Record

Performance TitleFestival of Science: Space - Close Encounters of the Third Kind In Concert
Performance Date14 June 2018
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
ChoirsEnglish Chamber Choir
ConductorsErnst Van Tiel
Set ListFilm screening - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', dir. S Spielberg (1977, 135mins)
Performance NotesSteven Spielberg’s 1977 UFO blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be screened at the Royal Albert Hall, with John Williams’ groundbreaking score performed live to picture by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and English Chamber Choir, conducted by Ernst Van Tiel.

Written and directed by Spielberg, the film tells the story of Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss), an ordinary blue-collar electrical lineman from Indiana who experiences a close encounter with an unidentified flying object.

Nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Original Score, Close Encounters of the Third Kind remains as engrossing and inspiring today as it was forty years ago.

The film was rated by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
Related Archival MaterialPosters (RAHE/2/2018/27, 31),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2018/16)
Ticket Prices£30-70
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?TeTjzUTSXqnp
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/2/2018/31Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert - World Premiere14 June 2018
RAHE/2/2018/27Royal Albert Hall Festival of Space 20185 May-10 July 2018
RAHE/6/2018/28Films in Concert - 'Star Trek In Concert,' 'Star Trek Beyond In Concert' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind In Concert'2 June-14 June 2018
RAHE/6/2018/16Festival of Science: Space5 May-10 July 2018
RAHE/6/2018/29Films in Concert Season2 June-2 November 2018
RAHE/6/2018/30Raymond Gubbay Shows - 2018 Season2 June-22 December 2018
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11305Festival of Science: Space - Close Encounters of the Third Kind In Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/15677Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO); 1987-; English orchestra
DS/UK/15735English Chamber Choir; 1972-; English choir
DS/UK/10898Tiel; Ernst van (fl 1990s-); Dutch conductor
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