CELEBRATING LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC CELEBRATING LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC 2 A Olympic Fanfare and Theme 4:00 J Theme from Jurassic Park 5:57 B Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8:28 Three Selections from Indiana Jones K Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra 3:07 C Out to Sea and The Shark Cage Fugue from Jaws 4:24 L Marion’s Theme 4:11 M Three Selections from Harry Potter Raiders March 5:08 D Hedwig’s Theme 4:58 N Sayuri’s Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha 4:17 E Fawkes the Phoenix 3:42 Robert deMaine cello F Harry’s Wondrous World 4:41 Three Selections from Star Wars G Theme from Schindler’s List 3:41 O The Imperial March 3:03 Simone Porter violin P Yoda’s Theme 3:36 Q Throne Room and Finale 7:58 H Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 10:25 R Adagio from Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4:34 I The Flight to Neverland from Hook 4:49 S Superman March 4:26 3 CELEBRATING JOHN WILLIAMS The bonds between composer John Williams and the ably inevitable. More than any other composer, John Los Angeles Philharmonic reach farther back than any- Williams has been responsible for the growing accep- one might imagine. The veteran film composer first tance of film music in the concert hall. He has reminded conducted the orchestra in July 1978 at the Hollywood us all that the greatest music written for films can also, Bowl, in the aftermath of the Oscar-winning success of in the right context, stand alongside the finest concert his music for Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third music being written today. Kind – which the orchestra, under maestro Zubin And much of that great film music is by Williams Mehta, had debuted in concert eight months earlier to himself. His scores for director Steven Spielberg alone thunderous audience response. include many of the most famous film themes of the “John, you must conduct at the Hollywood Bowl,” past fifty years. The ominous shark motif of Jaws Philharmonic Executive Director Ernest Fleischmann (1975), the exciting airborne-bicycle rush of E.T. the implored the then 46-year-old composer. “I said, ‘Ernest, Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the mournful violin of I’ve only conducted in the studios, I don’t conduct in Schindler’s List (1993) all won Academy Awards. Add to public,’” Williams recalls. “It was a scary invitation, but a those the musical greeting for alien visitors in Close flattering one, so I accepted, to my lasting joy and plea- Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the soaring theme sure.” It was the start of a long and distinguished career for a grown-up Peter Pan in Hook (1991) and the fanfare conducting orchestras around the world, and he returns introducing Jurassic Park (1993), and you have the every summer to conduct the Phil at the Bowl. musical soundtrack for three generations of filmgoers. In fact, Williams played piano with the Philhar- It was Spielberg who introduced the composer to monic at the Bowl during the summers of 1958 and fellow filmmaker George Lucas, and the result was the 1959, some twenty years before that first invitation to now legendary Star Wars series of (soon to be) nine conduct. So his relationship with the orchestra actu- films spanning more than forty years: a true “space ally dates back sixty years, to before many of its current opera” that encompasses dozens of memorable musicians were even born. themes including the celebratory “Throne Room and A connection between America’s most famous film Finale” from Star Wars (1977), the darkly militaristic musician and one of its greatest orchestras was prob- “Imperial March” and warm “Yoda’s Theme” from The 4 Empire Strikes Back (1980), and the melancholy “Ada- Through all these years, the Los Angeles Philhar- gio” from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). monic has enjoyed a close relationship with this most Spielberg and Lucas collaborated on the wildly prolific and talented composer. André Previn, Music entertaining Indiana Jones series, including the Director during the late 1980s, is an old friend dating famous march and “Marion’s Theme” from Raiders of back to their early days toiling in the movie studios. the Lost Ark (1981) and the amusingly titled “Scherzo Esa-Pekka Salonen commissioned a new work from for Motorcycle and Orchestra” from the third film, Indi- Williams (Soundings) for the grand opening of Walt ana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Disney Concert Hall in 2003. And current Music Direc- Still more Williams classics emerged from other tor Gustavo Dudamel maintains a close friendship with assignments, not all of them for movies. Olympic Fan- the maestro (even conducting portions of the Force fare and Theme, written for the 1984 summer games in Awakens film score). Los Angeles, was the first of Williams’s four fanfares for “I think that John’s