Program Notes: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

PROGRAM JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert

This presentation will have one 20-minute intermission.

Friday, February 16, 2018 | 8:00PM Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 2:00PM

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN™ IN CONCERT

Fox Theater Film Series conductor Justin Freer

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Performances at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert Produced by CineConcerts Justin Freer, President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien, Co-Founder/Producer Jeffery Sells, Director of Production Andrew Alderete, Head of Publicity and Communications Ma'ayan Kaplan, Brand/Marketing Director Brittany Fonseca, Brand/Marketing Manager Molly Kossoff, Brand/Marketing Manager Si Peng, Brand/Marketing Manager Worldwide Representation: WME Entertainment

Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ — in Concert. Based on the third installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now experience the thrilling tale accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen. Get ready to encounter a Dementor™, ride the Knight Bus™ and discover just who Sirius Black™ really is!

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Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing: Ramiro Belgardt and Ed Kalnins Sound Remixing: Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios Merchandising by: Firebrand A Very Special Thanks to: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, The Blair Partnership, Mark Graham, Amos Newman, Jamie Richardson, Alex Rabens and John Williams.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s18)

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ABOUT THE COMPOSER

holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams

In a career spanning five decades,

of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for

JOHN WILLIAMS has become one

the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the

has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several

of America’s most accomplished

New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland

and successful composers for

Orchestra and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony

film and for the concert stage,

Orchestra. In 2009 Mr. Williams composed and arranged Air

and he remains one of our

and Simple Gifts especially for the first inaugural ceremony of

nation’s most distinguished and

President Barack Obama, and in September 2009 the Boston

contributive musical voices. He

Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra

has composed the music and

entitled On Willows and Birches. n

served as music director for more than 100 films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln and The Post. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games as well as the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty 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 received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-two Grammys®, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003 he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December of 2004. In 2009 Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016 he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer.

In January 1980 Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after 14 highly successful seasons. He also S AN D I EG O SYM PHONY ORCHES TRA 2017-18 SE ASON F E B R U A R Y 20 18

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ Directed by ALFONSO CUARON Produced by DAVID HEYMAN, CHRIS COLUMBUS and MARK RADCLIFFE Written by STEVE KLOVES Based on "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™" by J.K. ROWLING Starring DANIEL RADCLIFFE RUPERT GRINT EMMA WATSON ROBBIE COLTRANE MICHAEL GAMBON RICHARD GRIFFITHS GARY OLDMAN ALAN RICKMAN FIONA SHAW MAGGIE SMITH TIMOTHY SPALL DAVID THEWLIS EMMA THOMPSON JULIE WALTERS Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Cinematography by MICHAEL SERESIN P ERFO RM AN C ES M AG A Z I N E

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ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR

Mr. Freer has appeared with some of the most well known orchestras in the world, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and

American composer/conductor

San Francisco Symphony. In upcoming seasons he will guest

JUSTIN FREER was born and

conduct the Minnesota Orchestra as well as the orchestras of

raised in Huntington Beach, CA.

Dublin, Paris, Philadelphia, Sydney, Toronto and others.

He has established himself as one

Renowned wind conductor and Oxford Round Table Scholar Dr.

of the West Coast’s most exciting musical voices and has quickly become a highly sought-after conductor and producer of film music concerts around the world.

Mr. Freer began his formal studies on trumpet, but quickly turned to piano and composition, composing his first work at eleven and giving his professional conducting debut at 16.

Continually composing for various different mediums, he has written music for world-renowned trumpeters Doc Severinson and Jens Lindemann and continues to be in demand as a composer and conductor for everything from orchestral literature to chamber music around the world.

He has served as composer for several independent films and has written motion picture advertising music for some of 20th Century Fox Studios’ biggest campaigns, including Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Aliens in the Attic. As a conductor

Rikard Hansen has noted that, “In totality, Freer’s exploration in musical sound evoke moments of highly charged drama, alarming strife and serene reflection.”

Mr. Freer has been recognized with numerous grants and awards from organizations including ASCAP, BMI, the Society of Composers and Lyricists and the Henry Mancini Estate.

He is the Founder and President of CineConcerts, a company dedicated to the preservation and concert presentation of film, curating and conducting full length music score performances live with film for such wide ranging titles as Gladiator, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s A Wonderful Life and most recently the Harry Potter Film Series.

Mr. Freer earned both his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Music Composition from UCLA, where his principal composition teachers included Paul Chihara and Ian Krouse. In addition, he was mentored by legendary composer/conductor Jerry Goldsmith. n

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