When:

August 20, 2008
Wednesday 7:30pm

Website:

Event Website

Detail:

Memoirs of a Geisha

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Arnaud/Williams -   Bugler's Dream - Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Williams -   Song for World Peace
Williams -   The Olympic Spirit
Williams -   Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Williams -   Flight to Neverland from Hook
Williams -   Three Pieces from Indiana Jones
Williams -   Sound The Bells!
Williams -   Memoirs of a Geisha, Suite for Cello and Orchestra

Leading film composer John Williams returns to conduct the CSO and Yo-Yo Ma in two very special performances of music from Williams' moving and Academy Award® nominated score Memoirs of a Geisha. Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today. The story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless child is torn from her family and forced to work as a maid in a geisha house, but eventually becomes one of the most celebrated geishas in Japan. These concerts will be recorded live in Orchestra Hall for a future release by Sony/BMG Masterworks.