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John Williams

  • The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its plans for its first full summer season in the Berkshires since 2019, featuring new works, new artists, and one very big birthday party.
  • A new year brings new hopes for better times than what we just lived through. 2022 is no different, but we can do a lot to help the "better times" come along, especially with the help of music.
  • We’re heading to the malls or going online to get the “perfect” gift for those we love. Classical composers gift a little differently.
  • “Sweet Home, Alabama,” “New York, New York,” “My Kind of Town, (Chicago Is),” “I Left My Heart (in San Francisco),” “Georgia on My Mind.” No matter the song category … home is where the heart is.
  • In a return to concerts at Symphony Hall after 19 months, Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in John Williams’s Violin Concerto No. 2, led by the composer, and Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven and Bartók.
  • In the much anticipated annual Tanglewood tradition, Keith Lockhart and John Williams lead the Boston Pops in a program filled with cinematic musical favorites by the laureate conductor, plus classics from other film composers, including scores from "The Godfather," "Casablanca," and "Lawrence of Arabia."
  • Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops honor John Williams in a program of highlights from the laureate conductor's film scores, including "Harry Potter," "Star Wars," "Jaws," and many more, Sunday evening at 7pm.
  • The superstar violinist is the soloist in the world premiere of John Williams’s Violin concerto No. 2, led by the composer, and Andris Nelsons conducts the BSO in 20th- and 21st-century pieces by Copland, Stravinsky, and Jessie Montgomery.
  • On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, the legendary film composer and Conductor Laureate of the Pops leads the orchestra in selections from his iconic movie scores, including excerpts from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Also, Keith Lockhart and the Pops pay tribute to Arthur Fiedler.
  • Saturday, February 6, 20218:00 PMThe Boston Symphony Orchestra performs the Violin Concerto by John Williams with soloist Gil Shaham, and Stéphane Denève…