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Minnesota Orchestra, December 17-18, 2016
The Minnesota Orchestra presents “It’s a Wonderful Life in Concert: Complete Film with Live Orchestra” in Minneapolis, on December 17 and 18, 2016. Dimitri Tiomkin’s music score for It’s a Wonderful Life will be performed live to picture. Date: Friday, …
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Symphoria, December 17, 2016
Symphoria presents “It’s a Wonderful Life” as part of their “Home for the Holidays” concert in Syracuse, New York, on December 17, 2016. The Hal Leonard suite showcasing Dimitri Tiomkin’s music for the film will be performed with ballet choreography. Date: …
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December 2016
Celebrate the 70th anniversary of It’s a Wonderful Life
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicked off the holiday season with a gala 70th anniversary screening of It’s a Wonderful Life on November 21 in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The screening of Frank Capra’s …
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Cleveland Orchestra, December 8-9, 2016
The Cleveland Orchestra presents “At the Movies — It’s a Wonderful Life ‘Live’” in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 8 and 9, 2016. Dimitri Tiomkin’s music score for It’s a Wonderful Life will be performed live to picture. Date: Friday, December …
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Houston Symphony Orchestra, December 9, 2016
The Houston Symphony Orchestra presents “It’s a Wonderful Life” in Houston, Texas, on December 9, 2016. Dimitri Tiomkin’s music score for It’s a Wonderful Life will be performed live to picture. Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Venue: …
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra, December 9, 10, and 11, 2016
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents “It’s a Wonderful Life ‘Live’” in Chicago, Illinois, on December 9, 10, and 11, 2016. Dimitri Tiomkin’s music score for It’s a Wonderful Life will be performed live to picture. Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 …
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, December 15-16, 2016
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents “Movie and Music: It’s a Wonderful Life” in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 15 and 16, 2016. Dimitri Tiomkin’s music score for It’s a Wonderful Life will be performed live to picture. Date: Thursday, December 15, …
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November 2016
It’s a Wonderful Life 70th anniversary screening at Academy in Los Angeles
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen It’s a Wonderful Life on November 21. Don’t miss this screening of the film celebrating its 70th anniversary this holiday season. Frank Capra’s holiday classic, a perennial Christmas favorite, has been …
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October 2016
Tiomkin honors Mahalia Jackson, March 1961
Last month’s post concluded with a letter from music director Johnny Green to Tiomkin thanking him for bringing Mahalia Jackson to the cast for the incomparable concert “Music from Hollywood” at the Hollywood Bowl in 1963. And for hosting a …
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September 2016
Johnny Green and Dimitri Tiomkin
When it came to creative talent and the movies, Hollywood was a close-knit town during the classic studio era from the 1930s through 1950s. And even though Dimitri Tiomkin was able to work freelance during those years and avoid signing …
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