I had no idea that he ever conducted film music, and using the actual studio parts, not an "arrangement". Does anyone know more details about this concert or if he ever conducted other film music from the period?
Re: Stokowsky conducted Max Steiner!
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 9:39 am
by Ray Faiola
Here's a blurb about one part of the concert:
Re: Stokowsky conducted Max Steiner!
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 7:59 am
by Lamar
According to the youtube page this is from the (August 4) 1945 Academy Night program at the Hollywood Bowl. Stokowski.org lists this as the music selection:
Franz Waxman (1906-1967): "The Horn Blows At Midnight": Athaniel the Trumpeter (1945)
Copland: Music from "Our Town" (1940)
Victor Young (1900-1956): "For Whom The Bell Tolls": Suite
George Bassman (1914-1997) - Suite from "Canterville Ghost"
Robert Emmett Dolan (1908-1972): "Lady in the Dark": Waltz (1944)
Ernst Toch (1887-1964): "Ladies in Retirement": Scherzo
Alfred Newman: (1901-1970): "Song of Bernadette": Vision Scene
Max Steiner (1888-1971): "The Adventures of Mark Twain": Jumping Frog Scene (1944)
Adolph Deutsch (1897-1980): "Actions in the North Atlantic": March of the United Nations (1943)
Frank Churchill (1901-1942) and Edward Plumb (1907-1958): "Bambi": Excerpts - Claudette Colbert, narrator
Leo Shuken (1906-1976): "Our Wife" (1941): Trumpet Concerto - Mannie Klein
These are the same listings as a 1945 publication called Pacific Coast Musician. The guy who uploaded the "Now, Voyager" also has the "Lady in the Dark" waltz on youtube. Perhaps they changed the Steiner selection before the concert.
Later in the concert Johnny Green conducted popular songs with Frank Sinatra. Frances Langford, Danny Kaye and Claudette Colbert also took part according to a Stokowski book by Oliver Daniel.
