He
had
just
left
the
Jewish
Museum
in
Vienna
tonight
and
he
was
filled
with
emotions
of
yet
the
remainder
of
the
week
to
come
when
he
phoned
me.
John
Mauceri,
who
has
conducted
325
concerts
in
the
Hollywood
Bowl
--
to
over
four
million
people
and
who
is
perhaps
the
leading
expert
on
Hollywood
film
music
and
its
history
has
created
a
week-long
program
timed
to
celebrate
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
death
of
Erich
Wolfgang
Korngold,
the
legendary
Austrian-born
composer
who
is
credited
with
creating
what
is
known
as
"the
Hollywood
sound."
He
won
three
Oscars
and
his
credits
include
"King's
Row,"
"The
Sea
Hawk,"
"The
Adventures
Of
Robin
Hood,"
etc.
The
celebration
highlights
the
exodus
of
the
Jewish
composers
escaping
from
the
horrors
of
Nazi
Germany
and
Austria.
Members
of
the
Korngold
family
--
children
and
grandchildren
all
of
whom
live
in
the
U.S.
--
many
of
whom
had
never
been
in
Austria
--
are
on
hand
for
the
tributes.
"This
is
very
moving,"
Mauceri
told
me,
"It's
the
first
time
in
history
that
this
music
has
ever
before
been
played
live."
Mauceri
will
conduct
the
large
(100-plus)
Vienna
Radio
Symphony
Orchestra
Thursday
night
at
the
Vienna
Konzerthaus
in a
two-part
program.
The
first
half,
"Vienna
In
Hollywood,"
the
second,
"Hollywood
in
Vienna"
will
show
how
Korngold
and
Arnold
Schoenberg
still
influence
movie
music
--
as
created
by
John
Williams
and
Jerry
Goldsmith.
As
an
encore,
Mauceri
said
he'll
conduct
Max
Steiner's
music
from
"GWTW."
Among
the
Vienna
orchestra
members
will
be
representatives
of
the
North
Carolina
School
of
the
Arts
where
Mauceri
is
Chancellor.
Three
are
musicians,
two
are
vocalists
one
is
filming
a
documentary
and
another
is
writing
a
piece.
"It
is
very
moving
to
be
conducting
them,"
said
Mauceri.
The
event
is
produced
by
Sandra
Tomek.
Tomorrow,
Wednesday,
Mauceri
will
give
a
lecture
at
the
University
of
Vienna
on
the
Jewish
refugee
composers
in
Hollywood.
And
Friday,
at
the
residence
of
the
U.S.
Ambassador
to
Austria,
a
45-minute
program,
with
students
from
the
North
Carolina
School
of
the
Arts
(NCSA)
performing
music
from
Broadway
celebrating
songs
of
Sigmund
Romberg,
Stephen
Sondheim,
Adam
Guettel
and
Jerome
Kern.
I
urged
Mauceri
to
continue
considering
a
returning
to
the
Hollywood
Bowl
next
summer.
Happily
he
said
he
will
Together
Again
--
Who
Knows?