We're pulling out all the stops for this great event, which will feature the Paramount Theatre's celebrated "Mighty Wurlitzer" pipe organ and one of the greatest - and funniest - silent movies ever made, Buster Keaton's The General. Highly acclaimed concert organist Christoph Bull, who has been University Organist and Professor at UCLA since 2002, will play his own original score to The General. Bull's dramatic score, which blends seamlessly with the train chases and breath-taking stunt work shown on-screen, will add color and excitement to Keaton's comic masterpiece.
Bull will also join the orchestra on the second half of the program for a performance of Saint Saens' powerful "Organ Symphony", a work widely recognized as the main theme in the 1995 Academy Award-winning movie Babe. This combination of classic and popular film, pipe organ and orchestra will make this event a uniquely Paramount Theatre experience! .
The General (1927)
Screening of the silent film
written and directed by Buster Keaton
and Clyde Bruckman;
with organ accompaniment by Christoph Bull
Camille Saint-Saëns -
Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony" (1886)
with Cristoph Bull, organ
- Venue: Paramount Theatre
- Date: Fri March 19, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Oakland
- Price Range: $20 - $65
Sat March 20, 2010 2:00pm
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Program
Camille Saint-Saën
Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony"
Performers
Christoph Bull
Organ
More About This Event
SFCV Previews
March 12, 2010
The Paramount Theatre returns to its roots and its “mighty Wurlitzer” takes center stage at the upcoming Oakland East Bay Symphony concert on March 19 and 21.
It’s not your standard concert evening — and that’s just the point.
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Comments
I love the sound of a 'Wurlitzer'. I'd love to witness on old time reenactment of a Buster Keaton film with a piano player hammering out sound effects. I never much cared for Charlie Chaplin (gasp), but Buster is 'da bomb'.