GET YOUR TICKETS Mark Fischer, director of artistic operations
EVENT: Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban in Concert
DATES/TIMES: Saturday and Sunday,
June 23 and 24, 2019. The Saturday
show is at 7:30 p.m.; the Sunday
shows are at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
VENUE: Walt Disney Theater
TICKETS: Priced starting at $45.50.
NOTES: The Orlando Philharmonic
Orchestra plays the John Williams
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for the Orlando Philharmonic, points
out that Potter isn’t a stranger to most of the
orchestra’s players.
There are the two prior Potter concerts,
of course. But many also performed at ceremonies
marking the grand opening of The
Wizarding World of Harry Potter — under the
baton of Williams himself.
The 85 players who’ll grace the stage for
Azkaban will, as they did during previous
concerts in the series, carefully listen to a
click track for cues. They will have rehearsed
only twice — the day before the show.
“It’s always great music,” Fischer says. “But
performing it live, with precision, over the
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you sitting on the edge of your seat.” ��
— Randy Noles
Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón assigned actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
to write essays about their characters. Grint didn’t turn his in. Recalls Cuarón: “When I questioned
why, Rupert said, ‘Ron wouldn’t do it.’ So I said, ‘OK, you do understand your character.’”
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