VSO to round up the usual suspects for screening, orchestral performance of Casablanca
Credit to Author: Harrison Mooney| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:38:14 +0000
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will tackle one of the greatest films of all-time next weekend.
On Nov. 1 and 2, the VSO invites both music and film lovers to the Orpheum Theatre for a screening of 1942’s Casablanca, the Oscar-winning film many have called the best ever.
Like that film’s Captain Louis Renault, VSO assistant conductor Andrew Crust will round up the usual suspects — in this case, a bunch of classical musicians — to accompany the film with a live performance of Max Steiner’s classic and Oscar-nominated score.
Audiences will enjoy the VSO’s renditions of timeless Hollywood classics like “It Had to be You” and “As Time Goes By” while the movie plays on the big screen (with subtitles, so you don’t miss classic lines like “Here’s looking at you, kid” while you’re caught up in the sweeping orchestral score).
Casablanca is part of the VSO Digital Concert Hall, presented by TELUS, which gave us live orchestral accompaniment for Star Wars and Harry Potter films this summer, and continues to pair the so-called low art of Hollywood films with the high art of a live symphony orchestra. It’s the best combo since Bogart and Bergman.
It’s also a great new way to experience this legendary film, which remains a compelling piece of filmmaking, even after 77 years. As the lyrics from As Time Goes By say, “it’s still the same old story — a fight for love and glory.”
Casablanca plays Friday and Saturday, November 1 & 2 at 8 p.m. at The Orpheum.