The Hallé in Nottingham – Oscars for Orchestra

The evening

Two days ahead of the 2027 Academy Award Ceremony in LA, don your dinner jackets and ball gowns for this glitzy red carpet event in Nottingham!

Hear the most memorable tunes from the Oscar-winning scores for Ben-Hur, Up, and Slumdog Millionaire. And the nominations are … the enchanting soundtracks to Gladiator, Interstellar and How to Train Your Dragon.

The orchestra brings its own magic to Morricone’s nostalgic theme for Cinema Paradiso and the lush Golden Age melodies of Korngold’s The Sea Hawk.

Highlights include the menacing theme to Taxi Driver, written by Hitchcock’s favourite composer and master of suspense Bernard Herrmann, John Williams’ suspenseful two-note motif, which brings the shark in Jaws to horrifying life and the symphonic jazz stylings of Henry Mancini’s score for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which made Audrey Hepburn dub the composer ‘the hippest of cats’.