John Williams News

The West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will feature 21 songs from the film and will be released in both standard digital and physical (CD and vinyl) configurations, as well as a digital release in Dolby Atmos Music. Check out the track listing and pre-order the album now!

Two legends shared the stage this autumn – in a glorious debut, John Williams conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker for the very first time. John Williams – The Berlin Concert, captured live by Deutsche Grammophon during a series of sold-out concerts, presents some of the world's best-known film music performed by one of the world's greatest orchestras.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra pulls out all the festive stops with a December packed full of holiday favourites: Home Alone in Concert, TSO Holiday Pops, and Handel's Messiah.

Un día como hoy hace cincuenta años, en 1971, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF se estrenaba en cines. El musical, también conocido como EL VIOLINISTA EN EL TEJADO, narra la historia de un pueblo judío asentado en Rusia a principios del siglo XX.

The Violins of Hope, a collection of rescued and restored musical instruments from the Holocaust, were on their way to Los Angeles when their journey was interrupted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Today's top stories include the long-awaiting casting for the upcoming Wicked movie! It was announced yesterday that the film will be led by Ariana Grande as Glinda, and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons returns to Symphony Hall to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in music of Jörg Widman, Mahler, and Brahms, bringing the fall period of the 2021-22 BSO season to an end.

The Charlotte Symphony's 2021 holiday season presents  beloved annual traditions, seasonal hallmarks, exciting new performances, and a family-friendly  Christmas movie with the Oscar-nominated score performed live to the complete film.  

Clarinetist Anthony McGill, the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize recipient and the first African-American principal player of the New York Philharmonic, and pianist Gloria Chien, a noted soloist and chamber musician who frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, offer a program comprised mostly of German Romantic masterworks central to the clarinet repertoire alongside the world-premiere recording of the clarinet and piano version of a new work by contemporary American composer Jessie Montgomery on an album to be released November 12, 2021, on Cedille Records.

Narrated by Jeff Goldlbum, the film will follow director Norman Jewison's mission to bring the beloved stage production to the big screen. The film features behind-the-scenes footage and new stills as well as interviews with Jewison, Topol, John Williams, Sheldon Harnick, Rosalind Harris (Tzeitel), Michele Marsh (Hodel), Neva Small (Chava).

Santtu-Matias Rouvali's first concert with the Philharmonia in 2022 is a crowd-pleasing matinee programme that is well suited to his balletic style. Giving every member of the orchestra a well-deserved moment in the spotlight, the programme features Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Ravel's Boléro.

The Korean Pacific Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a concert next weekend at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater.

The Lesher Center for the Arts announces the stellar lineup for its Headliners series, kicking off January 7 with Grammy and multi-award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes.

San Francisco's Landmark Musical Theatre (Jon Rosen, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce its production and full cast of Music Theatre International's ALL TOGETHER NOW! A GLOBAL EVENT CELEBRATING LOCAL THEATRE, which will be presented for eight performances as their inaugural show at Landmark's new permanent home, Theater 33.

Great Performances: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood showcases the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons in works by Copland, Stravinsky, and Jessie Montgomery, and celebrates the debut of a new violin concerto by legendary multiple-Oscar-winning composer and Boston Pops Conductor Laureate John Williams.

Next summer at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, experience The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Concert and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert with The Cleveland Orchestra!

Pianist Gloria Chien will join him for a diverse program ranging from classics by Brahms, Telemann and Weber to contemporary works by James Lee III, Deng Yu-hsien and Jessie Montgomery.

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to San Jose Center for the Performing Arts with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 - In Concert, the final chapter in the Harry Potter series. John Jesensky will conduct Symphony Silicon Valley in performing Alexandre Desplat's Grammy nominated score live from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 while the entire film plays in high-definition on a 40-foot screen.

The next Musical Theatre Melodies broadcast, hosted by Rob Morrison on 96.5 Inner FM on Tuesday, October 26 will pay tribute to the Academy, Grammy and Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, lyricist, librettist and screenwriter, Leslie Bricusse (who passed away at his home in the South of France last week at the age of 90).

Maestro Andreas Delfs returns on October 21 & 23 to conduct the RPO in Kurt Weill's Suite from The Threepenny Opera, which showcases American jazz's influence in 1920s Europe and features instrumentation that includes the banjo, bandoneon, and a trap set.