John Williams' concertos: the undiscovered country

This Saturday at Tanglewood—John's spiritual home—his new piano concerto will be "born." It offers a good excuse to explore his "two sides."

It’s the summer of 2025, and we’re about to hear a brand new, 22-minute composition by John Towner Williams. How wild, how improbable—how amazing—is that? How lucky are we who love his music? John won’t be conducting, but if all goes according to plan he will be in the audience, witnessing this very special concert work come to life in the hands of pian…