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I had just played a concert entitled Movie magic with NCO on Sunday and the following Wednesday I record a gig called Hollywood with three of the members of NCO, all three notable woodwind players.  Strange that, but I'm learning that film music can be very satisfying and complex and worthy.  This was Aeolus Trio - flute, clarinet and bassoon; Jodie, Lis and David - playing a string of memorable tunes from movie soundtracks and turning this into a trivia outing.  So after each tune David would seek answers - what's the title, film, date, perhaps stars and other trivia.  We all know these tunes, often songs with lyrics, but we don't always recognise the source.  And to top this off, in place of a tune list, the program just offered spaces to complete - Item 1..., Item 2..., and so on.  Amusing.  Films and titles included Magnificent seven, As time goes by / Casablanca, two from Wizard of Oz, Hatari, Sound of Music, Moon river / Breakfast at Tiffany's, Thoroughly modern Millie, Chocolat, and more, with What's new pussycat as an encore.  Suffice to say, fabulous compositions (including two by my pop hero Burt Bacharach), deeply satisfying tunes, nicely arranged for the wind trio variously by the Jodie, Lis and David, good playing and huge fun.  What's not to like.  I could come around to film music and to trivia, if I just tried a little.

Aeolus Trio performed film music and associated trivia at Wesley.  Aeolus comprises Jodie Petrov (flute, piccolo, alto), Lis Hoorweg (clarinet) and David  Whitbread (bassoon).