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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE."
I'M ANDREW SEWELL, MUSIC
DIRECTOR OF THE WISCONSIN
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
"FILM NIGHT" IS THE TITLE OF
TONIGHT'S CONCERT, FEATURING
SUCH ICONIC WORKS AS "RAIDERS OF
THE LOST ARK" AND "THE
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN," CELEBRATING
SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S FINEST.
AND FEATURING SOLOIST SUZANNE
BEIA, CONCERTMASTER OF THE
WISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND
VIOLIN WITH THE PRO ARTE
QUARTET.
SO GRAB YOUR POPCORN AND TAKE
YOUR FRONT ROW SEAT.
THE SHOW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN HERE
AT "CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE."
>> PROTECTION AND PRESENTATION
OF "CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE" IS
MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY THE
CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF FRIENDS
OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
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>> "THE COWBOYS OVERTURE", BY
JOHN WILLIAMS.
AND WE'LL BE GETTING BACK TO THE
WILD WEST IN A FEW MINUTES.
BUT FIRST, OUR VIOLINIST
TONIGHT, SUZANNE BEIA, IS IN HER
24TH YEAR AS CONCERTMASTER WITH
THE WISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND TONIGHT SUZANNE WILL BE
PERFORMING THE FANTASY FROM
"LADIES IN LAVENDER" BY NIGEL
HESS.
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>> HENRY MANCINI WAS A COMPOSER
THAT I REALLY LOOKED UP TO,
GROWING UP IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE
1970s.
IT WAS A TIME WHEN I REALLY --
RECORDS WERE STILL AROUND,
LPs, AND ONE OF MY FIRST
RECORD PURCHASES WAS "THE BEST
OF HENRY MANCINI," INCLUDING
"THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES,"
"MOON RIVER," "BREAKFAST AT
TIFFANY'S," AND, OF COURSE,
INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU AND "THE PINK
PANTHER."
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>> AS THE SUN SETS OVER
MADISON'S CAPITOL ON, WE'RE
GOING TO OPEN THE SECOND HALF
WITH ANOTHER WONDERFUL
BLOCKBUSTER HIT BY JOHN
WILLIAMS, FIVE ACADEMY AWARDS
AND OVER 50 NOMINATIONS TO HIS
NAME.
HERE IS THE RAIDER'S MARCH FROM
"RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK."
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>> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME BACK
SUZANNE BEIA, WITH THREE PIECES
OF "SCHINDLER'S LIST."
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>> SUZAN SUZANNE BEIA, WISCONSIN
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
YOU'VE BEEN A TERRIFIC CROWD
TONIGHT.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO END THE
PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT THAN THE
E.T., "ADVENTURES ON EARTH," BY
JOHN WILLIAMS.
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>> WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED
TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE HERE AT
CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE.
ON BEHALF OF THE WISCONSIN
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION, I'M ANDREW
SEWELL.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
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>> PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION
OF CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE IS
MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY THE
CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF FRIENDS
OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.