Symphonic Night at the Movies: 'The Wizard of Oz'
WHERE: Wolf Trap, Vienna
WHEN: Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
COST: $18-$42
INFO: 877/965-3872, 703/255-1868, wolftrap.org
FYI: The program includes a 15-minute intermission.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/082006/08032006/210991
Date published: 8/3/2006
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By LISA CHINN
Technicolor was new to the big screen when "The Wizard of Oz" was released in 1939.
The movie's Kansas sequences were filmed in black and white, while the new process gave the dreamland of Oz a magical splash of color.
Back then, watching Dorothy Gale and her farmhand friends frolic along their amazing journey in living color was a treat for viewers.
This weekend, "Wizard" watchers will get a different kind of gift when the American classic comes to a giant screen at Wolf Trap in Vienna.
At A Symphonic Night at the Movies: "The Wizard of Oz," the National Symphony Orchestra will perform the movie's full score live while the complete musical, starring Judy Garland, plays out onscreen. The event marks the conclusion of Wolf Trap's summer film series.
During this fresh-air showing, the orchestra will reveal some of the musical details of the score that have been obscured in the film by the overlay of sound effects and script.
Guests can relax beneath the stars and relive the movie's classic songs, memorable moments and colorful characters.
Travel down the Yellow Brick Road along with Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, the cotton-candy-sweet Glinda the Good Witch, the evil Wicked Witch of the West and, of course, those lovable Munchkins and the all-powerful Wizard of Oz himself.
All the while, the orchestra will present a real-time re-creation of the film score as a conductor tediously keeps track of the clock.
"The orchestra can't see the film or the clock, and if you get off-synch for a quarter of a second, it takes half a minute to recover," NSO at Wolf Trap festival conductor Emil de Cou said in a press release. "I watch Judy Garland's breathing, and I stare at every single Munchkin foot. It's the most difficult thing I've ever done, but I enjoy it immensely."
To reach LISA CHINN:540/374-5412Email: lchinn@freelancestar.com
WHAT: A Symphonic Night at the Movies: 'The Wizard of Oz'
WHERE: Wolf Trap, Vienna
WHEN: Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
COST: $18-$42
INFO: 877/965-3872, 703/255-1868, wolftrap.org
FYI: The program includes a 15-minute intermission.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/082006/08032006/210991
