They've listed three John Williams concert events for the abbreviated Tanglewood summer concert season with special pandemic precautions.
CONCERT LENGTH Maximum 80 minutes. No intermission. Only in open-air Koussevitsky shed. Nothing indoors.
REDUCED SEATING Open seats between parties. So only half as many tickets available. Wear masks, etc., etc.
********************************************************************************* JULY 23 (Friday) - HONORING JOHN WILLIAMS Keith Lockhart Conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/113226/ ********************************************************************************* JULY 24 (Saturday) - WILLIAMS VIOLIN CONCERTO No. 2 (World Premiere) /(3 Others) Williams conducts Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin) https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/113228/ ********************************************************************************* AUGUST 13 (Friday) - JOHN WILLIAM' FILM NIGHT Williams and Lockhart sharing conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/113274/ *********************************************************************************
It's been a long dry spell, concert-wise, for us concertgoers. I was getting desperate enough to consider going to a Two Steps from Hell event in Europe. I had tickets for Williams at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for June, but that was canceled. Have had my two Moderna shots and am raring to go.
I just saw these listings the other day. I'm hoping to get tickets for the August 13th performance. It would be the closest thing to bringing my love of film scores full circle because what really kicked it into high gear was, in 9th grade, borrowing a friend's copy of "By Request... - The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops".
Plus, Tanglewood is only 3.5 hours away from me, and many of my road trips have involved the NY Thruway and Mass Pike, so I'm pretty familiar with the drive
Just out of curiosity, will John Williams ever retire? He is nearly 90yo.
No. He's said in interviews he has no intention of ever retiring. So he'll continue composing untill the day he dies, or the body doesn't allow it anymore.
No. He's said in interviews he has no intention of ever retiring. So he'll continue composing untill the day he dies, or the body doesn't allow it anymore.
And thank God for this! Because the day that imminently occurs it will be the definitive and painful end of film music as we know it.
I am so unbelievably thrilled that I got tickets for the July 24 premiere of Williams' Violin Concerto #2. It will be my first visit to Tanglewood and my first chance to see the Boston Symphony live, so after an almost two-year dry spell of not being able to travel at all, my wife and I are starting up again in style. This will surely be the highlight of my year.
