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http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/et-extra-terrestrial/2015-09-04

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Los Angeles Philharmonic
Introduced by
John Williams

Bring your entire family to this extraordinary, world-premiere event, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs John Williams’ entire Academy Award®-winning score from Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece about a boy and his alien friend, live-to-picture while this beloved film is shown in HD on the Bowl’s big screen. Don't miss E.T. under the stars, as you've never seen or heard it before!

Looks like there will be no JW concert at the Bowl this year, but this sounds like a good alternative. It appears JW will only introduce the piece, still no info about who will conduct (maybe David Newman?)

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Awesome! At least Williams will make an appearance. Wish I could attend!

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Cool! If I were anywhere near Los Angeles I would go. Alas again the damn Atlantic is thwarting my plans.

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I'm on the fence about going. Mostly because the last two times I have gone to the bowl I went alone, and being about 3 hours away from there I guess I feel like I lack the energy to do it all alone again. I think it WOULD be an amazing thing to see, though! I wonder why Williams isn't performing at the bowl this year. Or why he chose not to conduct it himself. I guess it's still nice that he'll be introducing it.

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I am seriously considering this if I can get a reward flight.

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Why would he be there and introduce it but not conduct? Seems a strange arrangement to me. Would be a disappointment if he didn't conduct it.

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Because conducting takes more time in prep and rehearsal?

It's not like "well, since i showed up on the big day I might as well take the baton!"

I guess so. You'd have thought he would want to do it though, then again the full E.T. score (if that's what it is) is quite a daunting amount of music to play live and in sync with the picture.

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Looks like I'm going to be going to this. Looking forward to it!

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I'd seriously considering another LA trip for that weekend if it wasn't my wedding weekend :)

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I'd seriously considering another LA trip for that weekend if it wasn't my wedding weekend :)

It's going to be awesome! Already booked my flight. Can't wait to be there!

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Given Williams has canceled his Tanglewood appearances, I wonder if he will still introduce the concert?

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As far as we know, he's still expected to introduce the performance.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/LA-Phil-to-Perform-John-Williams-Score-from-ET-at-the-Hollywood-Bowl-94-6-20150820

But he doesn't need to attend in order to do so...

Oh, right... I was assuming he would be there in person. I guess it isn't likely for him to be there in person to introduce each day.

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As far as we know, he's still expected to introduce the performance.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/LA-Phil-to-Perform-John-Williams-Score-from-ET-at-the-Hollywood-Bowl-94-6-20150820

But he doesn't need to attend in order to do so...

Oh, right... I was assuming he would be there in person. I guess it isn't likely for him to be there in person to introduce each day.

I have assurances from Film Concerts Live that he will be there in person. Hoping those assurances are still correct.

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Is anyone going to this? I may go to the concert in San Antonio if time allows.

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Is anyone going to this? I may go to the concert in San Antonio if time allows.

I'm going! Disappointed that it couldn't be Williams' standard Hollywood Bowl performance, but I saw it last year so at least I was able to see him once live. This should be very cool to watch, and will be good to compare it to the Royal Albert Hall performance live to score of Raiders which I'm also attending next year.

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As far as we know, he's still expected to introduce the performance.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/LA-Phil-to-Perform-John-Williams-Score-from-ET-at-the-Hollywood-Bowl-94-6-20150820

But he doesn't need to attend in order to do so...

Oh, right... I was assuming he would be there in person. I guess it isn't likely for him to be there in person to introduce each day.

I have assurances from Film Concerts Live that he will be there in person. Hoping those assurances are still correct.

There you go:

Unfortunately, Williams won’t be conducting his score due to a scheduling conflict (though he will introduce the film via a recorded video message).

http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/09/03/44363/composer-david-newman-remembers-playing-violin-for/

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Damn. Still should be amazing though. I'm going tomorrow night.

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Too bad he won't be there in person. Hopefully some video will be posted this weekend of his intro and the actual concert.

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I'll also be there tonight, this is a great event to finish a great vacation :) Didn't really plan ahead, but there were a good number of seats still available as of yesterday, for the spontaneous-minded.

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Good to see he looks healthy, even if his voice is not what it once was.

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Maybe he's just tired from the extensive TFA recording process? And recovering from his procedure?

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I wouldn't say "normal" but yes, he does sound a bit better than in the Comic Con video.

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That's a healthy man in the video. In both videos he looks healthy, just maybe under the weather in the Comic Con video. If we were looking at a seriously ill man, it would be very obvious. He probably wouldn't even be doing these introductions if he was seriously ill. Back issues can be and are very debilitating (especially at 83) and traveling and standing for long periods of time can worsen the condition.

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