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Anne-Sophie Mutter

John Williams - Across the Stars

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: August 30, 2019

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10/03/2019 - Carnegie Hall / New York, USA
10/19/2019 - Philharmonie / Cologne, Germany
10/20/2019 - Philharmonie de Paris / Paris, France
10/22/2019 - Philarhmonie / Berlin, Germany
10/23/2019 - Philarhmonie / Berlin, Germany
11/01/2019 - Teatro Colon / Buenos Aires, Argentina
11/03/2019 - Teatro del Lago / Frutillar, Chile
11/05/2019 - Gran Teatro Nacional / Lima, Peru
11/07/2019 - Teatro Mayor Julio Santo Domingo / Bogota, Columbia
11/27/2019 - Hong Kong Cultural Centre / Hong Kong, China
11/29/2019 - Seoul Arts Center / Seoul, South Korea
11/30/2019 - National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts / Kaohsiung, Taiwan
12/01/2019 - Cultural Center / Taipai, Taiwan
12/04/2019 - National Centre for the Performing Arts / Beijing, China
12/05/2019 - National Centre for the Performing Arts / Beijing, China
12/07/2019 - National Centre for the Performing Arts / Beijing, China
12/08/2019 - National Centre for the Performing Arts / Beijing, China
01/05/2020 - Musikverein / Vienna, Austria
01/21/2020 - Folly Theater / Kansas City, MO
01/22/2020 - Symphony Center / Chicago, IL
01/24/2020 - First Baptist Church / Fernandina Beach, FL
01/26/2020 - Davies Symphony Hall / San Francisco, CA
01/27/2020 - Davies Symphony Hall / San Francisco, CA
01/28/2020 - Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts / Scottsdale, AZ
01/30/2020 - Carnegie Hall / New York, NY
02/01/2020 - Kennedy Center / Washington, DC
02/20/2020 - Suntory Hall / Tokyo, Japan
02/21/2020 - Suntory Hall / Tokyo, Japan
02/22/2020 - Suntory Hall / Tokyo, Japan
02/24/2020 - Suntory Hall / Tokyo, Japan
03/05/2020 - Philharmonie Gasteig / Munich, Germany
03/06/2020 - Philharmonie Gasteig / Munich, Germany
03/07/2020 - Philharmonie Gasteig / Munich, Germany
03/11/2020 - Royal Festival Hall / London, United Kingdom
03/13/2020 - Philharmonie / Luxembourg, Luxembourg
03/14/2020 - Philharmonie / Essen, Germany
03/15/2020 - Tonhalle / Dusseldorf, Germany
03/17/2020 - Musikverein / Vienna, Austria
03/19/2020 - Kuppelsaal (Congresszentrum) / Hanover, Germany
03/22/2020 - Konzerthaus / Vienna, Austria
03/26/2020 - Queen Elizabeth Hall / London, United Kingdom
03/30/2020 - Elbphilharmonie / Hamburg, Germany
03/31/2020 - Elbphilharmonie / Hamburg, Germany
1 Rey's Theme - from STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS  
2 Yoda's Theme - from STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK  
3 Hedwig's Theme - from HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE  
4 Across the Stars (Love Theme) - from STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES  
5 Donnybrook Fair - from FAR AND AWAY  
6 Sayuri's Theme - from MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA  
7 Night Journeys - from DRACULA  
8 Theme - from SABRINA  
9 The Duel - from THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN  
10 Luke and Leia - from STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI  
11 Nice to Be Around - from CINDERELLA LIBERTY  
12 Theme - from SCHINDLER'S LIST  
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Legendary film composer John Williams conducts a brand-new album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his superstar violinist friend and collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Recorded in Hollywood, Across the Stars will be released on August 30 via Deutsche Grammophon and includes familiar themes from blockbuster films including Star Wars and Harry Potter, as never heard before.

