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Last broadcast on Fri, 12 Aug 2011, 22:15 on BBC Radio 3.
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BBC PROMS 2011
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Charles Hazlewood
The inventive multi-taskers of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra perform the epic scores of Ennio Morricone from the films of Sergio Leone.
The Australian group recreates Morricone's classic soundtracks from films such as 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'For a Few Dollars More' with only five players by using extraordinary virtuosity on a variety of instruments conventional and rather less so. "We really embraced the absurdity of a bunch of Aussie guys trying to do what Morricone did with a cast of hundreds", so expect new uses for an asthma inhaler and a cornflake packet as well as a rich vein of humour.
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Ennio Morricone
— The Good, the bad and the ugly - music for the filmPerformer: Spaghetti Western Orchestra
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Ennio Morricone — Once upon a time in America - music for the film
Performer: Spaghetti Western Orchestra
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Ennio Morricone — Poverty [from 'Once upon a time in America'] for ensemble
Performer: Spaghetti Western Orchestra
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Fri 12 Aug 201122:15
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