{"id":13444,"date":"2021-08-19T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=13444"},"modified":"2023-08-05T22:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T22:28:06","slug":"tanglewoods-film-night-2021-reviews-photos-and-more-overture-to-the-oscars-world-premiere-streaming-online-august-29-on-wcrb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=13444","title":{"rendered":"Tanglewood&#8217;s &#8216;Film Night&#8217; 2021: Reviews, Photos and More (&#8216;Overture to the Oscars&#8217; World Premiere)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-496f87fb8f419b4cc16a584fa5aac05c ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"John Williams: Overture To the Oscars- Tanglewood Premiere\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/weotp5QNUZQ?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018JOHN WILLIAMS\u2019 FILM NIGHT\u2019<br \/>\nAugust 13, 2021, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA<br \/>\nThe Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Keith Lockhart<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCERT PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Lockhart conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsContained\" data-role=\"commentContent\" data-controller=\"core.front.core.lightboxedImages\">\n<ul>\n<li>Hooray for Hollywood (Whiting\/arr. Williams)<\/li>\n<li>Suite from <em>Lawrence of Arabia<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Excerpts from An American In Paris<\/li>\n<li>Theme from <em>Sabrina<br \/>\n<\/em>Alexander Velinzon, violin<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Suite from <em>The Godfather<\/em> (Rota\/arr. Mauceri)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Opening and Finale from <em>Casablanca<\/em> (Steiner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>John Williams conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overture to the Oscars (WORLD PREMIERE)<\/li>\n<li>Olympic Fanfare and Theme<\/li>\n<li>A Child&#8217;s Tale: Suite from <em>The BFG<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Two Selections from <em>Indiana Jones<br \/>\n<\/em>Scherzo from Motorcycle and Orchestra from <em>The Last Crusade<br \/>\n<\/em>Marion&#8217;s Theme from <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Throne Room and Finale from <em>Star Wars<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ENCORES<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Williams conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Imperial March from <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>John Williams and Keith Lockhart conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flying from <em>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>JWFAN REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Report by Jason LeBlanc<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1827313\">original post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsPadding_bottom ipsContained\" data-role=\"commentContent\" data-controller=\"core.front.core.lightboxedImages\">\n<p>That was, potentially, the greatest night of film music I ever attended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Magical&#8221; is the best word I can think of to describe it.<\/p>\n<p>John Williams seemed to be in the best shape yet, even better than just a month ago. He was funny, he didn&#8217;t reach for words as often as the recent norm, and he conducted everything with a great tempo, no slow versions at all.<\/p>\n<p>He ever commented how nice it was to see an audience again after 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>What a legend. The man is almost 90 and looks and acts like he has 20 more years of a career in him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report by &#8216;Smeltington&#8217;<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1827315\">original post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Yes! He seemed energized. I think his gratitude to be performing again came across. I found that the Throne Room was especially triumphant and cathartic to hear in light of this.<\/p>\n<p>I got caught up in the Leia portion of the piece and noticed some instrumentation that never jumped out at me before. Sabrina was gorgeous! I still like hearing BFG in concert, and it was nice to get a newer piece.<\/p>\n<p>I would have liked to hear more new stuff, especially something from <em>Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, but it was not to be, cherie. This show was more of a victory lap. But the energy and affection between Williams, the orchestra, and the audience was special. There&#8217;s always a lot of enthusiasm for Williams at Tanglewood, and it was great to see people wearing Jaws shirts, and hear positive comments on the way out.<\/p>\n<p>I went by Highwood beforehand and said hi to the ghost. I kept an eye out for fellow JWFans, but didn&#8217;t see anyone. There was quite a crowd! The weather in New England has been awfully hot and humid, but luckily that changed suddenly after the first few Lockhart-conducted selections, and it was easier to simply enjoy the music.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so happy we got to see JOHN WILLIAMS at Tanglewood in 2021!! It seems like a miracle! Feeling thankful. Peace and love to all JWFans tonight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report by &#8216;rpvee&#8217;<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1827322\">original post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful evening! Williams indeed seemed to be in great spirits, with his wonderful yet gentle energy as warm as ever. He and I made eye contact several times as he was speaking, since I was in front directly to his left, so that was neat!