There is a chill in the air, but the hottest ticket in town is the Valentine love story between Symphony Silicon Valley and Disney's Fantasia. The weekend of love, February 14 and 15 at San Jose's Center for Performing Arts, Symphony Silicon Valley will be performing live on stage the classic music from the original 1940 Walt Disney film and Disney's Fantasia 2000update while the movie is projected in high definition on a huge screen.
"This performance is also a love story between the magic of film and the love of music," said Andrew Bales, President of Symphony Silicon Valley. "This is the perfect Valentine for everyone: friends, lovers, families, music lovers old and young."
Disney shares one of its crown jewels of feature animation with Symphony Silicon Valley, accompanying scenes from both the 1940 original version by
Walt Disney, as well as Disney Fantasia 2000, highlighting selections from each, including Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite.
Other iconic moments include
Mickey Mouse as he dabbles in magic in Paul Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the mythical unicorns and winged horses that accompany Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. The greatest hits in Fantasia include Debussy's Claire de Lune,Stravinsky's Suite from The Firebird, and who doesn't recognize Pomp and Circumstance by
Sir Edward Elgar with Donald Duck as an assistant in The Noah's Ark story. But the most memorable of all are the dancing hippos and elephants in Amilcare Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda.
The screening and concert of Fantasia will be on Saturday, February 14 at 8 PM and Sunday, February 15 at 2:30 PM at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, located at 255 S. Almaden Blvd, San Jose, CA 95113. Advance tickets are from $44 to $80 and available by calling the box office Monday - Friday 10 AM to 5 PM at 408 286 2600 or visit www.fantasiassv.org
