The Tunes of Tinseltown

The Golden Days of Hollywood were remembered when the Santa Barbara Symphony under guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos, general director of the New York Grand Opera, performed an Oscar-themed concert at the Granada hosted by the vivacious Leslie Zemeckis.

Leslie, a bestselling author and award-winning documentarian, as well as being a near Montecito neighbor and fellow MJ columnist, was in fine form as the glamor and nostalgia of Tinseltown a half century ago was brought to life with the evocative movie music and iconic film scenes projected onto a big screen above the talented musicians.

Included in the entertaining 100-minute program were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Ben Hur, and The Wizard of Oz.

All too magical for words…