<\/p>\n<p>He also made a couple funny digs at Spielberg &#8211; one being that not many people went to see <em>The BFG<\/em>, and the other that the sound mix of <em>The Last Crusade<\/em> motorcycle chase buried his music, so he made a suite of it so it could be heard properly.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, a heartwarming and exciting evening seeing this living legend live once again.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, Maestro!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Concert Review by Jason LeBlanc<\/strong> (first half) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1827612\">original post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsPadding_bottom ipsContained\" data-role=\"commentContent\" data-controller=\"core.front.core.lightboxedImages\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Friday, August 13th was an incredibly hot, humid day in Massachusetts.\u00a0 As pleasant as it was &#8211; as always &#8211; driving westward through seemingly endless patches of green trees with more and more mountain ranges peeking out behind them, checking out the Berkshire Botanical Gardens\u00a0(highly recommended to anyone traveling to the area!) as an afternoon adventure was dampened somewhat by the pervasive heat and humidity.\u00a0 Luckily our hotel room provided the adequate cool down time before departing again for dinner at Cafe Adam\u00a0(also highly recommended!) before heading to Tanglewood!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We arrived at Tanglewood about an hour before the scheduled start time, and would have loved to have enjoyed a walk around the whole property, but the humidity was still quite unpleasantly high even this late in the day. \u00a0 We decided to sit down and grab drinks at one of the designated outdoor areas, but even that didn&#8217;t provide the respite we were hoping for.\u00a0 Before long we headed to our seats, only to find it even more unpleasant there, due to there being even less of the minimal breeze than there was in the more open areas and the new proximity to so many other people.\u00a0 I think due to the new covid protocols, they made sure to leave empty chairs between each group of tickets sold, but that was sort of made irrelevant by having people seated directly in front or behind of you.\u00a0 So, at this point I was mentally preparing myself for an hour and a half of increasing discomfort, and wondering how the musicians on stage would fare&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Shortly after the second second set of bells rang out a little after the\u00a08:00 scheduled start time, Keith Lockhart took to the stage to a round of exuberant applause, and quickly began the first selection of the night:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hooray For Hollywood (Richard Whiting, arr. John Williams)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This is a terrific concert opener, which I have experienced live a few times before.\u00a0 The melody is timeless and instantly recognizable, and Williams&#8217; arrangement makes it come alive in so many different ways for its succinct runtime.\u00a0 The three giant screens positioned around the Koussevitzky Music Shed showed closeups of various musicians throughout, which is always welcome in my book.\u00a0 Though in this case, you could visibly tell some of them were struggling with the weather conditions, as was Keith Lockhart, made more noticeable as he grabbed the microphone to speak to the audience for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Hello friends!\u00a0 Thank you, welcome to Film Night at Tanglewood!\u00a0 We started out appropriately with &#8220;Hooray for Hollywood&#8221; because that is what we are saying here tonight.\u00a0 Tonight we explore the wonderful world of film music, the most recent genre of music that we play on up here on this stage, when you think about it.\u00a0 The talkies started in 1929, so not even a century yet, and what a rich legacy we already have.\u00a0 A lot of that rich legacy is due to a man who will be following me later tonight, you may have heard of him &#8211; John Williams &lt;massive audience applause&gt;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I just like saying his name because I like getting applause &lt;audience laughter&gt;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But, I&#8217;d love to start out with some great, classic movie scores from a little bit earlier on.\u00a0 First up is the epic 1962 Lawrence of Arabia.\u00a0 One of Maurice Jarre&#8217;s first film scores, his first collaboration with director David Lean.\u00a0 That movie clocks in at 3 hours and 48 minute, and intermission.\u00a0 And you can&#8217;t say &#8220;Look at the bright side, it&#8217;s 10 minutes shorter than Gone with the Wind&#8221;.\u00a0 &lt;audience laughter&gt;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He first tried to hook up with William Walton, British film composer, before settling on the relatively unknown Jarre and the result of course was a 30 year relationship between he and Maurice Jarre that resulted in such great music as Dr. Zhivago and Witness and Ghost .