Saturday, January 24, 2026
8:00 PM
To celebrate one of America’s greatest and most expansive composers, Andris Nelsons leads an all-John Williams program! Pianist Emanuel Ax performs the Boston premiere of Williams’s Piano Concerto, and violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in TreeSong and the Theme from “Schindler’s List," part of a program that also includes music from “Catch Me if You Can” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Gil Shaham, violin
All-John WILLIAMS program
"The Float" from “Catch Me if You Can”
Piano Concerto
TreeSong, for violin and orchestra
Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Suite from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
Learn more about the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2025-2026 season on their site.