{"id":243708,"date":"2010-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/bacharach-to-perform-only-summer-show-in-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2010-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T07:00:00","slug":"bacharach-to-perform-only-summer-show-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/bacharach-to-perform-only-summer-show-in-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacharach to perform only summer show in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iconic composer on the mend makes exception for Summer Pops
\n<\/strong>
\nPor Pat Sherman
\nAsistente de edici\u00f3n SDUN
\n<\/strong>
\n

\"Bacharach<\/a>
Burt Bacharach, who recently underwent back surgery, will perform the hits he wrote with lyricist Hal David, such as \u201cSay a Little Prayer\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s New, Pussycat?\u201d at the Summer Pops show, August 8. (Courtesy San Diego Symphony)<\/figcaption><\/figure>After canceling nearly all his tour dates this year while recovering from back surgery, iconic American composer Burt Bacharach will make a special appearance conducting the San Diego Symphony as part of its Bridgepoint Education Summer Pops series.<\/p>\n

Bacharach, know for his string of hits during the 1960s and \u201970s with lyricist Hal David, will conduct the second half of the August 8 show, which starts at 7:30 p.m. <\/p>\n

Bacharach\u2019s songbook includes hits he and David crafted especially for Dionne Warwick, including \u201cThe Look of Love,\u201d \u201cSay a Little Prayer,\u201d \u201cWalk on By\u201d and \u201cThis House Is Not a Home,\u201d as well as The Carpenters\u2019 chestnut \u201c(They Long To Be) Close To You,\u201d Tom Jones\u2019 \u201cWhat\u2019s New, Pussycat?\u201d and \u201cRaindrops Keep Fallin\u2019 on My Head,\u201d from the soundtrack to the Robert Redford\/Paul Newman film, \u201cButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very, very fortunate that his only summer gig is going to be with us,\u201d said Summer Pops Principal Conductor Matthew Garbutt, who has co-conducted with the now 82-year-old Brill Building alum before. \u201cBecause it was the San Diego Symphony\u2019s 100th birthday and he\u2019s got a bit of a connection here in San Diego he felt that he could do at least a half of our show this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garbutt, who is principal tubist during the symphony\u2019s winter season, said his favorite Bacharach composition is the Warwick tune, \u201cDo You Know the Way to San Jose?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just great being anywhere around someone like that\u2014all of the great songs that he\u2019s written and all of the careers that have been bolstered by this music and his creations,\u201d Garbutt said. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting; you can really feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garbutt will conduct the first half of the show, featuring symphonic selections with an appropriate cloak and dagger swagger, including a medley of \u201cJames Bond\u201d film selections, such as \u201cLive and Let Die,\u201d as well as the themes from \u201cMission Impossible,\u201d \u201cThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.,\u201d \u201cGet Smart,\u201d \u201cPeter Gunn\u201d and \u201cThe Pink Panther.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Bacharach] has made cameo appearances in each of the \u2018Austin Powers\u2019 movies and he built the score for \u2018Casino Royale,\u2019 which was sort of a James Bond spoof with Peter Sellers,\u201d Garbutt said. \u201cI thought I would go with kind of a \u2018spies and private eyes\u2019 first half this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three backup singers will accompany the symphony, delivering Bacharach\u2019s cheery, at times melancholy, melodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe always brings really great, talented singers,\u201d Garbutt said. \u201cHe comes out, sits at the piano and he talks and interacts with the audience. He does a couple songs himself but most of the time it\u2019s his singers which showcase all that great music.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is perhaps no coincidence that Bacharach would return to San Diego during Del Mar racing season. For decades he has entered his horses at Del Mar, where he resided with former wife Angie Dickinson during the \u201970s.<\/p>\n

The recipient of three Academy Awards and seven Grammys, Bacharach withdrew from the spotlight during his time in Del Mar. Admittedly frustrated by the dissolution of his creative partnership with Hal David, he reportedly spent his days playing tennis and wandering the beach. Bacharach sold his Del Mar home in 1980, though he continued racing horses at Del Mar.<\/p>\n

Since 1990, Bacharach has reunited with David for projects and has connected with a new generation of music fans, collaborating with everyone from Elvis Costello to Dr. Dre (with whom he recorded an album of protest songs).<\/p>\n

Bacharach has not announced which of his selections he\u2019ll perform during the Summer Pops show, though Garbutt assured the playlist mainly will be comprised of Bacharach\u2019s Top 10 hit songs.<\/p>\n

San Diego Symphony\u2019s Bridgepoint Education Summer Pops
\n<\/strong>August 8
\n7:30 pm
\nEmbarcadero Marina Park South
\nTickets $17-$76
\nsandiegosymphony.org<\/a>
\n235-0804<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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