John Williams Has A Special Message For You!
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That’s right! On Saturday April 4th at 7.30 pm in Barbical Hall, London the London Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the wonder of film music. Join the LSO for a celebration of film music, drawn from the films for which the LSO recorded the original soundtracks. The LSO is one of the world’s foremost film music orchestras, recording such landmark scores as Star Wars, Things to Come, Henry V and Raiders of the Lost Ark throughout its long history.
In this special event, LSO: A Life in Film will feature music for which the LSO recorded the original soundtracks. Presented by Tommy Pearson, they will be joined by composers Trevor Jones and Patrick Doyle and possibly George Fenton and Alexandre Desplat in this fantastic event. Wait, there’s more! James Horner and John Williams himself will join in on video. The LSO will be conducted by Xian Zhang.
The music they will feature are the following:
JOHN WILLIAMS: Superman March
BLISS: Things to Come
TREVOR JONES: The Dark Crystal
ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto
PATRICK DOYLE: Harry in Winter from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
JOHN WILLIAMS: Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude to The 49th Parallel
JAMES HORNER: Braveheart
GEORGE FENTON: Shadowlands
WALTON arr Mathieson: Charge and Battle from Henry V
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT: The Queen
JOHN WILLIAMS: Star Wars suite
JOHN WILLIAMS: Raiders of the Lost Ark
There will also be free pre-concert talk 6pm, Barbican Hall Join their presenter Tommy Pearson and composers Patrick Doyle and Trevor Jones, with filmed contributions from James Horner and John Williams, for a free pre-concert talk in which they will discuss composing for film and the music we will hear in the concert. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.
If I was in the UK, I would jump at the chance to attend this amazing event. The tickets are £7, £13, £19, £25, £32 and can be bought online here (£1.50 booking fee) rr call the box office from 020 7638 8891 (£2.50 booking fee).
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Great video, wonderful to hear that the trumpet player who blows the opening note of the STAR WARS title crawl, was there for his first day with the LSO when he did that! I saw Williams in concert 10 years ago and it was astounding to hear all the classics performed with a power that cannot be captured on CD. As well as the established cues, I remember being utterly floored by the selection from the then-just-released SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, an incredible score and I believe his most underrated. After the assorted STAR WARS soundtracks, it’s my favourite. His most moving I think.
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Jorn Tillnes Reply:
February 11th, 2009 at 6:31 am
John Williams is such a brilliant composer and a great man. He is one of the few composers who has written memorable music that will still be remembered and loved 100 years from now. I have a particular liking for The Memoirs of a Geisha myself, but there are so many great Williams scores to chose from that we are indeed being spoiled (not that I mind).
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