NSO presents Notes & Frames: James Gaffigan conducts John Williams
$21-$133
- Abel Pereira, French horn
- James Gaffigan, conductor
John Williams — Horn Concerto
Nino Rota — The Godfather (selections)
NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront and Nino Rota's The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today's greatest film composers.
On Thursday, June 12, Grammy-winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games series, Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan films, The Fugitive, Pretty Woman).
Friday, June 13's concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels (Jordan Peele's Get Out, Nope, Us; Bad Education).
Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday, June 14 in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award–winning legend John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Harry Potter, to name a few).
About Notes & Frames: A Film & Music Festival
The NSO's 2024–2025 Classical season closes in June with a three-week festival exploring the overlap between film music and concert music, June 4–21, 2025. In the first, the NSO will present a program led by Teddy Abrams and two live-to-film concerts: Amadeus live with orchestra and Metropolis featuring organist Cameron Carpenter's original score to Fritz Lang's 1927 science-fiction silent film. The second week James Gaffigan will conduct film scores by Bernstein, Rota, and Shostakovich and concertos by James Newton Howard featuring violinist James Ehnes, Michael Abels with an NSO string quartet, and John Williams with NSO Principal Horn Abel Pereira as soloist. The final week of the festival culminates in a world premiere by Academy Award–winning director, composer, and pianist Kris Bowers (The Last Repair Shop, Green Book, King Richard, and The Color Purple) who will curate and perform a program of contemporary film music to be conducted by Anthony Parnther.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/news-room/press-release-landing-page/season-announcement-nso/About Abel Pereira, French horn
https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/p/pa-pn/abel-pereira/
About James Gaffigan, conductor
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NWWashington, DC 20566
United States
https://www.kennedy-center.org/visit/exploring-our-spaces/concert-hall/