Let's see if the music left him easing on down the road...
As a child I looked forward to watching the Wizard Of Oz on television. Anyone my age will remember it was broadcast only once a year. The anticipation for a child was almost unbearable. Now with almost everything available on dvd and blu-ray you lose that feeling of anticipation and excitement.
This past weekend my wife and I had the opportunity to attend the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s presentation at Orchestra Hall. The Symphony played the music from the Wizard of Oz while the movie played on the big screen. I did expect a much larger screen, but that comes from being spoiled with the huge screens we have become accustomed to at today’s theatres.
The music was absolutely wonderful and amazingly seamless. So seamless you tend to forget the music is live. Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg would have been proud of the DSO’s performance. It was a great way to experience the Wizard Of Oz in a completely new way.
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Peter Chandler is a husband, father of two daughters and lover of all things free, especially FREEISMYLIFE. Follow him on Twitter at @SirTinMan
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