LMA - Popular Film Classics
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What's it all about?

Distantly related to composer George Gershwin, London Musical Arts (LMA) presents the Gershwin family, originally hailing from Ukraine and now living in France. Together with classical favourites from great movie tracks, the evening will feature a medley of their great relation's greatest tunes such as 'Summertime', 'Bess You Is My Woman', 'It Ain't Necessarily So' and 'I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' '.

These joyful, relaxed and personable musicians always play with great verve and a twinkle in their eyes, so you can be assured of a delightful evening's entertainment.

Programme

Beethoven - Adagio from Moonlight Sonata (The Elephant Man)

Boccherini - Minuet (The Ladykillers)

Bach - Aria from Goldberg Variations (The English Patient)

Bach - Air 'on the G String' (Collateral)

Brahms - Andante from Piano Trio (Les Amants)

Satie - Gymnopedie No 1 (My Dinner with André)

Handel - Sarabande (Barry Lyndon)

Debussy - Clair de Lune (The Right Stuff, Ocean's 11)

Saint Saëns - 'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals

Pachelbel - Canon (Ordinary People)

Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee (Humoresque)

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 5 (Vol au Vent)

Schubert - Andante from Piano Trio in E flat (Barry Lyndon)

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Amadeus, The Ipcress File)

Who's in it?

The Gershwin Family are one of those outrageously talented musical families. Michel (dad) is a prizewinner of the famous David Oistrakh Violin Competition and a world-wide soloist and chamber musician, Tatiana (mum) is a superb pianist and son Paul is a highly acclaimed young violinist making his mark as an international soloist. As if that were not enough, both Paul and Michel are superb guitarists, with Paul's rock band 'Basilic' making it to the final of the French X Factor 2009 and acquiring the patronage of France's First Lady, Carla Bruni!

Additionally Alexei Milovanov will be on the cello.