Saturday at the Symphony with George

Just took in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, at the Meyerson Center with George Durstine & Co. Not my favorite composer (too fussy), but the maestro was on fire and Jaap van Zweden's players set off a magnificent crescendo.

When it comes to symphonies though, why does my mind always gravitate toward "GREAT MOVIE MOMENTS" as it were?

There's Nicole Kidman's unforgettable close-up in 'Birth' (an underrated gem if there ever was one):



Or, and I realize this is a little niche, one of my very first memories is of Shelley Duvall's brilliant Faerie Tale Theatre series, namely the Frog Prince with the incomparable Teri Garr. Her scene with the orchestra is just priceless -- go see it!