From Home Alone, to Harry Potter, and even Star Wars, the Minnesota Orchestra continues to draw large audiences to its movies and music concert series where musicians perform the actual score to a film, as the film itself plays on the big screen.
The Minnesota Orchestra wrapped-up its latest installment of the movies and music series over the weekend with Alexandre Desplat’s score featured in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One.
“This is something we started doing in 2011 and something that I love doing,” said Sarah Hicks, the principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall with the Minnesota Orchestra. “It really brings the thrill of an entire orchestra to a medium that we all know. For many people, the film world is where we first encounter live, orchestral sound. It’s exciting for me to bring that to our hall.”
Hicks, a film specialist, travels internationally doing these kinds of concerts and …