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Legendary film composer Ennio Morricone has announced plans for his final ever UK performance this year.
Morricone will conduct his iconic film scores live at the O2 in London on November 26, all with the backing of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
Tickets for the show go on general sale on March 23 and will be available to buy here.
Morricone’s work has played a major part in cinema history, providing the soundtrack to such classic films as A Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in America, A Fistful of Dollars, The Untouchables and The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
The 89-year-old’s compositions have been championed by the likes of director Quentin Tarantino, with Morricone providing the Academy Award-winning score for The Hateful Eight in 2016.
“I have very fond memories of my tours to the UK,” Morricone said about his final London show. “From my very first concert at the Barbican Centre to my shows at the beautiful Royal Albert Hall and recently the spectacular nights at the O2 Arena and the Blenheim Palace grounds.”
He added: “The English audience has always given me a very warm welcome and I felt strongly that I should play one last big concert in London before I retire at the end of this year.”
As well as planning the upcoming live show, Morricone has written the score for soon to be released Italian film A Rose In Winter. His most recent work for film was the soundtrack to 2016 movie Correspondence, starring Jeremy Irons and Olga Kurylenko.
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