Sat 11/12 @ 8PM
The James Bond movies have had a grip on our collective imagination since they debuted in 1962, with their canny, suave spy pursuing evildoers across a variety of glamorous locations around the world while living the high life. Based on a series of ’50s and early ’60s novels by British author Ian Fleming, they’re remained durable source material despite their reflection of a sort of Playboy Magazine mentality that’s largely vanished.
Those movies have produced a series of tunes that became huge hits, known even to people who have never seen any of the films, performed by a strikingly diverse group of artists: Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger,” Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die,” Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better,” Duran Duran’s “View to a Kill.”
For its next concert, The Name Is Bond … James Bond, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, led by Carl Topilow with special guest vocalist, Broadway and film actress Rachel York, will perform all those favorites and more. “More” includes non-Bond tunes that reflect a similar spirit (or parody thereof) such as “Secret Agent Man,” “Pink Panther,” the Mission Impossible theme, and “Soul Bossa Nova,” from Austin Powers.
The concert takes place in glamorous Severance Hall so you can wear a tux and pretend you ARE James Bond. Tickets are $21-$95.
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