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08 February 2025 Luzern (Licerne) (Switzerland)
Spotlight on John Williams
City Light Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Griffiths - KKL
Program Info: Unforgettable, legendary, epoch-making – Hollywood legend John Williams has been enchanting for over 50 years with masterpieces such as “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter” and “Indiana Jones” cinema audiences . But his work is just as versatile for profound historical dramas such as “Lincoln” or “JFK”. Experience pearls from the work of this film music giant in a concert portrait with “Spotlight on John Williams”!
The masterful, complex film music by John Williams has accompanied the City Light Symphony Orchestra since its founding. After live world premieres such as “Superman” and “Fiddler on the Roof”, a highly acclaimed 2-CD set and the successful thematic concert program “A Tribute to Williams & Spielberg”, we celebrate the unparalleled film music work of these 54-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood musicians. Legend also in 2025 with an exclusively curated concert program.
The program focus “Spotlight on John Williams – Iconic Film Music in Concert” brings Williams’ unwavering feel for iconic heroes into focus. In his film compositions he portrayed heroes of very different types - from cowboys to heads of state, from Jedis to sorcerer's apprentices.
For American heroic material such as “The Cowboys” (1972), “The Patriot” (2000) and “Lincoln” (2012), Williams composed beautiful, sublime and stirring melodies that really stick in your ear. There are also Irish musical elements in “Far and Away” (1992) and threatening, wistful Americana sounds in “JFK” (1991). Williams attaches just as much importance to the radiant pathos as to the quiet tones and interjections.
In the second part of the concert, the focus is on Williams' music for science fiction and fantasy films, with world-famous melodies from "Star Wars" and "Superman" as well as magical music from "Harry Potter".
The program opens with a brilliant concert piece for earthly heroes: his “Olympic Fanfare,” which Williams composed especially for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Let the rousing music of John Williams, played by the 85-piece City Light Symphony Orchestra under the accomplished direction of Kevin Griffiths, inspire you to hear earthly and supernatural stories of heroism!
With film music from «The Cowboys» · «JFK» · « The Patriot » · «Lincoln» «Star Wars» · «Superman» · «Harry Potter» and others
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