music is unique and amazing,” the international athletics competitions, and is still the says Dudamel. “It’s music that crosses the borders of most familiar and most performed. film music – it goes everywhere. I always say that John His march from Superman (1978) remains the has written the soundtrack of our lives. You can listen greatest, and certainly most memorable, of all comic- to the music and you can imagine the film, because the book movie themes. A couple of decades later, he music is so beautiful, so rich in imagination and magic engaged younger audiences with music for the Harry that it comes alive in whatever context. That is the Potter films, including “Hedwig’s Theme” and “Harry’s genius of John. He is a great friend, a generous person, Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s an angel – he is a genius, and we cannot stop paying Stone (2001) and “Fawkes the Phoenix” from Harry Pot- homage to this amazing man, this amazing artist.” ter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). His colorful, Japanese-inspired music for Memoirs of a Geisha Jon Burlingame (2005) served as a reminder that this extraordinary composer can write in any style, work in any genre, convey any mood. 5 Driven by an unwavering belief in the power of music Year’s Day Concert. At John Williams’ personal request, In 2019, its Centennial season, the Los Angeles Phil- ments, intensive music instruction, and leadership to heal, unite, and inspire, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Dudamel guest-conducted on the soundtrack for Star harmonic has redefined what an orchestra can be. training to nearly 1,200 students from underserved & Artistic Director of the LA Philharmonic, is one of the Wars: The Force Awakens; he also recorded James New- Under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Direc- neighborhoods, empowering them to become vital most distinguished conductors of our day. From the ton Howard’s soundtrack to Disney’s holiday release of tor Gustavo Dudamel since 2009, it presents an inspir- citizens, leaders, and agents of change. great concert halls to classrooms, video screens and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, in which he makes ing array of music through a commitment to founda- The orchestra also undertakes tours, including movie theaters, Dudamel’s remarkable career of musi- an on-screen cameo. tional works and adventurous explorations. At home regular visits to New York, Paris, and Tokyo, among cal achievements and championing of access to the arts Dudamel’s cinema, TV, radio, and online broad- and abroad, the LA Phil – recognized as one of the other cities. The Philharmonic is now the International for young people around the world demonstrates casts have reached hundreds of millions of people world’s outstanding orchestras – leads the way in Orchestral Partner at London’s Barbican Centre. The music’s extraordinary capacity to transform lives. around the world. Dudamel’s Grammy Award®-winning groundbreaking and diverse programming that dem- orchestra’s very first tour was in 1921, and the Philhar- A lifelong advocate for music education and social discography also includes landmark recordings of John onstrates the orchestra’s artistry and vision, on stage monic has toured every season since 1969/70. development through art, Dudamel was shaped by his Adams’ Gospel According to the Other Mary (commis- and in the community. The LA Phil has a substantial catalog of concerts childhood experience with El Sistema, the extraordi- sioned and performed by the Los Angeles Philhar- The LA Phil performs or presents more than 250 available online, including the first full-length classical nary program of immersive musical training initiated monic); the soundtrack to the motion picture Liberta- concerts annually at its two iconic venues: Walt Disney music video released on iTunes. in 1975 by Maestro José Antonio Abreu. Entering his dor, for which Dudamel composed the score; a Richard Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. During its winter The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 19th year as Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Sym- Strauss disc with the Berlin Philharmonic; Mahler season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with approximate- by William Andrews Clark, Jr., a millionaire and ama- phony Orchestra, Dudamel also carries on the work of Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 with the Simón Bolívar Sym- ly 165 performances, the LA Phil creates festivals, artist teur musician. Walter Henry Rothwell became its first his late mentor with his ongoing commitment to El phony Orchestra; and Mahler Symphony No. 9 with the residencies, and other thematic programs designed to Music Director, serving until 1927; since then, ten Sistema in Venezuela, and by supporting numerous Los Angeles Philharmonic. A special charity LP release enhance the audience’s experience of orchestral music.