96 year old Laurence Rosenthal will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award this coming October in Ghent. Apart from the cool aspect in giving this fine composer some deserving recognition, it will (presumably) result in a CD of the tribute concert, which will be conducted by Dirk Brosse. Recently, these WSA concert releases have included suites from previously unavailable scores. Anyone going to this event?
Yeah, read it awhile back. I wonder if he's coming in person? That would take a lot out of a man that age.
I used to be a WSA regular, but haven't been there in many years. I think 2015 was the last time. Mostly health and money problems. I do live vicariously through my many friends there, though, who attend it annually. Looking forward to a Rosenthal compilation.
I think the WSA site indicates that Rosenthal will attend the event. He must have genes like Williams. I've never attended a WSA Ghent event, but was a regular at MOSMA Malaga, pre-pandemic. But rising flight and accomodation costs, coupled with MOSMA's ridiculously 11th hour announcements have scuttled that somewhat (even now, with the event about 5 weeks away, they haven't revealed any attendees or performers).
Ghent is very tempting this year... but kind of difficult to make it there unfortunately
With someone as super nice and HIGHLY underrated as Piovani especially I wish I could make it. So far I've been there only once and loved it... excellent event and actually fan-friendly.
It's nice to see Rosenthal receive some recognition. He has a style that's unmistakable once you've heard several of his scores. I recently picked up Intrada's re-release of BECKET. He richly deserved his Academy Award nomination for that one.
Listening to the CD now. Really lovely performances. As someone with a skimpy Rosenthal collection to begin with, this is a welcome addition. Might write a review.
It is our honour and pleasure to welcome here the first recipient of the Award tonight who in a long and distinguished career has worked in pretty much every corner of the music world, as composer and arranger in television, film, theatre and the concert hall. His first film credit was nearly 70 years ago, in 1955 - a film called Yellowneck about the American Civil War. In the 60s, two of his scores were Oscar nominated - for Becket and the adaptation of the musical ‘Man of La Mancha’; and his incidental music was being heard regularly in Broadway theatres, as well as on the concert stage. Television became a major part of his life, winning seven Emmys for classic miniseries like ‘Peter the Great', 'Anastasia’ and ‘The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles’. His brings integrity, grace, unlimited imagination and enormous skill to everything he writes for whatever medium. And, just a week or so before his 97th birthday, we are so honoured to welcome to Ghent, Laurence Rosenthal.
96 year old Laurence Rosenthal will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award this coming October in Ghent. Apart from the cool aspect in giving this fine composer some deserving recognition, it will (presumably) result in a CD of the tribute concert, which will be conducted by Dirk Brosse. Recently, these WSA concert releases have included suites from previously unavailable scores. Anyone going to this event?
We have indeed included a few pieces that have been previously unreleased outside the film or TV series. There are even a few small surprises in there for Rosenthal fans regarding the scores that have been released before.
Just to be clear, the Film Fest Gent albums are not concert releases, but studio recordings, done beforehand. (The WSA concert featured a selection of the pieces on the album.)
"Suite from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Ireland, April 1916 (1993) performed by Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé.
Composed by Laurence Rosenthal, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards Gala, 21 October 2023, Capitole Ghent, Belgium.
It is our honour and pleasure to welcome here the first recipient of the Award tonight who in a long and distinguished career has worked in pretty much every corner of the music world, as composer and arranger in television, film, theatre and the concert hall. His first film credit was nearly 70 years ago, in 1955 - a film called Yellowneck about the American Civil War. In the 60s, two of his scores were Oscar nominated - for Becket and the adaptation of the musical ‘Man of La Mancha’; and his incidental music was being heard regularly in Broadway theatres, as well as on the concert stage. Television became a major part of his life, winning seven Emmys for classic miniseries like ‘Peter the Great', 'Anastasia’ and ‘The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles’. His brings integrity, grace, unlimited imagination and enormous skill to everything he writes for whatever medium. And, just a week or so before his 97th birthday, we are so honoured to welcome to Ghent, Laurence Rosenthal.
Struggling to put it in better words, but what a kind and decent gentleman! I have never seen any video footage (perhaps not even a photo) of Laurence Rosenthal before, but I am so impressed by the demeanour – and yes, also the physical shape at 97 y.o. – of this man right now. Immensely touching. Long live Laurence Rosenthal.
And on a different note, I haven't been able to listen to this latest Ghent film composer tribute CD yet, but I bought several of the previous editions over the years and it was always a deeply rewarding and rich listening experience, regardless of whether I was already familiar with the tribute composer's body of work or was only just making "first acquaintance" with him or her.
