MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Ken-David Masur, conductor

Film Production TeamSusan Dangel, producerBrian Young, cinematographerDan Cook, audio engineerJeremy Túsz, video editor

Program

JOHN WILLIAMS

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Suite from JawsOut To Sea / The Shark Cage Fugue

Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra

Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Theme from Jurassic Park

“Adventures On Earth” from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)

INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS

The Mission Theme (NBC News)

“Arlington” from J.F.K.

“A Prayer for Peace” from Munich

Suite from Far and Away

Rey’s Theme from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

“The Rebellion is Reborn” from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Suite from Star Wars

Throne Room & End Title

“Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark

This weekend's media sponsor is WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

The length of this concert is approximately 2 hours. All programs are subject to change.

Composer Biography

JOHN WILLIAMS

In a career spanning more than six decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage. He remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than 100 films, including all nine Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, and all five Indiana Jones films. He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains their laureate conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage, including two symphonies and more than a dozen concertos commissioned by some of America’s most prominent orchestras. In 2021, Williams premiered his second violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood with soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter, for whom he composed the work. He has received five Academy Awards and 54 Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has also received seven British Academy Awards, 26 Grammys, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys. His other honors include the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, an honorary KBE from Queen Elizabeth II, the Olympic Order, the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, and the Gold Medal from the U.K.’s prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society.