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Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 8:00pmWednesday, March 4, 2020 at 2:00pmWednesday, March 4, 2020 at 8:00pmThursday, March 5, 2020 at 8:00pm

Music of John Williams

Steven Reineke, conductor

John Williams

The Shark Theme from Jaws

Suite from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

March from Raiders of the Lost Ark

Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

“The Flight to Neverland” from Hook

Main Theme from Schindler’s List

Viktor’s Tale from The Terminal

Theme from The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Intermission

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

“Witches, Wands, and Wizards” from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sayuri’s Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha

Main Title Theme from Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope

“Across The Stars” from Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones

“The Imperial March” from Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back

“The Rebellion is Reborn” from Star Wars: Episode VIII—The Last Jedi

Toronto Symphony OrchestraSteven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor

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John WilliamscomposerJohn Williams was born in Long Island, USA, on February 8, 1938. In a career spanning more than five decades, he 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 for more than one hundred films, including all nine Star

Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, Memoirs of a Geisha, 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, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, The BFG, and The Post.

John Williams has composed themes for four Olympic Games. He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains their laureate conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage including two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by many of America’s most prominent orchestras. Mr. Williams has received five Academy Awards and 51 Oscar nominations (making him the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars), seven British Academy Awards, 24 GRAMMYS®, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honour) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. In 2004, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2009 he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the US Government. In 2016 he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the first time a composer was honoured with this award.

Steven Reineke conductorSteven Reineke made his TSO début in March 1997.

Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. Along with his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the TSO, Mr. Reineke is music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. He is also principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts, and principal pops conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, and San Francisco. On stage, Reineke has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip-hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Cynthia Erivo, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered featured Reineke leading

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the National Symphony Orchestra performing live music excerpts between news segments—a first in the show’s 45-year history. In 2018, Reineke led the National Symphony Orchestra with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic on PBS’s Great Performances.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works, Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat, are performed frequently. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were débuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.

CLASSIC BROADWAY: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

April 14 & 15

The TSO and a cast of sensational singers head

back to Broadway with a concert dedicated

to one of the most successful pairings in the

history of musical theatre, with treasured

classics from The Sound of Music, Carousel,

Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and more!

FRANK & ELLAMay 26 & 27

Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra were

powerhouse vocalists who blew the roof

off every venue they played. The TSO pays

homage to the Queen of Jazz and Ol’

Blue Eyes with an assortment of the classic

standards, including “Night & Day”,

“My Way”, and more!

MORE POPS PERFORMANCES THIS SPRING

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