\u00a0 Here is some great music and great scenes from Lawrence of Arabia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I could tell Lockhart was struggling with the weather conditions, At this point the screen behind the musicians lowered to show synced film footage, which was also shown on all three screens instead of the musician closeups<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Suite from <em>Lawrence of Arabia<\/em> (Maurice Jarre)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Though this is a film I have still not seen and score album I have yet to check out, the music is beginning to make a lasting impression on me due to its frequent concert appearances, not to mention all the homages in other media.\u00a0 The main theme is so evocative, and when seeing all the epic footage from the movie really made me want to check out this film finally more than ever.\u00a0 After applause, the next piece begin, with all the screens again showing a medley of footage from the associated feature:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Excerpts from <em>An American In Paris<\/em> (George Gershwin)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This music was not my cup of tea, and the film looked like it wouldn&#8217;t be up my alley either.\u00a0 However, it was during this part of the night that something magical happened.\u00a0 First I noticed one of the screens blowing upward strongly, then another, and then I finally felt an amazing cool breeze coming through the shed.\u00a0 This great breeze continued consistently, and ny the time this selection was over, the weather conditions had completely flip-flopped, all humidity was completely gone, and the temperature was extremely pleasant!\u00a0 This seemed to have created an unspoken boon to the entire audience and everyone on stage, including Keith Lockhart as he took to the microphone again to say<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDon\u2019t you just love that musical?\u00a0 1951, <em>An American in Paris<\/em> directed by Vincente Minnelligene, choreographed by Gene Kelly, and starring Gene Kelly of course.\u00a0 There&#8217;s nothing to say about that, it&#8217;s just the most perfect dancing and the most perfect music.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You know, the way we\u2019re attracted to film, it\u2019s not just about great scores, it\u2019s not even just about great pictures, it\u2019s also about the stars, the luminaries who light up our lives. We have a little tribute now, that was put together by Susie Dangle and Dick Bartlett, to one of the most radiant stars of any generation, the great Audrey Hepburn &lt;audience applause&gt;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I should point out to you that towards the end you\u2019ll see her dancing with Fred Astaire, that\u2019s from 1957\u2019s Funny Face, and when John saw this montage, he looked at me and said \u201cHey, I played piano on that!\u201d &lt;audience laughter&gt; So there you go, a little bit of Hollywood history.\u00a0 Featuring our concert master Alexander Velinzon and set to the music of John\u2019s score to the revival of <em>Sabrina <\/em>from 1995, this is a tribute to Audrey Hepburn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Theme from <em>Sabrina <\/em>(John Williams)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I was really looking forward to this piece in particular, as I finally saw the film earlier this year and that led to a new admiration for Williams\u2019 score.\u00a0 This arrangement did not disappoint, it was performed exceptionally well, and paired nicely with the accompanying montage of Audrey Hepburn (which was more or less an endless series of close-ups and medium shots from across all her work &#8211; though I noticed 1989\u2019s <em>Always <\/em>was not included at all).\u00a0 A short applause break separated it from the next piece:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Suite from <em>The Godfather<\/em> (Nino Rota, arr. John Mauceri)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Less than 5 notes into this, something that seems to be common in film music concerts I\u2019ve attended, which is that the audience seemed to recognize that this was <em>Godfather <\/em>music around this point and started laughing subtly, which quickly turned to more raucous laughter when the first shot of Marlon Brando was shown, then quickly turned into a round of applause as <em>The Godfather<\/em> title card was shown.\u00a0 It was around here that I thought about how when I attended the premiere of Williams\u2019 Violin Concerto #2 at Tanglewood less than a month prior as part of a night of classical music, that\u00a0audience never applauded over any of the music, and in fact waited for the piece to completely conclude and the conductor to lower his baton before applauding.\u00a0 But throughout <em>this<\/em> night, the audience would begin applauding as the final notes were finishing, or even sooner, just about every time.\u00a0 Anyway, this suite was a nice summary of the original music for the first film, set to a montage of footage from all three films.\u00a0 After it ended, Keith Lockhart grabbed the microphone again:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNino Rota\u2019s mesmerizing score to 1972\u2019s The Godfather.\u00a0 But you knew that. &lt;audience laughter&gt; I\u2019d like to end my portion of the program with a truly extraordinary score by the Viennese war-time refugee Max Steiner, for the 1939 film <em>Casablanca<\/em>.