{"id":40978,"date":"2017-01-01T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T17:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=40978"},"modified":"2017-01-01T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T17:25:14","slug":"scrutiny-et-live-orchestra-sony-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/01\/01\/scrutiny-et-live-orchestra-sony-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"SCRUTINY | &#8220;E.T.&#8221; Phones Home To Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40981\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/et.jpg\" alt=\"Led by young conductor Evan Mitchell, the ad hoc Motion Picture Symphony Orchestra phoned home to a receptive and cheerful holiday audience.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/et.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/et-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/et-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Led by young conductor Evan Mitchell, the ad hoc Motion Picture Symphony Orchestra phoned home to a receptive and cheerful holiday audience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For children of the 1980s, classic Amblin films like <em>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial<\/em> represent the beginning of the first VHS generation. It was the first time films became something you could bring home and savour.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2016 and the growing popularity of nostalgic flicks brought to life with a live orchestra has been gaining serious ground. This golden mix was on display Thursday night at the Sony Centre in the heart of Toronto\u2019s Entertainment District.<\/p>\n<p>Led by young conductor Evan Mitchell, the ad hoc Motion Picture Symphony Orchestra phoned home to a receptive and cheerful holiday audience. I\u2019m not sure how many were there as an excuse to get away from their visiting in-laws over the holidays, but I suppose that was as good an excuse as any.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell came onstage with a bag of Reese\u2019s Pieces and even shared a few with the concertmaster before lifting his baton to open John Williams\u2019 first cue. In turn, the audience was escorted back to 1982 to Spielberg\u2019s sci-fi story about a young boy\u2019s friendship with a gentle creature from outer space. After nearly 35 years, the film has aged remarkably well.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/entertainment\/music\/2016\/12\/30\/et-the-extra-terrestrial-in-concert-a-wonderful-nostalgia-trip-review.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">For more REVIEWS, click <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and review\u00a0before anyone else finds out? F<\/em><em>ollow us on\u00a0<\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/span> for all the latest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;E.T.&#8221; with a live symphony orchestra makes for a wonderful trip back to the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,76,19,23,52,60],"tags":[6712,4443,6432],"yst_prominent_words":[7048,7036,7042,7052,7041,7047,7035,7054,7043,7051,7040,7046,7037,7050,7045,7038,7053,7039,7044,7049],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/et.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-aEW","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40984,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978\/revisions\/40984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40978"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=40978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}