Just got back from London’s Barbican Concert Hall where Richard Kaufman conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a wonderful programme of Dimitri Tiomkin’s music. Highlights included The Alamo, Guns of Navarone, Land of the Pharaohs, Search for Paradise etc. Vocalists Whitney Claire Kaufman and Andrew Playfoot sang several of Tiomkin’s theme songs. A nice touch was Richard Kaufman holding up Tiomkin’s original Oscars to the audience, prior to conducting the music which won each Oscar. By the end of the concert all four of Tiomkin’s Oscars were lined up on stage! Kaufman gave thanks to Tiomkin’s widow Olivia who was present in the audience and who had done much to make the concert a reality. The concert was recorded for future release on CD.