\u00a0 &lt;audience applause&gt;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Who would have thought that a movie made from an obscure never-produced play called \u201cEverybody Comes to Rick\u2019s\u201d that was made as a war-time propaganda film and happened to be, also, the first romantic lead by a relatively unknown actor named Humphrey Bogard would turn out to be one of the immortal romances of all time.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to leave this portion of the program with some great music from <em>Casablanca<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Opening and Finale from <em>Casablanca <\/em>(Max Steiner)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More music that is not my cup of tea (though <em>La Marseillaise<\/em> and <em>As Time Goes By<\/em> are always fun), and while Casablanca is a movie I\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s not a favorite.\u00a0 This montage also did something I\u2019m not a fan of, which was playing the actual audio from the movie at three different points (\u201cPlay it once Sam, for old time\u2019s sake\u201d \u201chere\u2019s looking at you, kid\u201d and the later \u201chere\u2019s looking at you, kid\u201d).\u00a0 The audience began applauding long before the music was finished, which turned into an extended applause as Lockhart waited to take the microphone one final time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThank you ladies and gentleman and may I say, this is such a privilege to make music with this wonderful orchestra in front of this wonderful crowd, really, with the memory lingering of so many great films.\u00a0 Now comes the next problem of you introduce the person that I\u2019m supposed to introduce?\u00a0 I could go over a list of awards but that doesn\u2019t seem to do justice to someone who has so transformed and fulfilled the medium of film music.\u00a0 It\u2019s been my honor and pleasure for now going on 26 years to be a colleague of this man, and I\u2019ve learned so much in that period of time.\u00a0 But I say the greatest thing about John Williams, ladies and gentlemen, at least in this case, is that I don\u2019t have to follow him. &lt;audience laughter&gt;\u00a0 Ladies and gentlemen, John Williams!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I should have mentioned before that due to the new covid protocols, Tanglewood is doing shorter shows without any intermission at all the whole season.\u00a0 So while the standard procedure through most recent Film Night concerts\u00a0would have been to have the intermission here in between conductors, in this case Williams was waiting right at the side door and as soon as Lockhart exited, Williams entered to the largest applause of the night so far!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*NEW*<\/span> (second half) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1829632\">original post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The applause as Williams entered the stage and walked across it to take his place at the podium was wonderful, another step up in enjoying the whole night that the change in weather already had been. \u00a0I always keep my eye out to see how Williams is doing, and I am happy to report he seemed to have even more pep in his step then he had just a few weeks ago for the Violin Concerto #2 premiere &#8211; perhaps he too was invigorated by the change in weather! \u00a0As is typically the case, as the applause died down he began the first selection right away, without saying anything to the audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overture to the Oscars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always nice hearing a new Williams composition, and especially nice you go to a concert with no knowledge that you\u2019d even be hearing one! \u00a0I assume this was commissioned for the opening of the Academy Museum next month, and it is certainly fitting for such an event. \u00a0Full of resplendence and elegance, I have a feeling this will become a staple of Academy Awards broadcasts going forward as well. \u00a0Here\u2019s hoping a studio recording gets released at some point! \u00a0After the piece finished, Williams took to the microphone for the first time of the night:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder if you are as happy to see me as I am happy to see all of you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;massive audience applause&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen months of no concerts, no rehearsal, no television\u2026 It is wonderful to be back with you and back with the orchestra &lt;audience applause&gt; and like you I have watched the Olympics on NBC, and they have done so beautifully, predictably\u2026 and my association with NBC goes back a long time, I wrote the music for Meet The Press, the Nightly News, the radio, let\u2019s see, the Olympics in Los Angeles and we did, Atlanta, and Keith Lockhart and I did the Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Winter Olympics there in \u201802. \u00a0And you will see tonight, some of the fabulous footage that we were fortunate enough to have provided by NBC and the Olympic Committee. \u00a0Fabulous images I know you\u2019ll agree, put together by Susan Dangle of WGBH Boston, and it\u2019s quite a&#8230; they chose so many treasured faces, there\u2019s