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter amazes w/SSO in a 'Music of John Williams' night at the movies / LIMELIGHT
    Posted At: November 12, 2023
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  • Anne-Sophie Mutter joins NZSO in the music of John Williams / SCOOP
    Posted At: October 16, 2023
    SCOOP writes….Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the world’s greatest violinists, performs the music of movie legend John Williams with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in November.It will be the first time the Grammy Award-winner has performed in Aotearoa New Zealand.The concerts in Auckland and Wellington celebrate Williams’ extraordinary career as a film composer, from the 1973 movie The Long Goodbye to his mo...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter performs to help jobless musicians / DW
    Posted At: December 14, 2020

    Climbing COVID numbers have forced the return of the hard lockdown in Germany. For most of the past year, tens of thousands of freelance musicians have been out of a job. The famed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is addressing their plight.         During an event in Hamburg's St. Michael's Church this weekend, Anne-Sophie Mutter performed - and called for ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter performs unique arrangements from iconic John Williams film scores from Tanglewood / 99.5WCRB
    Posted At: May 3, 2020

    On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs unique arrangements of selections from iconic film scores by John Williams, in concert at Tanglewood. Drawing from her recent recording Across the Stars, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs selections from Williams's iconic scores, in brilliant new arrangements created especially for her. The program includes music from ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter pays tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki / theStrad
    Posted At: March 30, 2020

    The violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has paid tribute to the Polish conductor and composer Krzysztof Penderecki - a longtime friend and musical collaborator who dedicated numerous works to her - whose death at the age of 86 was announced yesterday.  Penderecki first heard Mutter perform as a twelve-year-old, in Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Karajan, and followed her career thereafter. Mutter went...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma and Daniel Barenboim announce DG album release of 'Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7' / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: February 14, 2020

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma and Daniel Barenboim have announced their new album, Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Symphony No. 7. Set to be released on 20 March 2020, the new recording celebrates a triple anniversary – the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, the 20th birthday of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and it will be released 40 years after the legendary Triple Concerto recording made ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - John Williams 'Across the Stars' makes 105.9:WQXR 'Best Classical Recordings of 2019'
    Posted At: December 17, 2019

    As a decade that has brought its fair share of ups and downs comes to a close, it's hard to be anything but amazed by one enormous plus: the sheer volume of exceptional new classical recordings that hit the shelves in the 2010s. The last year has been a fitting culmination, chock-full of brilliant reinterpretations of old favorites and bold ventures into new musical frontiers. Here are our favorites of 2...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - John Williams 'Across the Stars' is highly effective / theStrad
    Posted At: December 1, 2019

    If anyone can lay claim to have extended the ‘golden era' film music tradition of Miklós Rózsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman into the 21st century it would have to be John Williams, whose 51 Oscar nominations (so far) is virtually unprecedented. For string players, perhaps his most notable score is Schindler's List, whose poignant violin solo (played on the so...

  • 'Hedwig's Theme' from Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams - Across the Stars selected for 2020 GRAMMY nomination
    Posted At: November 20, 2019

    'Hedwig's Theme' from Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams - Across the Stars selected for 2019 GRAMMY nomination fror Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella. John Williams, arranger (Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams). Legendary film composer John Williams conducts a brand-new album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his superst...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - John Williams 'Across the Stars' is film music tailor-made for violin / KDFC: The State of the Arts
    Posted At: November 11, 2019

    Anne-Sophie Mutter says it took chutzpah to ask John Williams to write music specially for her to play, but a request for ‘a few bars' has turned into dozen themes arranged for violin and orchestra that she's included on her new album, Across the Stars, KDFC's Album of the Week. The selections range from the very well known (from the Star Wars saga, and Harry Potter) to some of his scores that are ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter celebrates the vast musical legacy of the one and only John Williams / KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: November 4, 2019

    Grammy-winning violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter releases her collaborative album with legendary film composer John Williams, Across the Stars. Williams adapted his scores from films such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Star Wars, Schindler's List, and more specifically for Mutter. Recorded at Sony Pictures Studios with The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, conducted by John Williams himself....

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams - Across the Stars is the KUSC 'Album Of the Week'
    Posted At: November 4, 2019

    Grammy-winning violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter releases her collaborative album with legendary film composer John Williams, Across the Stars. Williams adapted his scores from films such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Star Wars, Schindler's List, and more specifically for Mutter. Recorded at Sony Pictures Studios with The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, conducted by John Williams himself....

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter and John Williams rework classic Hollywood themes / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: October 30, 2019

    Anne-Sophie Mutter grew up in the Black Forest, where Germany, Switzerland and France meet. It's a beautiful place, but there wasn't a lot for a teenager to do. So, she played her violin, she played soccer and she went to the cinema. "In 1978, Star Wars came to the Black Forest. I should remember the images, but really what hit in my mind more than the breathtaking images was the music: the l...

