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Reuniting in concert: Boston Symphony returns to Symphony Hall

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Looking at its past, its present and its future, the Boston Symphony returns to Symphony Hall after the Covid hiatus. 

Guitarist John Williams gets a standing ovation at St George's Bristol

On entering St George’s Bristol, we were given a sheet of paper with a biography and the names of a handful of composers – the programme hadn’t been announced beforehand, and was only revealed during the concert by John Williams himself. He introduced each piece with a little context, varying from a piece’s personal relevance, to its historical background.

John Williams at St George's Bristol

It is quite a daunting task to assess the performance of someone like John Williams. Certainly one of the finest and most famous living classical guitarists in the world, he seems something of a colossus of the instrument. Yet the manner he exuded as he entered the stage of St. George’s was of understated familiarity.