San Diego Symphony performs World Premiere of “A New Beginning” and “End Titles” from The Accidental Tourist

[KingPin 226]

Just attended an amazing concert by the San Diego Symphony conducted by David Newman in an all-Williams program in honor of the composer’s 90th birthday year. The highlight for me was what Newman indicated to be the world concert premiere of “A New Beginning” and “End Titles” from The Accidental Tourist, which I managed to record and am sharing the YouTube link here. Other great pieces were on the program as well (see photo). Overall the orchestra played expertly. It was a great night with friends at the orchestra’s beautiful summer venue, The Rady Shell (guess which one I am in the group photo…).
 

https://youtu.be/6n3l9hRTDSQ

 

 

[pete 948]

Wow, I've always loved the end credits piece.. and the concert version of the love theme, which they didn't play. 

 

The program lists The Cowboys twice. Did the Cowboys open the concert? It's a great opener. And was there something else played instead of the second "The Cowboys Overture" between Born on the 4th and Hary Potter? 

 

And one more question, what pieces made up the Harry Potter suite?

[KingPin 226]

3 hours ago, pete said:

Wow, I've always loved the end credits piece.. and the concert version of the love theme, which they didn't play. 

 

The program lists The Cowboys twice. Did the Cowboys open the concert? It's a great opener. And was there something else played instead of the second "The Cowboys Overture" between Born on the 4th and Hary Potter? 

 

And one more question, what pieces made up the Harry Potter suite?

The Cowboys being listed twice was merely a typo in the program. There was nothing performed in its place the second time.

 

For Harry Potter they only played “Harry’s Wondrous World.”

[igger6 929]

I am 100 percent confident that John Williams played a concert piece from The Accidental Tourist as an encore with the CSO in 2007.  I was there as a young JWFan, a mere JWFanblade, if you will.  Let me search the forum archives for the evidence.  I should be able to find it by next April.

 

UPDATE: Here's @TownerFan corroborating it in 2015:

 

Was the 2007 piece just another concert piece from the film that technically wasn't the End Titles?  That seems like a stretch for a score that's practically monothematic.

[Tom 4,966]

He has conducted the piano-based love theme several times.  The end titles has the same theme, but they are two different pieces. 

[pete 948]

1 hour ago, igger6 said:

Was the 2007 piece just another concert piece from the film that technically wasn't the End Titles?  That seems like a stretch for a score that's practically monothematic.

 

He's performed a concert version of the theme - called "Love Theme" - a romantic version of the score's main theme - that he's never recorded and is very different from the End Credits:
 

 

It was recorded by Richard Hayman on the Naxos label, and it sounds very good, unlike some of the other pieces on the CD. Track 3.

 

[MovieMusicMaestro 33]

This could indicate that these two pieces will be published as part of the JW Signature Series "soon".

[Joni Wiljami 1,208]

You must be either one in the front row, the JW t-shirt might be too obvious, so I would say the other one🤔😜

[Tom 4,966]

"signature series" and "published soon" are not terms that go together in the JW/Hal Leonard world. 

[MovieMusicMaestro 33]

That's why I put the word soon in "". ;-)

[Andy 5,005]

I love seeing this, and that it might lead to more less heard music being performed.