SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS RENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM CONCERT HALL Thursday –Saturday, April 7 –9, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. PRESENTS PACIFIC SYMPHONY POPS RICHARD KAUFMAN , CONDUCTOR A S YMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES “O Z WITH ORCHESTRA ” CAST Judy Garland: Dorothy Gale Screenplay by Frank Morgan: Prof. Marvel/Emerald City Noel Langley Doorman/the Cabbie/The Florence Ryerson Wizard’s Guard/The Wizard of Edgar Allan Woolf Oz Ray Bolger: Hunk/The Scarecrow Directed by Victor Fleming Bert Lahr: Zeke/The Cowardly Lion Jack Haley: Hickory/The Tin Man Produced by Billie Burke: Glinda, the Good Witch Mervyn LeRoy Margaret Hamilton: Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch Music by Charley Grapewin: Uncle Henry Harold Arlen (Songs) The Munchkins Herbert Stothart Film Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. PRODUCTION CREDITS Producer: John Goberman Original orchestrations reconstructed by: John Wilson and Andrew Cottee The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations). A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists. The Saturday, April 9 concert is generously sponsored by The Westin South Coast Plaza the Official Hotel of Pacific Symphony. Pacific Symphony proudly recognizes its Official Partners: Official Airline Official Television Station Pops Radio Sponsor ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack Nicholson, RICHARD KAUFMAN Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Armand Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Assante, David Ogden Stiers and Susan Foundation Principal Pops Conductor Chair Sarandon. Kaufman has served as music director PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR and conductor for numerous musicals. His first assignment (at age 23) was as conduc - tor for the national tour of Sweet Charity ichard Kaufman has devoted much of starring Juliet Prowse. He con ducted the Rhis musical life to conducting and first national tours of Company (for Hal supervising music for film and television Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for productions, as well as performing film and Joseph Papp and the New York classical music in concert halls and on Shakespeare Festival). For the Los Angeles recordings. The 2010-2011 concert season and San Francisco Civic Light Operas, he marks Kaufman’s twentieth season as was music director and conductor for Principal Pops Conductor of Pacific musicals including Wonderful Town (starring Symphony. He is currently in his seventh Nanette Fabray), Irma La Douce, The Sound season with the Chicago Symphony of Music (for which he was nominated by Orchestra concert series, “Friday Night at the San Francisco Theater Critics for the Movies,” conducting classic and con - Outstanding Music Direction), and Guys temporary film music, as well as classical Sir James Galway, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, and Dolls (starring Milton Berle). music used in motion pictures. Kaufman The Pointer Sisters, Arturo Sandoval, The While a student at California State often appears as a guest conductor with Beach Boys, Monica Mancini, Peter Paul University, Northridge, Kaufman composed symphony orchestras throughout the and Mary, Patty Austin, Robert Goulet, the alma mater and fight song. In May of United States and around the world David Copperfield, Davis Gaines, The 2008, he was the keynote speaker for the including Cleveland, Colorado, Utah, Righteous Brothers, Martin Short and Art Honors Convocation Ceremony at his Atlanta, Pittsburgh, the National Symphony Garfunkel. As a violinist, Kaufman per - alma mater. He has appeared as a guest in Washington, DC, Calgary, Rotterdam formed on numerous film and television speaker at various universities including and the Malaysian Philharmonic. scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the USC, University of Georgia, Furman Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Third Kind, Saturday Night Feve r, and (in a University, and the California State Award in the category of Best Pop moment of desperation) Animal House. He Universities at Northridge and Fullerton. Instrumental Performance for a recording has recorded with artists including John He is a member of the music and business he conducted with the Nuremberg Denver, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, The advisory boards of the Young Musicians Symphony. His most recent recording, enti - Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and Ray Foundation. tled The High and the Mighty (Varese Charles. Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began Sarabande), is with the London Symphony Kaufman joined the music department of violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Orchestra. Recorded at Abby Road Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1984 as Meremblum California Junior Symphony, Studios, this CD features music from classic music coordinator, and for the next 18 years and was a member of the Young Musicians and contemporary films about flying. supervised music for all MGM television Foundation Debut Orchestra. He attended Richard’s other recordings include film projects. He received two Emmy Award the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood music performed by the Brandenburg nominations, one for the animated series The in the Fellowship program, and earned a Philharmonic in Berlin, a second recording Pink Panther in the category of Outstanding B.A. in music from California State with the Nuremberg Symphony celebrat - Music Direction and Composition, and University, Northridge. Kaufman lives in ing the 100th anniversary of motion pic - another for Outstanding Original Song co- Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a tures, and two critically acclaimed CDs authored for the series All Dogs Go to former dancer in film, television and on with the New Zealand Symphony Heaven. For the MGM television series In Broadway. His daughter, Whitney, is a grad - Orchestra, conducting the film music of the Heat of the Night , Kaufman composed uate (with honors) from Chapman Alfred Newman and Victor Young. songs with actor/producer Carroll University in Orange, California, and He has conducted for performers O’Connor. He conducted scores for films recently completed two-and-a-half years as including John Denver, Andy Williams, including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. a member of the cast of the National Tour Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Juliet Prowse, As a unique part of his career in film, of Mamma Mia . P- 2 Pacific Symphony ABOUT THE FILM If you have never seen The Wizard Did you know…? of Oz, you’re probably too young to read these program notes. If you’re old • MGM assembled 124 little people • The tornado that carried Dorothy enough to read, chances are you can to play the munchkins, some of from Kansas to the land of Oz was sing along with all the songs in what is whom were from other countries a piece of muslin connected to a arguably the most-watched movie ever and couldn’t speak English well, gantry (a movable steel structure made. L. Frank Baum’s (1856-1919) therefore they were just mouthing that alone cost $12,000) — the first Oz book was first published in their words and their songs were entire scene was filmed in minia - 1900, to be followed by fifteen more. recorded by a professional chorus. ture, with Dorothy’s house only The MGM film starring Judy Garland three feet tall. was made in 1939, but the writer him - • The producers went through no self had already been involved in fewer than ten screenwriters and Finally, part of a conversation silent-film versions of some of his four directors before the film was between Margaret Hamilton (who books as early as 1914-15. completed. played the Wicked Witch of the West) and her six-year-old son after he had • The immortal songs were composed just seen the movie: by Harold Arlen to lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, but the Academy Award “You know, Mom, those big, tall men for Best Original Score went to in the sort of fur hats; what did you Herbert Stothart, who had only do with them?” written the musical interludes in between the songs. “You see, the Witch had cast a spell on the guards, and they had no • Louis B. Mayer wanted to cut choice; they had to do as she wished “Over the Rainbow” after the first until she was melted… Then her sneak preview and it took an spell was broken and they were all intense struggle to keep the song free to do as they wished and I am in the movie. sure they wished to go home.” • Ray Bolger, who played the “Oh, I see.” Scarecrow, had originally been cast as the Tin Woodman, despite his (Source: Aljean Harmetz, The Making protestations that he was not a “tin of The Wizard of Oz. New York: Alfred performer.” Eventually, as A. Knopf, 1978) Scarecrow, he was the highest-paid member of the cast at $3000 a week (the 16-year-old Judy Garland got only $500). • The role for which the most can - didates were auditioned was Toto the dog. Pacific Symphony P- 3 RICHARD KAUFMAN BY JIM MEDVITZ first encountered Richard Kaufman in May with the Symphony. Iof 1990 when he arrived as the music Since the beginning, Richard has strived to director for Andy Williams’ first appearance make the Symphony the “star” of the Pops with Pacific Symphony. In the Symphony’s Concerts. He carefully selects music for the format for Pops concerts the guest artist, who Symphony’s featured portion of each program normally appears only on the second half of that displays the incredible virtuosity and talent the program, usually provides their own con - of the orchestra, be it light classical repertoire, ductor/music director. For Andy Williams film music or Broadway. His love for the that was Richard Kaufman. As it happened, orchestra players and respect for their abilities Doc Severinsen, the leader of the then-popu - has created a relationship that has made possible lar television show, Tonight Show with Johnny the outstanding performances our audiences are Carson , had served the previous three seasons treated with year after year after year.
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