Timothy Henty receives warm praise for his recent performances at the Parco della Musica in Rome.

Follow this link to Mondo Film for the original Italian article, or scroll down to see photos of the performance and an English translation.

Attending a film concert can prove to be a memorable, if not an unmissable experience. It allows an immersion of the senses to say the least, which is more engaging and exciting than ever.

So it was for the Harry Potter Film Concert Series, which returned to Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert, on the strength of the success fully sold out for the first two episodes.

Fifteen years after its release, the third film of the saga - directed by the award winning Oscar Alfonso Cuarón – responsible for very different but consistently high quality films  from Gravity to Rome – has been projectied on the big screen (over 12 meters) in HD for the  crowded Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Euphoric and visibly moved, Maestro Timothy Henty opened the concert by addressing the public in Italian and inviting them to actively participate, complete with spontaneous reactions and applause for his favourite moments and characters. As the lights went down, he then masterfully directed the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema: over 130 musicians between the Orchestra and Chorus, who performed John Williams’ magical score in synchrony with the entire Cuarón film and, above all, with the pathos of certain sequences that have become cult.

Between budding wizards and dark dementors, between hippogriffs, werewolves and malevolent rats, for two and a half hours the Auditorium was transformed into the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, reviving in the audience all the emotions of a saga that has captivated entire generations, and still does not cease to fascinate, especially when highlighted by a truly exceptional live soundtrack.

by Claudia Catalli, 3rd January 2020