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The John Wilson Orchestra has been acclaimed for showing how "authentic period performance" extends to screen musicals. [2]In an interview with Rebecca Franks for the BBC Music Magazine prior to the 2010 Proms season, John Wilson explained how the specific make-up of the orchestra reflects this purpose:
In 2004 Wilson was appointed the music director for the Hollywood feature film Beyond the Sea, a biopic of the life of Bobby Darin starring Kevin Spacey.In 2007 he conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra in a BBC Proms concert of British film music, followed in 2009 by conducting his own John Wilson Orchestra in their Proms debut, a celebration of MGM Musicals, and made a further appearance in the ...
Mike Lovatt is a British trumpeter, currently the Derek Watkins Chair of Trumpet at Royal Academy of Music, and the Principal Trumpet of 'Superbrass' as well as the John Wilson Orchestra. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] References
Ronson was lead guitarist of David Bowie's legendary band, "The Spiders From Mars" and knew and liked the music from his childhood piano training. He continued to play the song the rest of his career. Don Walker's arrangement was performed by the John Wilson Orchestra as part of the 2012 BBC Proms [5]
In 2004, Williams recorded Alone Together with the John Wilson Orchestra [21] at Abbey Road Studios. He returned to the studios for In the Lounge with Gary Williams and Swingin' on Broadway, both recorded with his own band. Highlights of these three albums appeared on Gary Williams – The Best of Abbey Road, released in 2010.
The present orchestra, re-established by Wilson in 2018, is the third of three distinct ensembles to bear this name. Building on Sinfonia of London's significance historically as a recording orchestra, the present ensemble released 17 albums within the first five years of its re-establishment, [ 2 ] many of which were recipients of industry awards.
Curtis Stigers, alongside the John Wilson Orchestra performed the song as the opening song for the film Ted 2 (2015). [7] American swing revivalists the Cherry Poppin' Daddies recorded a version of the song on their 2016 cover album The Boop-A-Doo, alongside several other songs originally composed by Berlin. [8]
As a solo singer Ovenden has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, [22] the New York Pops, [23] The Northern Sinfonia, [24] the Liverpool Philharmonic, [25] the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, [26] the London Philharmonic Orchestra, [27] the John Wilson Orchestra, [28] the Royal Concertgebouw ...