Czech National Symphony Orchestra

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The Czech National Symphony Orchestra has built a reputation for bringing orchestral film music to life in concert halls, performing the work of some of cinema's most celebrated composers. One of their signature programmes pays tribute to Ennio Morricone, whose scores for films like Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly rank among the most recognisable music ever written for the screen. In this programme the orchestra performs alongside Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri, pairing the full sound of a symphony orchestra with choral voices. Morricone's music is a natural fit for the concert hall, and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra treats it as such, presenting these scores as standalone works rather than mere accompaniment to footage. The combination of orchestral depth and choral texture gives the programme a range that moves between the sweeping grandeur of a western landscape and the quiet intimacy of Cinema Paradiso.