The Woodstock Film Festival and the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra will team up this Saturday, Sept. 27, for a special benefit concert at the Woodstock Playhouse.
The event, “Classical Music in Classic Films,” will highlight the close connection between music and cinema, featuring themes and soundtrack selections from films including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “The Truman Show,” “Fantasia,” and “Jurassic Park.”
The concert will showcase the Ukrainian piano duo Anna and Dmitri Shelest, performing with the symphony orchestra on works by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass and others. Film clips will screen as a backdrop during the performance.
“Mike [Hassan] and I had been discussing the relationship between movies and music over dinner and realized we had the makings of a great night out,” said Ken Wenger, president of the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra. “He’s a very hands-on board member for the film festival, in addition to being a writer and producer. It seemed like a natural.”
The two-hour program begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at woodstockplayhouse.org, with proceeds benefiting both organizations.