In August, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented four performances of The Man from Snowy River in Concert at Hamer Hall, a sold-out event at which the orchestra played the iconic soundtrack live to accompany a screening of the 1982 film.
Beforehand, actors Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson answered questions about starring in the much-loved movie, music from which was played at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony in 2000.
The Man from Snowy River in Concert, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Photo supplied
Bruce Rowland, who composed the film score, was there in the audience at each MSO performance. At the final concert, he took his wife Maria along, but there wasn’t a seat to be had, so they sat on a concrete shelf on the back wall of the theatre.
“It was incredible – absolutely packed houses and ovations!” he tells Limelight.
“If you’re ever going to watch a movie, and can watch it with a live orchestra, it brings everything to life, it really does. It was quite wonderful.”
He was very impressed with Vanessa Scammell, who conducted the concerts. “I’m a conductor myself, so it’s sort of weird...
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