Jurassic Park in Concert

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1 SEASON Gemma New, conductor Friday, November 3, 2017 at 7:00PM Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 7:00PM Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 2:30PM JOHN WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Jurassic Park in Concert Tonight s program is a presentation of the complete film with a live performance of the film s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the credits. There will be one 25-minute intermission. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The concert of Friday, November 3 is supported by Fifth Third Bank.

2 A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film SAM NEILL LAURA DERN JEFF GOLDBLUM and RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH BOB PECK MARTIN FERRERO B.D. WONG SAMUEL L. JACKSON WAYNE KNIGHT JOSEPH MAZZELLO ARIANA RICHARDS Live Action Dinosaurs STAN WINSTON Full Motion Dinosaurs by DENNIS MUREN, A.S.C. Dinosaur Supervisor PHIL TIPPETT Special Dinosaur Effects MICHAEL LANTIERI Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Film Edited by MICHAEL KAHN, A.C.E. Production Designer RICK CARTER Director of Photography DEAN CUNDEY, A.S.C. Based on the Novel by MICHAEL CRICHTON Screenplay by MICHAEL CRICHTON and DAVID KOEPP Produced by KATHLEEN KENNEDY and GERALD R. MOLEN Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Jurassic Park is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

3 A NOTE FROM THE COMPOSER In his highly successful book, Jurassic Park, author Michael Crichton enabled us to imagine what the return of the great vertebrates of 150 million years ago might be like. In his thrilling 1993 film adaptation, Steven Spielberg brought these fascinating and terrifying creatures to life, and in so doing captivated movie audiences around the world. I must say that I greatly enjoyed the challenge of trying to tell the film s story musically. And while we can luxuriate this evening in the magnificent sound produced by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as they perform the entire score live to the picture, it s nevertheless tempting to imagine what the trumpeting of these great beasts of the distant past might have been like I know I speak for everyone connected with the making of Jurassic Park in saying that we re greatly honored by this event and I hope that tonight s audience will have some measure of the joy we experienced while making the film more than twenty years ago. Jurassic Park in Concert produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Technical Director: Mike Runice Music Composed by John Williams Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for Jurassic Park has been adapted for live concert performance. With special thanks to: Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, Chris Herzberger, Noah Bergman, Paul Ginsburg, Paul Tamara Woolfork, Adrienne Crew, Darice Murphy, Mike Matessino, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

4 GEMMA NEW Resident Conductor and Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra Sought after for her insightful interpretations and dynamic presence, New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New was appointed in 2016 as resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. She also holds the position of music director for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario and enjoys guest engagements this season with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Filharmonia Szczecin, and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Europe; the Omaha, Albany, and Berkeley Symphonies in the United States; and the Auckland Philharmonia and Christchurch Symphony in New Zealand. In St. Louis, New leads education, family, community, and Live at Powell Hall performances, covers for Music Director David Robertson and guest conductors, and leads the Youth Orchestra. She moved to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from her successful time with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as its associate conductor. In recent seasons, she has guest conducted the Atlanta, San Diego, Grant Park, Toledo, Orlando, and Long Beach Symphonies, as well as the Christchurch Symphony and Opus Orchestras in New Zealand.

5 JOHN WILLIAMS In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of America s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone, and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre, and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News ( The Mission ), NBC s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar nominations, making him the Academy s most-nominated living person and the secondmost nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-three Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center honors in December of In 2009, Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th life achievement award from the American Film Institute the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer. In January 1980, Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops laureate conductor, which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of artist-in-residence at Tanglewood. Williams

6 has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, he composed and arranged Air and Simple Gifts especially for the first inaugural ceremony of Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled On Willows and Birches.

7 ON SALE NOW AN EVENING WITH LESLIE ODOM, JR. DEC 3 DEC DEC FILM + LIVE SCORE FEB DEC DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT FEB 16 FILM + LIVE SCORE FILM + LIVE SCORE APR 6-8 HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING S WIZARDING WORLD J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights JKR. (s17) MAY Meredith Willson Music LLC & Happy Valley Foundation. All Rights Reserved. slso.org/liveatpowell MAY 18

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