  • May the Scores be With You! Anne-Sophie Mutter joins forces with John Williams and Q&A's with WFMT
    Posted At: October 21, 2019

    Imagine the scrolling main title of Star Wars or wizards taking flight in Harry Potter without triumphant brass and sweeping strings. These cinematic moments would lose their emotional resonance without the iconic music of John Williams. With 51 Oscar nominations and countless awards, John Williams has defined movie music for a half-century. So what happens when one of the most celebrated film composers ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter 'Across the Stars' is the WFMT: 'Featured New Release'
    Posted At: October 12, 2019

    Legendary film composer John Williams conducts a new album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his violinist friend and collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Recorded in Hollywood, "Across the Stars" features familiar themes from blockbuster films including "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter," as never heard before. "There is only one John Williams," says Mutter. ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter goes 'Across the Stars' with classical radio
    Posted At: October 4, 2019

    Legendary film composer John Williams conducts a brand-new album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his superstar violinist friend and collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Recorded in Hollywood, Across the Stars has be released via Deutsche Grammophon and includes familiar themes from blockbuster films including Star Wars and Harry Potter, as never heard be...

  • Williams conducts 'Across the Stars' as Mutter's playing is as fabulous as ever / Financial Times
    Posted At: September 8, 2019

    Anne-Sophie Mutter and John Williams: Across the Stars - yearning, romantic melodies. The composer takes charge of the adaptations and reimagines some of his original ideas quite radically. Now 87, John Williams has been honoured with some high-profile attention this year. Big concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including the opening night of the Edinburgh Festival, are the kind of thing we mig...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter and John Williams collaborate on new album / GRAMOPHONE
    Posted At: June 17, 2019

    A forthcoming release from violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will feature iconic John Williams movie themes, arranged and conducted by the composer himself. Across the stars, released by Deutsche Grammophon on August 30, is the culmination of the violinist's admiration for the composer's music, and the desire to to play it herself. She and the composer were introduced by Mutter's former husband and frien...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter receives Polar Music Prize at Stockholm ceremony / theStrad
    Posted At: June 12, 2019

    German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter received the Polar Music Prize at a ceremony held in Stockholm yesterday evening. Mutter received the Polar Music Prize trophy from the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. The prize, administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1992, includes 1m Swedish Krona (c. £83,000/$106,000) for each winner, and is usually awarded to one classical and one pop ...

  • How often do you get to say Anne Sophie Mutter and DJ Grandmaster Flash in the same sentence? / theStrad
    Posted At: February 13, 2019

    Anne-Sophie Mutter will be awarded the Polar Music Prize. The German violinist is one of three laureates for 2019, along with hip hop DJ Grandmaster Flash and the Playing For Change Foundation. Mutter was announced today for the annual award administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The prize, which includes 1m Swedish Krona (c. £86,000/$110,000) for each winner, is usually awarded to...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Tchaikovsky on VPR Classical - BSO broadcast
    Posted At: January 24, 2019

    Ahead of the Krzysztof Penderecki's 85th birthday in the fall of 2018, Deutsche Grammophon released a double album of works for the violin by the composer in celebration of his longtime collaboration with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Performed by Mutter, the double album features a number of the composer's works for violin and piano or violin and orchestra...

  • John Williams creates new arrangement of 'Across the Stars' for Anne-Sophie Mutter / io9
    Posted At: November 10, 2018

    Whether or not you dug the Star Wars prequels, you have to admit the music was on point. "Duel of the Fates"? Incredible, classic stuff, integral to the series' modern identity. "Across the Stars," too, better known as the love theme for Anakin and Padme, is also incredibly memorable, pulling all of the grandeur that John Williams's music is known for together and melding it with a deep, galaxy-rending s...

  • A carnival of music is expected as Krzysztof Penderecki and Anne-Sophie Mutter take a musical tour around China / CGTN
    Posted At: October 18, 2018

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  • Violinist.com: For the Record Op. 63, Anne-Sophie Mutter - Hommage a Penderecki
    Posted At: September 7, 2018

    Ahead of the composer's 85th birthday this fall, Deutsche Grammophon releases a double album of works for the violin by Krzysztof Penderecki in celebration of his longtime collaboration with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Performed by Mutter, the double album features a number of the composer's works for violin and piano or violin and orchestra, including La Follia, Duo concertante, Sonata No. 2 (dedicate...

