A candlelight concert built around film music, this program takes La La Land as its anchor while branching out into a wider selection of well-known movie scores. Performed by ECM European Chamber Music, it brings these pieces into a more intimate chamber setting. Expect familiar melodies, reworked with a softer, more detailed touch.

About the Performance

Using La La Land as a thematic starting point, this concert expands into a broader selection of film music spanning different eras and styles. The program brings together award-recognized works and widely known soundtracks, presenting them through chamber arrangements.

The setting combines candlelight with a small ensemble format, placing emphasis on detail, texture, and the interaction between instruments. Rather than large-scale orchestral impact, the focus here is on a closer, more contained listening experience shaped by subtle shifts in dynamics and phrasing.

Performers

ECM European Chamber Music

A chamber ensemble formed by six young musicians from Europe. Known for presenting film and crossover repertoire through a candlelight concert format, the group has toured multiple cities in China, performing programs including Interstellar, La La Land, and The Phantom of the Opera.

Song List

• Falling Slowly | Once
• Young and Beautiful | The Great Gatsby
• Rain | The Last Emperor
• Por Una Cabeza | Scent of a Woman
• This Is Me | The Greatest Showman
• Hedwig's Theme | Harry Potter Suite
• Somewhere In Time | Somewhere in Time
• The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom of the Opera

— Intermission (15 minutes) —

• Singing In The Rain | Singin’ in the Rain
• Disney Medley
• Bohemian Rhapsody | Bohemian Rhapsody
• City of Stars | La La Land
• The Ludlows | Legends of the Fall
• First Love | First Love
• Cornfield Chase | Interstellar
• One Day More | Les Misérables

(Program and order subject to change)

Why Go

It leans into familiarity, but not in a nostalgic, greatest-hits way. These are pieces most people already carry some kind of memory for, just stripped back and placed in a quieter frame.

The candlelight setup does part of the work, but it’s really the scale that shifts things. Without the weight of a full orchestra, the music sits closer—less overwhelming, more exposed. It becomes less about spectacle and more about how these melodies hold up when there’s nothing much around them.