1080p The Wind and the Lion | UH Wind Ensemble | 2011 Aloha Concert

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University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of Music
presents:

University of Hawai'i Bands
2011 Aloha Concert
@ McKinley High School Auditorium
April 25, 2011

Under the direction of Keith Higaki

This is the 2011 Wind Ensemble performing:

"The Wind and the Lion" Symphonic Suite

by Jerry Goldsmith

arr. Michael Davis

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Program Notes:

For over four decades, Jerry Goldsmith ranked among the film and television industry's most highly-regarded and prolific composers; at the peak of his activity during the 1960s, he was estimate to have scored an average of about six films annually. Born in Los Angeles on February 10, 1929, Goldsmith studied music at the University of South Carolina, and after accepting a job as an office clerk at CBS television late graduated to the network's music department in 1950. There he composed themes for series including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Have Gun Will Travel, The Twilight Zone, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. before turning to film in 1957, debuting with the score to Black Patch. Under the tutelage of the great Alfred Newman, Goldsmith rose to prominence with 1962's Lonely Are the Brave, and subsequently emerged as one of Hollywood's most prolific composers.

The Wind and the Lion was an Academy Award and Grammy nominated score for Jerry Goldsmith in 1975 and remains one of the composer's greatest achievements. With its middle eastern setting, an abundance of exotic scales, rich melodic writing and a massive percussion driven orchestration, it is one of the best of this style of score. The film, directed by John Milius, is about a Berber Chieftain (Sean Connery) who kidnaps an American woman (Candice Bergen) in 1904 which causes an international response from President Teddy Roosevelt (Brian Keith) and the United States military. The score matches the actions of both sides and creates a broad epic scope to the unfolding events.


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*Sony NEX-VG10
-Kit Lens (18-200mm)
-Aperture Priority (1/30 F5)
*Audio (NEX-VG10 Stock Mic)