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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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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