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The Roaring Twenties
To herald the twenty-twenties, acclaimed pianist John Lenehan presents a centenary celebration of the unique music and film of an iconic decade, the fabulous 1920’s.
 
Music by Gershwin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Stravinsky and Kurt Weill brings to life on screen appearances from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, Harold Lloyd, Erik Satie, Al Capone and Albert Einstein. The performance also features atmospheric archive film of London, Paris and New York set to music of the decade.  If your audiences enjoyed 'In the Footsteps of Laurel & Hardy', they will love this - a trip back in time to a crazy, supremely creative decade of instantly recognisable music, film & icons of the silver screen.

Film Fantasia
Mozart arr.Lenehan - The Magic Flute
Accompanied by the film 'Papageno' (1935)
Schumann - In der Nacht
Accompanied by the film 'In der Nacht' (1931)
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Accompanied by the film 'Life and Death of 9413 - a Hollywood Extra' (1928)
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Nicolai - Overture to 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.5
Foxtrot - I've never seen a smile like yours
Accompanied by the films of Oscar Fischinger (1931-5)
Mozart - Sonata K. 545 (1st Mvt)
Accompanied by the film 'Drama among the Puppets' (1908)
Debussy - 5 Preludes
Accompanied by the film 'The Conquest of the Pole' (1912)
Bizet arr.Lenehan - Carmen
Accompanied by the film 'Carmen' (1935)

Comedy Classics
A wonderful collection of silent films accompanied by virtuoso piano scores.
Papageno (1935)
(Silhouette film dir. Reineger)
Music by Mozart
A Well-Washed House (1912)
(Early French short)
Music by Poulenc
The Count (1917)
(Dir. C. Chaplin)
Music by Fats Waller
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Carmen (1933)
(Silhouette film dir. Reineger)
Music by Bizet
The Conquest of the Pole(1912)
(fantasy film dir. Melies)
Music by Debussy
Big Business (1927)
(starring Laurel and Hardy)
Music by John Lenehan

Conquest of the Pole (based on music by Debussy)

Big Business
Typical Laurel and Hardy film involving a consignment of Christmas trees which aren't easy to sell in the Californian sunshine! (15 mins - flute, clarinet and piano)

The Vagabond (incorporating music by Grieg and Mendelssohn)

A Well-washed House (based on music by Poulenc)

The Count (based on music by Fats Waller)

Ghosts before Breakfast (based on music by Hindemith)

Never Weaken (based on popular music of the 1920s)

Papageno (based on music by Mozart)

Carmen (based on music by Bizet)

One A.M. (based on music by Scott Joplin)

Not available at the moment.
Berlin
A 50 minute score for Walter Ruttmann's 'Symphony of a Great City' Written for piano duet, the score evokes the moods of the film as we experience a day in Berlin in 1927 beginning at dawn and ending in the early hours of the next day.

Nosferatu
The original 'Dracula' film and still one of the most successful. (60 mins - flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano.)

Phantom of the Opera (based on the music of Gounod's 'Faust')