Royal Albert Hall: ENNIO MORRICONE 75th BIRTHDAY CONCERT {Part 1}

RECORDED on Nov 10, 2003

Part 2 completed has been uploaded on The Maestro's 90th birthday :

https://youtu.be/TL8BP8ELN0o

AT LAST! ~ FINALMENTE! ...This video, among ENNIO MORRICONE buffs, has almost become the stuff of legend. Now I know why! These seem the only videos of this event on YouTube. I apologise for taking so long to get it online, and three attempts to get it as good as I could make it.

‘LEGEND’ was maybe appropriate given its subject-matter, a world-famous Composer of extraordinary technique, inventiveness and prodigiousness. (Big words seem better, given the posh, prissy venue as the Viewer/Listener hears in the 'warm-up').

SOME YEARS BACK I tried making a DVD in a limited-edition of 75 copies for Members of the now-defunct 'Ennio Morricone Discussion Board' but I only managed to package and produce about 10 copies. For the DVD I had designed menus with the TITLES of the pieces.

I LEFT TITLES OFF THE VIDEO because i wanted people to experience and enjoy this purely as Music ~ and not have them thinking of gunfights!

But here in the Description is the much-requested...
TRACK LISTING -_- {{times corrected}}

4:11 ~from Brian De Palma's 'THE UNTOUCHABLES': Main Title, "The Strength of the Righteous"
6:28 ~from Sergio Leone's 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA': "Deborah's Theme"
10:12 "Poverty"
11:41 "Once Upon A Time In America"
13:47 ~from Giuseppe's Tornatore's 'THE LEGEND OF 1900': Main Title, "La Leggenda del Pianista sull' Oceano"
21:20 ~from Giuseppe Tornatore's 'CINEMA PARADISO': "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso"
==== Interval ====
24:37 ~from Ricky Tognazzi's 'CANONE INVERSO': "Canone Inverso Suite"
==== Interval ====
40:17 ~from Mikhail Kalatozov's 'THE RED TENT': "The Red Tent (End Titles)"
43:46 "Others Who Will Follow Us"
46:28 "Love Theme from The Red Tent"
==== Interval ====
49:47 ~from Sergio Leone's 'THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY': Main Title, "Il Buono ['good'], Il Brutto ['ugly'], Il Cattivo ['bad']"
52:35 ~from Sergio Leone's 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST': "Jill's Theme"
55:39 ~from Sergio Leone's UK-titled 'A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE': Main Title, "Giù La Testa"
58:31 ~from Sergio Leone's 'THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY': "The Ecstasy Of Gold"

IT WAS WONDERFUL that, on his 75th birthday, the "grande maestro" as Quincy Jones calls Ennio; I call him Ennio Amadeus Morricone ~ he would be coming to London's Albert Hall, one of the world's premier venues for the performing arts ~ to present a 'Concerto' {{in English, 'Concert'}} of some of his known, well-loved and a tiny few of His lesser-known 'pezzi' or pieces.

My brother GORDON said, "Get two of the best seats, and I'll come down." And he brought down from Glasgow his little Panasonic camcorder, an NV-GS5. I did the 'establishing shot', and Gordon shot (superbly) ALL of Part 1, as shown here. I gave him discreet gestural direction. HOWEVER ::::Part 2 …was another story!

DURING THE INTERVAL one or more of the emblazored flunkies walkie-talkied-on-down the heavy 'security' geezer: NO VIDEOING!! What a shame!

NOW, the Quality of this film I made …is not technically 'top-notch' ~ this was the days before HD, let alone 4K, and it's not 16:9. YouTube was a twinkle in its Fathers' eyes.

B A C K in Twenty-o-Three, not many people were sneaking camcorders into concerts. A graduate of the next-door Royal College of Art, I can honestly say: I did My best. (My brother commented, "Only the best for the best"). He is GORDON CARROLL, proprietor of The Glasgow Stamp Shop ~ and WE are happy to share this THRILLING Concerto with 'Whomsoever' {{Italian, 'CHI MAI'}}.

YOU WILL SEE The Beauty of a Great Master conducting his OWN Music …every note of which, HE has written. So refreshing, so contrasted too …with those 'Celebrity Conductors' [of Others' music] who pull faces and flail arms!

MORRICONE has said, "People who come for my 'gestures'… should stay outside."

It's been such a long time coming! But here it is, this third upload on Maestro Morricone's 89th Birthday. (All previous viewing numbers lost, alas).

Given that it was me who began the audience on the unforgettable evening singing 'Happy Birthday to You' [alas, not recorded] ~ well, somebody had to, and yes, it was ME. I remember vividly calling-out with cupped hands, in Italian; "BUON COMPLEANNO!!" …and the beautiful virtuoso pianist Gilda Butta' slowly turned to look directly at me.

NOW here I AM, again typing: "Buon compleanno, grande maestro!"

By the way, ALL the iMovies on my channels ' Hugh Hue Carroll ' and ' TheSundayShout ' (records of some of my speeches at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park) ~ all feature little snippets of Music by ENNIO MORRICONE.

We all mourn the passing to Spirit of this Great Master of Music ...on 6th July 2020, aged 91.

HUGH 'HUE' CARROLL
Master of Arts of the Royal College of Art

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