Source: Douglas Yeo website By Douglas Yeo March 31, 2012 – COMMENTARY One of the great joys of my career as a member of the Boston Symphony has been the opportunity to work with composer/conductor John Williams. John needs no…
Category: Concert Works
Williams Writes New Fanfare to Commemorate Fenway Park’s 100th Birthday (Includes Video)
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, John Williams has composed “Fanfare for Fenway,” the Boston Pops Orchestra announced Sunday. The piece, just over three minutes long, was recorded Saturday, March 24, at Boston’s Symphony Hall and performed by…
Williams’ ‘Cello Concerto’ Live Webcast on May 18
A live performance of John Williams’ Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by the Detroit Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin will be webcast on Friday, May 18. The live video/audio webcast is free of charge but registration is required.
John Williams’ ‘Oboe Concerto’ World Broadcast Premiere
Keisuke Wakao, the Assistant Principal Oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra joins Cathy Fuller in the Fraser Performance Studio, with pianist Edmund Arkus and cellist Natasha Brofsky. On the program: Beethoven – Trio, Op. 38 from Septet Op. 20 — John Williams –…
Sony to Release ‘Happy Birthday Variations’ on New Williams Compilation
On February 28, Sony Classical will release the compilation album John Williams: A Celebration! An 80th Birthday Tribute (not to be confused with Decca’s compilation to be released on the same month), which includes the premiere release of Variations on Happy Birthday. The album can…
NBC Debuts Updated Versions of Williams’ Themes (Video Now Available)
NBC’s “The Today Show” and “Meet the Press” debuted updated versions of their respective opening themes on Monday, January 16. According to a recent article at the Wall Street Journal, last year the network hired Williams to “freshen up” the…
‘Quarter La Jolla’ Video Online (Updated with Williams’ Program Notes)
Click below to watch the world premiere performance of John Williams’ Quartet La Jolla, which took place last August at the SummerFest. You can also watch the video on the YouTube page (available in HD 720p). (WILLIAMS’ ‘QUARTET LA JOLLA’ PREMIERE…
Williams Concert Works to be Performed Live this Month
The Naples Concert Band will perform John Williams’ “America, the Dream Goes On” as part of their November 13 concert to take place in Naples, Florida. Two weeks later (November 26), Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” will be performed by…
Lynn Harrell performs “A Young Person’s Guide to the Cello”
The HEARTbeats Foundation was honored to participate in the 2011 Daniel Pearl World Music Days Event on October 30th, 2011. Founders Helen Nightengale and Lynn Harrell were joined by board member Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels and friend Bob Packham for three…
Innocuous as a Film Score: Williams’ Sinfonietta for Winds and Percussion
By Frank Lehman On October 25th, roughly two months before the movie is released in American theaters, John Williams’ soundtrack for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin will hit European shelves–thus ending a three year score drought from the 79 year old…