A triple Oscar-winning composer of over two hundred film soundtracks for directors including Jean-Luc Godard, Joseph Losey, Clint Eastwood, Robert Altman, Barbra Streisand, Jacques Demy and Claude Lelouch, and a songwriter whose melodies (The Windmills of Your Mind, Watch What Happens, The Summer Knows, You Must Believe in Spring) have helped define the popular song-form for the last half century, Michel Legrand visits St George’s for a special concert performance as part of his year-long 80th birthday world tour. A noted pianist and conductor who has worked with some of the world’s leading orchestras, as well as a leading figure in both French and US jazz who collaborated with Miles Davis, Bill Evans and John Coltrane, Michel Legrand appears tonight in a duo with his wife Catherine Michel, a celebrated harpist for the Paris Opera, playing music from throughout his brilliant career.
‘Michel Legrand’s unique songs still glow long after many of the movies they were written for have vanished.’ The Guardian
‘Effervescent jazz, honouring the song.’ New York Times
Find out more about Michel Legrand in this special article.
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Video: Michel Legrand & Catherine Michel perform ‘The Summer Knows’ from Summer of ’42
And Don’t Miss… at Watershed:
Film: Les demoiselles de Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967, France)
Sun 4 March, 12pm
Starring Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris
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Film: Ice Station Zebra (John Sturges, 1968, USA)
Sun 11 March, 12pm
Starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
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Film: Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962, France/Italy)
Sun 18 March, 12pm
Starring Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller
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Film: The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968, USA)
Sun 25 March, 12pm
Starring Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
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BEAM Live – Part I ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’
Thur 29 March, 10pm
An evening of live music and live art, in homage to Michel Legrand
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‘Michel Legrand in Conversation’
Sat 31 March, 2.30pm
The Oscar-winning composer discusses his life and work.
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Film: The Go-Between (Joseph Losey, 1970, UK)
Sat 31 March, 4.30pm
Starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Original score by Michel Legrand.
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