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John Williams’ Film Night (Tanglewood, Sat, Aug 9, 2025)


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Film night confirmed for Tanglewood this summer. John Williams is listed only as a curator for the event.

 

https://www.bso.org/events/boston-pops-august-9?performance=2025-08-09-20:00

 

John Williams’ Film Night

Exterior of the Koussevitzky Music Shed with Tanglewood lawn

Tanglewood

Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA

Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, curator
Keith Lockhart, conductor

A cherished Tanglewood tradition, John Williams’ Film Night returns with a fabulous program of film music highlights specially curated by Maestro Williams himself and featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. It’s a special evening of magical music and selected film clips that you won’t want to miss!

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It's a shame Williams won't conduct, but not surprising. I'll still be there... it would be nice if things go well enough for Williams to make an appearance, but we can't count on that. You know, I would actually love to hear a John Williams Film Night program put together by Keith Lockhart. He'd be sure to work in some deep cuts.

 

No mention of Williams at Tanglewood on Parade, but I bet they'll include some of his music in there somewhere.

 

They managed to put Film Night on a different weekend than the Newport Jazz Festival this year... but not the Emmanuel Ax concert! Gotta think about this one...

 

 

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Bear in mind that when I went to Film Night in 2019, only David Newman was officially listed as a conductor, and Williams took over after the first few pieces of the second half as a surprise (I there on the chance that he'd do the encores, so I got more than I had hoped for). So this doesn't necessarily mean much - either way.

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8 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Bear in mind that when I went to Film Night in 2019, only David Newman was officially listed as a conductor, and Williams took over after the first few pieces of the second half as a surprise (I there on the chance that he'd do the encores, so I got more than I had hoped for). So this doesn't necessarily mean much - either way.

Yeah the same when I went to one of the Hollywood Bowl concerts in 2019. He was only listed as a host but conducted almost half of the concert. 

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  • 2 weeks later...

They probably don't want to do a "Yippie! He's back!" announcement just in case something comes up health wise and he has to cancel.

 

I'm sure they had to deal with a lot of crap from customers when he backed out. 

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Waiting in the queue for Film Night tickets. 

 

Though Williams is not confirmed, I have a feeling he will show up if health allows.

 

Having PTSD from the experience trying to secure Berlin Philharmonic tickets last week and the BSO website now appears to have the same issue.

 

Who ARE all these people?? :eh:

 

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Nabbed a single ticket in Section 4. Section 1 sold out and sections 2 and 3 only a few tickets on the edges remain. Further back there are still quite a few, thankfully.

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