THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

Thursday, May 4, 2023 ∙ 8 pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Happy May the Fourth (be with you!) and welcome to the Paramount Theatre, the present home of the Oakland Symphony. For many of you, this is your first encounter with the orchestra.

In its programming and performance, the Oakland Symphony reflects the values of this dynamic and diverse community. Six concerts are presented each season, along with the holiday special “Let Us Break Bread Together,” and special community concerts. The region’s citizens comprise the Oakland Symphony Chorus and the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, which in the coming weeks will be touring Europe, taking their Oakland-rooted sound global.

So, we are all delighted to welcome you tonight. The coming 2023-24 season has just been announced, and details are available in the lobby. Please pick up a brochure.

If you are energized by this evening’s concert, I invite you to return in the fall and again throughout the coming season for the very special experience of attending an Oakland Symphony concert.

Sincerely, 
Dr. Mieko Hatano, Executive Director

STAR WARS Opening Theme
HARRY POTTER Hedwig’s Theme
WITCHES OF EASTWICK Devil’s Dance 
LINCOLN With Malice Toward None 
   featuring William Harvey, Trumpet
STAR WARS Yoda’s Theme
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Suite 
E.T. Adventures from Earth

INTERMISSION

HOOK Flight to Neverland
SUPERMAN March
SCHINDLER’S LIST Theme
   featuring Dawn Harms, Violin
JURASSIC PARK Main Theme
IMPERIAL MARCH from the original 
   Star Wars trilogy 
INDIANA JONES Theme 
STAR WARS Throne Room and End Title         

The 2022-2023 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by the East Bay Music Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program