He opened with his own “Nowhere with Love” accompanied by the Pops playing his own orchestrations. and his trio joined Williams and the Pops for the middle third of the concert. The climaxes and the subtleties in the music came at just the right moments and created a powerful and moving experience. The orchestra gave a dedicated performance and perfectly followed Williams’ cues. He is able to pull at our heartstrings with every new bar, and reveals the true meaning behind Spielberg’s film. The essence of Williams’ genius in Celebration 2000 is his ability to capture the emotion behind the images and texts.
In addition to photographs and newsreel footage, the film assembles some great poetic moments, and in this performance, narrators Attallah Shabazz and Paul Winfield gave poignant readings of words by Abraham Lincoln, John Magee Jr., Rita Dove, Robert Pinsky and Maya Angelou, among others. Spielberg’s imagery is a stirring excursion through the twentieth century, revealing the achievements and the disappointments of American life, the best and worst of our shared heritage. Williams brought back his music from Celebration 2000: The Unfinished Journey again this season, but this time including Steven Spielberg’s film in the performance.
He conducted it with passion, keeping the tempos moving forward, and often beckoning more sound from the strings with dramatic arm motions. Williams began the concert with a new arrangement of his theme from The Patriot containing a stunning brass fanfare at the beginning, a few expanded sections for fifes and drums, and a bombastic concert ending. The audience was given a fascinating and intimate look into the difficult art of matching music and film. A large movie screen hung over the orchestra for much of the concert, projecting memorable sequences from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gold Diggers, The Unfinished Journey and Orchestra Wives, as Williams and the orchestra supplied the music. John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestraįor last night’s Evening at Pops taping session, Symphony Hall in Boston was transformed into a Hollywood soundstage as John Williams demonstrated his genius for writing and conducting music for film. Williams and Connick tape Evening at Pops
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