John Williams will share the podium with Keith Lockhart for this year’s ‘Film Night’ concerts at the Boston Symphony Hall. The two conductors will lead the Boston Pops on Thursday, May 12 and Friday, May 13 in a program that…
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‘Harry Potter’ Film Concert Series U.S. Tour Starting June with ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’
CineConcerts is partnering with Warner Brothers Consumer Products to launch a series of “Harry Potter” film concert tours, Variety has learned exclusively. Beginning with a Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone tour in 2016, “The Harry Potter Film Concert Series” will reformat each…
John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, September 2-4, 2016
Hollywood Bowl, September 2, 3 & 4, 2016 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and David Newman Following the record-breaking success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, incomparable composer John Williams returns to the Hollywood Bowl to conduct…
‘Jurassic Park’ Score to be Performed Live to Picture
Jurassic Park is the latest blockbuster to get the orchestral-concert treatment in what has become a growing form of entertainment: watching a movie while listening to a live performance of its score. The 1993 Steven Spielberg film joins other offerings by…
Williams’ ‘Conversations’ Premieres in NYC
On January 10, pianist Gloria Cheng will perform the Est Coast premiere of John Williams’ concert piece Conversations, in a program that will include all six composers featured on Cheng’s album Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano. The documentary…
John Williams’ 2016 Tanglewood Concerts Announced / ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Live with Orchestra
John Williams will return to Tanglewood in 2016 for his annual ‘Tanglewood On Parade’ and ‘Film Night’ performances, which this year will take place on August 2 and August 13, respectively. Additionally, on Agust 26, Keith Lockhart will conduct the…
David Newman Talks John Williams, Hollywood Bowl ‘E.T.’ Concert
This weekend, Angelenos have the unique opportunity to hear Williams’s score performed live by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Unfortunately, Williams won’t be conducting his score due to a scheduling conflict (though he will introduce the film via…
Williams Cancels Tanglewood Appearances
This year’s Film Night with John Williams won’t include the revered composer and conductor whose annual Tanglewood appearance attracts one of the summer’s largest, most enthusiastic audiences. Williams has canceled his appearance at the Aug. 22 event, as well as…
Williams to Conduct at ‘Tanglewood on Parade’ Concert
John Williams has been added to the line-up of this year’s ‘Tanglewood on Parade’ concert, which takes place on August 4 at the Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, MA. According to the concert program, Williams will conduct the Boston Pops…
Williams’ New Concert Work Has a Title
“Just Down West Street…on the left” is the name of Williams’ new concert work, commissioned for the 75th Anniversary of the Tanglewood Music Center. The piece will be premiered by conductor Stefan Asbury on July 5, and reprised on August…