{"id":2592,"date":"2012-03-25T11:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T11:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2012-06-27T08:20:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T08:20:48","slug":"john-williams-to-conduct-bso-musical-tribute-to-fenway-parks-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=2592","title":{"rendered":"Williams Writes New Fanfare to Commemorate Fenway Park\u2019s 100th Birthday (Includes Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the 100th anniversary of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenway_Park\" target=\"_blank\">Fenway Park<\/a>, John Williams has composed &#8220;Fanfare for Fenway,&#8221; the Boston Pops Orchestra announced Sunday.\u00a0The piece, just over three minutes long, was recorded Saturday, March 24, at Boston&#8217;s Symphony Hall and performed by musicians from the Boston Pops Orchestra with Williams conducting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=2592#more-2592\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2603\" title=\"John Williams conducts &quot;Fanfare for Fenway&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/539w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/539w.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/539w-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Composed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Red_Sox\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sox<\/a>\u2019 request, \u201cFanfare for Fenway\u2019\u2019 is a piece scored for six trumpets, six horns, five trombones, two tubas, timpani, and percussion.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is a loyal fan of the Red Sox and Fenway Park, and his music has had a long-time connection to the team and ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Sources and additional details:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/berkshireonstage.com\/2012\/03\/25\/john-williams-boston-pops-celebrate-fenway-parks-100th-with-a-fanfare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkshire on Stage<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/baseball\/redsox\/articles\/2012\/03\/25\/john_williams_writes_tune_for_fenway_park\/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Red+Sox+news\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>26-second preview:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39144807?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/forums\/index.php?showtopic=21537&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=796405\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss this topic in our forums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, John Williams has composed &#8220;Fanfare for Fenway,&#8221; the Boston Pops Orchestra announced Sunday.\u00a0The piece, just over three minutes long, was recorded Saturday, March 24, at Boston&#8217;s Symphony Hall and performed by&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=2592\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concert-works","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}