Program Notes - E.T.

A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film DEE WALLACE PETER COYOTE HENRY THOMAS as ELLIOTT Music by JOHN WILLIAMS

Friday, August 11, 2017 | 7:30PM

E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL Film Screening with Orchestra

Written by MELISSA MATHISON Produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG & KATHLEEN KENNEDY Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

E.T. – Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world.

conductor Sarah Hicks

Performance at Embarcadero Marina Park South

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E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERT – AUGUST 11 | PROGRAM NOTES

FROM THE COMPOSER Steven Spielberg’s film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has always held a special place in my heart, and I personally think it’s his masterpiece.

In looking at it today, it’s as fresh and new as when it was made in 1982. Cars may change, along with hairstyles and clothes…but the performances, particularly by the children and by E.T. himself, are so honest, timeless and true, that the film absolutely qualifies to be ranked as a classic.

What’s particularly special about tonight’s concert is that we’ll hear one of our great symphony orchestras, the San Diego Symphony, performing the entire score live, along with the complete picture, sound effects and dialogue.

I know I speak for everyone connected with the making of E.T. in saying that we’re greatly honored by this event…and I hope that tonight’s audience will find great joy in experiencing this magical film.

PRODUCTION CREDITS E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – Film with Orchestra produced

by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Supervising Technical Director: Mike Runice Technical Director: Alex Levy Music Composed by John Williams Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has been adapted for live concert performance.

With special thanks to: Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, David Newman, Chris Herzberger, Tamara Woolfork, Adrienne Crew, Darice Murphy and Mark Graham.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The

In a career spanning

in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films,

five decades, JOHN

including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic

WILLIAMS has become

Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted

Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films,

one of America’s most

Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse

accomplished and

and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores

successful composers for

for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking,

film and for the concert

early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre,

stage, and he remains

Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC

one of our nation’s

Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press and the

most distinguished and

PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed

contributive musical

themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games

voices. He has composed the music and served as music

as well as the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received

director for more than 100 films, including all seven Star Wars

five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar® nominations, making

films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born

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him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the

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most Pops and Special Presentations there, she has been

He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 23

instrumental in creating new Pops productions while also

Grammys®, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous

heading the innovative classical series, "Inside the Classics".

gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic

Ms. Hicks concurrently holds the positions of Staff Conductor

Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the

of the Curtis Institute of Music. Throughout her career she

Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy

has collaborated with diverse artists, from Jamie Laredo and

Center Honor in December of 2004. In 2009 Mr. Williams was

Hilary Hahn to Josh Groban and Smokey Robinson. During the

inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and

summer of 2011 she was on a two-month tour with Sting as

he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given

conductor of the final leg of his Symphonicities Tour. In June of

to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016 he received the 44th

2012 she conducted the opening concert of the St. Petersburg

Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the

International Economic Forum; the program featured Dmitri

first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon

Hvrostovsky, Sumi Jo and Jackie Evancho.

a composer.

Ms. Hicks has guest conducted extensively both in the States In January 1980 Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music

and abroad, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago

director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the

Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Pops, Cincinnati

legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of

Pops, Atlanta Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Detroit

Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following

Symphony, National Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony,

his retirement in December, 1993, after 14 highly successful

New Jersey Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Santa Fe

seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at

Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic,

Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for

Prime Philharmonic (Seoul, Korea) and the Orchestra of

the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos

la Teatro Fenice. She led the Los Angeles Philharmonic in

commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras,

July 4th concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012, 2013 and

including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra,

2015; upcoming concerts include return engagements in San

a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet

Francisco and Washington DC as well as debuts with the St.

concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra and a horn concerto

Louis and Edmonton Symphonies.

for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009 Mr. Williams composed and arranged Air and Simple Gifts especially for

Sarah Hicks was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Honolulu,

the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and

HI. Trained on both the piano and viola, she was a prizewinning

in September 2009 the Boston Symphony premiered a new

pianist by her early teens. She received her BA magna cum

concerto for harp and orchestra entitled On Willows

laude from Harvard University in composition. Her AIDS

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Oratorio was premiered in May of 1993 and received a second performance at the Fogg Art Museum the following December.

She holds an Artists' Degree in conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with renowned pedagogue

Noted in The New York

Otto-Werner Mueller. Ms. Hicks's talents have been recognized

Times as part of "a

with numerous prizes and scholarships: she received the

new wave of female

Thomas Hoopes Prize for composition and the Doris Cohen

conductors in their late

Levy Prize for conducting from Harvard University, and she was

20's through early 40's",

the recipient of the Helen F. Whitaker Fund Scholarship and a

SARAH HICKS' versatile

Presser Award during her time at Curtis.

and vibrant musicianship has secured her place in

Sarah Hicks is represented by Columbia Artists Management

"the next generation of

Inc. In her spare time, Ms. Hicks enjoys running, yoga, her

up-and-coming American

Papillon, cooking (and eating) with her husband, traveling and

conductors". In October

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of 2009 she was named Principal Conductor, Live at Orchestra Hall of the Minnesota Orchestra; in addition to conducting

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