  • No violinist is more equipped to perform the music of Krzysztof Penderecki than Anne-Sophie Mutter / stereophile
    Posted At: September 3, 2018

    The composer dedicated his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2, Metamorphosen (1992–1996), to her after hearing her perform at a young age and then conducting her in Prokoviev's First Violin Concerto-Mutter subsequently recorded Metamorphosen with Penderecki conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in 1997-she has commissioned three works from him. He, in turn, dedicated each of them to her....

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter interviews with Classic KING - Seattle
    Posted At: May 11, 2017

    Anne-Sophie Mutter is universally considered to be one of the greatest violinists of modern times. Her artistry embraces everything from tonal richness and consummate technical virtuosity to transcendent expression and profound musicianship. Here recent Mutterissimo - The Art of Anne-Sophie Mutter recording is a selection of highlights personally picked by Mutter, which bring together recordings tha...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - BSO play with light and shadow in mostly Russian program / Boston Globe review
    Posted At: April 30, 2017

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial; min-height: 11.0px} The Boston Symphony Orchestra played with light and shadow on Thursday night in a mostly Russian program, the penultimate in the 2016-17 Symphony Hall season. With the indomitable Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist, and music director Andris Nelsons on the podium, the s...

  • Mutterissimo on New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: April 19, 2017

    New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated Feature airing Nationally on Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to Julie Amacher's Feature with Anne-Sophie Mutter.       LISTEN TO SEGMENT READ THE TRANSCRIPT -  One of the greatest violinists of our time is celebrating her 40th anniversary as a performer. So, what, you might be thinking, surprises Ann...

  • Mutterissimo interviews with Classical Radio
    Posted At: March 30, 2017

    Anne-Sophie Mutter is universally considered to be one of the greatest violinists of modern times. Her artistry embraces everything from tonal richness and consummate technical virtuosity to transcendent expression and profound musicianship. Here recent Mutterissimo - The Art of Anne-Sophie Mutter recording is a selection of highlights personally picked by Mutter, which bring together recordings that dat...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - The Club Album / KDFC: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: September 21, 2015

    In May of 2015, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a truly unique concert: rather than standing on stage in one of the world's renowned concert halls, she spent two evenings playing in a tiny graffiti-scrawled nightclub in Berlin. Recorded in front of a standing-room only audience, this new release includes popular works by Bach, Copland, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and many more. Mutter is joined by M...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter Live: The Club Album / WCRB: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: September 8, 2015

    Virtuoso violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter created a sensation early this May at Berlin's Neue Heimat venue, recreating the impact of her legendary 2013 Yellow Lounge appearance, when she attracted one of the biggest crowds in the history of Deutsche Grammophon's ground-breaking "classical-goes-clubbing" series. The evening was recorded live and now the ‎ground-breaking project, co-produ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter Live: The Club Album / WFMT: Chicago - New Release of the Week
    Posted At: September 6, 2015

    In May of 2015, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a truly unique concert: rather than standing on stage in one of the world's renowned concert halls, she spent two evenings playing in a tiny graffiti-scrawled nightclub in Berlin. Recorded in front of a standing-room only audience, this new release includes popular works by Bach, Copland, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and many more. The Vivaldi: The ...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - This Dvorak album / WETA 'CD Pick of the Week'
    Posted At: May 11, 2015

    Classical WETA 90.9 FM showcases notable new (or newly reissued) CDs each week. Hear selections from the CD on-air throughout the week, and check online to learn more about the artist and the music. Our friends at ArkivMusic join in by putting that recording on sale for the entire week and contributing a portion of each sale to WETA. Anne-Sophie Mutter was 15 when she made her first recording in 1978...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter and group of proteges play Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall / AXS review
    Posted At: November 22, 2014

    November 21 in Toronto was a hot night for music, but for those in attendance for Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi would no doubt say they had the cream of the croup. The world-renowned violinist brought her troop of former and current scholarships (as part of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation) to Roy Thomson Hall for a concert, which included harpsichordist Knut Johanessen. Though there were but...

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Dvorak's Violin Concerto at Tanglewood / The Classical Review
    Posted At: July 13, 2014

    The Boston Symphony Orchestra's all-Dvořák program at Tanglewood's Koussevitzky Shed Friday night may have looked safe on the surface, but it proved to be rich in musical rewards and a triumph for Andris Nelsons in his first festival appearance as music director designate. The biggest draw of the evening was Dvořák's Violin Concerto, which featured Anne-Sophie Mutt...
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