Philharmonia Orchestra: Singin' in the Rain

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Singin' in the Rain

Royal Festival Hall
Sun 7 Nov 2010 3:00pm

John Wilson

conductor

Kim Criswell

director and narrator

Don Lockwood

Kathy Selden

Lina Lamont

Cosmo Brown

Nacio Herb Brown

Singin' in the Rain

First-ever concert performance of the original film score, reconstructed by John Wilson.

A very special afternoon and the first ever opportunity to hear the original film score of one of the most well-loved and celebrated MGM musicals of all time in concert. Well known to audiences from his BBC Proms triumph in 2009, John Wilson has lovingly reconstructed the score of Singin’ in the Rain, and has joined forces once again with Kim Criswell to bring it to life on the Royal Festival Hall concert platform. Kim Criswell both narrates and plays the part of Lina Lamont in a story that has been described as the autobiography of Hollywood itself at the end of the silent movie era. The dashing, smug but romantic silent film star and swashbuckling matinee idol (Don Lockwood) and his glamorous blonde screen partner/diva (Lina Lamont) are expected, by studio heads, to pretend to be romantically involved with each other. They are also under pressure to make their first “talkie”, but Lina has a shrill, screechy voice, and cannot sing, so when the film is re-cast as a musical, a plot is hatched for Don’s ingénue girlfriend Kathy Selden to dub in the singing parts.

Please note, this is a concert performance of Singin' in the Rain, not a live film screening; the Philharmonia's next film screening with live orchestral soundtrack will be The Phantom of the Opera on 27 March 2011 (on sale June 2010).