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I was happy to hear Gloria mention all the footage that Spielberg has shot of the recording sessions over the years and be like "when are we going to see some of this???"  Just glad to know people "on the inside" are asking this and not just us weirdos  

"One of the most acclaimed musicians of his generation and an advocate of the contemporary repertoire and new music, she performed as pianist for John Williams"
 
Pronoun flub there, @TownerFan
 
We all love Gloria at JWFan

Duly noted and corrected. Hope you'll enjoy the interview!

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

Uh oh...
 

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

I've always loved "Fawkes the Phoenix" and I'm glad it's become a concert staple, but it's crazy to me that "Buckbeak's Flight" has never been programmed and was excluded altogether from the POA signature edition.

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

I think this was posted here at the time but Powell shared a bunch of clips from the recording sessions on his Instagram and rehearsing this bit with the strings/woodwinds was one of them, really cool
 
 

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

"The second piece we'll play for you is also about a bird, it's 'Fawkes the Phoenix,' beautiful bird that Harry rode that seemed to always have great luft and lift and glided and the music glides along with him"
 
Starting to wonder if JW is getting Fawkes and Buckbeak confused haha

John Williams appeared on the podium at Tanglewood on Tuesday August 2 for the annual "Tanglewood on Parade" night at the Koussevitzky Music Shed, conducting first the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a performance of "Just Down West Street... On The Left," and then the Boston Pops in "Hedwig's Theme" and "Fawkes the Phoenix."
 

 
 
The Maestro looks in great shape. Nice to see Keisuke Wakao and Gus Sebring (recent guests of the BSO tribute video at TLOJW) in the band

I think Geisha was top priority for Williams and not a favor to Spielberg at all, he really wanted to do that one