a shot in there of Kobe Bryant and it all looks so beautiful. When you watch this I think you\u2019ll enjoy it. \u00a0Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olympic Fanfare and Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is, simply, one of my favorite pieces of music of all time, and one that wows with me its power every time I get to hear it live. \u00a0This performance was no exception, and was the absolute highlight of the evening for me. \u00a0The Pops played the piece perfectly, with a lot of enthusiasm, capturing all the power the piece contains. \u00a0Tremendous. \u00a0The video montage of athletes from across many years of Olympics competitions was nicely done (though admittedly, I spent more time watcihng the orchestra playing the music and did not focus on it too much). \u00a0The audience erupted into quick and enthusiastic applause when Simone Biles showed up in the montage. \u00a0Then, Williams grabbed the mic again:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s something that I wanted to show you now that you\u2019re here, it\u2019s from a film called <em>Big Friendly Giant<\/em>, which Steven Spielberg made 2-3 years ago, which not too many people saw &lt;audience laughter&gt; But it was written by Roald Dahl, and it\u2019s called <em>Big Friendly Gian<\/em>t. \u00a0And Steven wanted to make this film for technical reasons, because he wanted to present an intelligent man, the giant, having scenes with a young girl, 8-9 years old, small enough to be held in his hand. \u00a0And he\u2019d take the little girl to the land of dreams, and find dreams, search for them &#8211; good dreams not bad ones &#8211; and capture them and enclose them into bottles. \u00a0And then the giant could distribute them to children around the world. \u00a0What you\u2019ll see here is a montage put together of all the searching of the dreams, and the orchestra &#8211; particularly the flutes &#8211; will accompany all this choreography. \u00a0And the lighting I think you\u2019ll agree is very beautiful. \u00a0I hope you\u2019ll enjoy this. \u00a0<em>Big Friendly Giant<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Child\u2019s Tale: Suite from <em>The BFG<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a favorite of Williams scores for me, and one of the best works of his recent output. \u00a0I love that Williams seems to be particularly fond of it, developing this lengthy (this performance ran slightly over 7 minutes) suite from most of its themes and ideas, and taking the time to introduce it and highlight what he\u2019d like the audience to pay attention to. \u00a0The montage was a nicely done assembly of the parts of the film that showcase Sophie and the BFG\u2019s friendship, and their adventures with the dreams. \u00a0The whole adventure with the Queen is not shown, and the bad Giants were not featured much either. \u00a0It was nicely done, and overall, this really shows how much can outlive the films they were written for. \u00a0I don\u2019t know how many people in the audience who had not seen this film might have been compelled to go see it after this night, but they might be more inclined to listen to the music again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you. \u00a0This is from <em>Indiana Jones<\/em>, Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra. \u00a0And the reason for Motorcycle is that we had Sean Connery and Harrison Ford on a motorcycle being chased by Nazis, they had to get away very quickly. \u00a0And I had to write this piece to accompany that scene. \u00a0Unfortunately when I went to go see it, all I could hear was the motorcycle. \u00a0So I resolved to make it a piece for Orchestra. \u00a0Motorcycle and Orchestra, without the Motorcycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from <em>The Last Crusade<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the wonderful, updated concert arrangement version that premiered some time after the initial concert arrangement version (the one heard on The Spielberg \/ Williams Collaboration album). \u00a0I was so thrilled to get this selection instead of something like The Raiders March or Adventures of Mutt; This was another major highlight of the evening. \u00a0The performance was wonderful, and since I am not very familiar with the newer changes this arrangement has, I got to enjoy some musical surprises for the first time since Overture To The Oscars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marion\u2019s Theme from <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was the wonderful arrangement from 2008 that I have heard a few times, yet enjoy hearing very much every time. \u00a0Unlike the later Han Solo and the Princess arrangement, this arrangement could have easily been done at the time of the original film and felt at home there. \u00a0I have always loved this theme, and this arrangement of it is a great selection for any film music concert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Throne Room and Finale from <em>Star Wars: A New Hope<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps because of time length limitations for the concert, Williams didn\u2019t say anything after the Indiana Jones selections, and instead launched into this after a not very long applause break following Marion\u2019s theme. \u00a0Much like the Scherzo, I am always thrilled to hear this piece performed live instead of the Main Title arrangement yet again, and the Pops did not disappoint at all with a great performance of it.