Williams's Jane Eyre performed

Last Friday, November 24, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra directed by John Williams played a program titled "Friday Night at the Movies" that contained, among other pieces, a suite of the original soundtrack of Jane Eyre (1970 version) that was composed by Williams himself (the composer won an Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program")

The interpretation is reviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times by Wynne Delacoma, who highlights Jane Eyre's performance:

The evening's most substantial fare included a suite from Williams' score for the 1970 film "Jane Eyre" starring George C. Scott and Susanna York and his four pieces from "Harry Potter.'' Williams has a gift for melody. After "E.T" opened in 1982, half of the country could have whistled the score's five-note theme. But his music also has a restless, dark edge, and the CSO explored its less-predictable contours with sophisticated understatement. Hollywood's Golden Age may have been in Technicolor, but something more subtle was in play Friday night.

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