Bond. James Bond. At the Symphony. May 29th and 30th.

[Metro Jacksonville]

Bond.  James Bond.  At the Symphony. May 29th and 30th.



The Symphony is doing something pretty cool this weekend.

The Full Symphony will be performing a roster of all James Bond music.  The music will be interspersed with Bond details, anecdotes and trivia.  The lobby will be all tricked out with a pretty cool show of Vintage Bond Posters and the Bond Asten Marten.

And apparently police, firemen and their families all get in for free.



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[stephendare]

this sounds kind of awesome actually.

[stjr]

We will be there.  Kids love the music and its great to support the symphony in these tough times.

Take your family for a different kind of night out.

[stephendare]

How was it stjr?

[stjr]

How was it stjr?

Stephen, it was a great evening.  Per the ushers, both Friday and Saturday night, they had over 1,000 in attendance.  I estimate this at about 75% to 80% full.  What was nice was that it was a good mix of a lot of younger people (i.e. 20's and 30's) and families with kids who may not be regular symphony attendees.

Outside, they had full size theater posters of the movies and an Aston Martin brought up from an Orlando dealer.

Both the conductor (Carl Davis) and singer (Mary Carewe) were guests from London and performed excellently as did the Jacksonville Symphony who did us proud and is one of the great unsung assets of this community (not to mention their symphony hall)!  Our audience gave two standing ovations and received a like number of encores.

I know we left promising to return for the symphony more often.

The conductor interspersed tidbits of information and trivia about the movies, actors, and music.  The music list was as follows:

Dr. No - James Bond Theme
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger - Goldfinger; Dawn Raid at Fort Knox
Thunderball
Casino Royale (1967) - The Look of Love
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - We Have All the Time In The World
Diamonds Are Forever
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Love Me - The Voyage To Atlantis; Nobody Does it Better
For Your Eyes Only
Moonraker
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Living Daylights
License To Kill
Goldeneye - A Pleasant Ride in St. Petersberg (Tank Chase);Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Casino Royale (2006) - You Know My Name

Encores:
Tomorrow Never Dies - Surrender
Quantum of Solace - Another Way to Die

For more, Wikipedia has articles on each and every movie and this one as an overview to all the music of James Bond:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_music

[stephendare]

Thanks STJR.

Great update!

How was the vocalist as a stand in for McCartney in Live and Let Die?

[stjr]

Thanks STJR.

Great update!

How was the vocalist as a stand in for McCartney in Live and Let Die?

I am no "Dr. No" so I'll say "nobody does it better" but it took some adjustment for me.  After all, McCartney's "diamonds are forever".  But, "you only live twice" so you have to "live and let die."  Not that I have a "license to kill".  "The world is not enough" for just one singer and no song is "for your eyes only".  But, the vocalist did have the "look of love" and the conductor a "goldfinger".

You don't realize how ingrained the original versions are in your head until you hear the music brought to you by someone else.  It's not about better or worse, but about dealing with your prejudicial expectations.  They are "shaken, not stirred"!