<\/p>\n<p>The applause afterward was the loudest and longest yet of the night, as Williams seemed to really appreciate the audience immensely before leaving the stage, only to come back relatively quickly for the first encore<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Imperial March from <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is nothing left to say about this, I think I have heard it at seemingly every Boston Pops Film Night concert I have ever attended, and it always sounds great. \u00a0The audience began applauding long before its final chord, which didn\u2019t surprise me at all. \u00a0As the applause continued, Williams left the stage only to return\u2026 with Keith Lockhart! \u00a0I thought this meant that there would be no second encore and he was going through the final motions of the night, but that was not the case! \u00a0Instead, both Williams and Lockhart\u00a0went up on the podium, and then Lockhart\u00a0stepped down and to the side and let Williams begin conducting:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flying from <em>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another classic I\u2019ve heard a million times, but the music is so good how can you complain? \u00a0I was mostly fascinated by trying to figure out what was going on on-stage. \u00a0Williams was conducting and Lockhart was standing off the to the side watching\u2026 until suddenly, Williams stepped down (and of course, all the musicians know this piece so well, they don\u2019t need a conductor to keep going perfectly), and Lockhart stepped up and after a bit, started conducting himself! \u00a0I had my eyes locked on Williams, who had slowly stepped downs towards the violin section, and had to move one of their stands a bit to make room for himself. \u00a0He then slowly turned and observed each section of the orchestra as they played his music to Lockhart\u2019s conducting, and he seemed to just really be enjoying being literally in the middle of all this happening. \u00a0Towards the end of the piece, they swapped spots again, and Williams conducted to the end while Lockhart watched.<\/p>\n<p>Then, both men bowed and made sure to highlight all the musicians on stage as the applause kept going and going, until Williams eventually made his classic \u201csleepy time\u201d pose, generating the usual laughter from the audience, and they made they way out the side door and the standing ovation continued for a while until it was clear the night was over and the stage lights came on.<\/p>\n<p>A truly magical evening of music, and one of the best film music concerts I have ever attending. \u00a0I was so thrilled to see Williams in excellent health, to hear one of his newest compositions, to hear many favorite pieces played splendidly, and to enjoy it all with an enthusiastic crowd in the gorgeous weather outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>As we walked back to the parking lot, the sky constantly lit up with amazing lightning bolts, and in fact the coming rain only arrive literally as we were entering our car. \u00a0One last little bit of happenstance to end a wonderful night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>EXTERNAL REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-scene.com\/2021\/08\/16\/movie-night-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boston Musical Intelligencer<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Next came two selections from the Indiana Jones films: first a dynamic chase scene from the final film in the series, <em>The Last Crusade, <\/em>for a hair-raising chase sequence in which Harrison Ford and Sean Connery on motorcycles are pursued by a group of Nazis. The composer-conductor explained beforehand that he had written it, he had thought it suited the dynamic character of the scene, only to discover in the final print that all could only hear motorcycles! At least under these screened clips, the sound projected effortlessly.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-scene.com\/2021\/08\/16\/movie-night-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsContained\" data-role=\"commentContent\" data-controller=\"core.front.core.lightboxedImages\">\n<p><strong>CONCERT PHOTOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tanglewood2021-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tanglewood2021-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tanglewood2021-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tanglewood2021-3-300x169.jpg 300w, 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VIDEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshireeagle.com\/video-john-williams-conducts-the-bso-during-tanglewoods-annual-film-night\/video_4a3d98c6-fea5-11eb-b716-3331566abec1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>John Williams and Keith Lockhart take turns during the performance of Flying from <em>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?\/topic\/34000-tanglewood-2021-season-includes-several-williams-concerts\/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1827313\">Discuss this topic in our forums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2018JOHN WILLIAMS\u2019 FILM NIGHT\u2019 August 13, 2021, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Keith Lockhart CONCERT PROGRAM Keith Lockhart conducting Hooray for Hollywood (Whiting\/arr. 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