Orchestra Now Plays John Williams’s Score Live to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” at the Fisher Center
The Bard graduate orchestra performs the Grammy-winning score in sync with the film, under conductor James Bagwell, for the movie’s 45th anniversary.
Saturday, October 31, 7pm, and Sunday, November 1, 2pm | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Tickets from $25
The Fisher Center at Bard presents “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” in Concert in the Sosnoff Theater on Halloween and the following afternoon. The Orchestra Now, the Bard graduate orchestra, plays John Williams’s Grammy-winning score live while the film runs on screen, with James Bagwell conducting.
The 1981 film, directed by Steven Spielberg, turns 45 this year. Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist in the 1930s racing to find the lost ark of the covenant, and the cast includes Great Barrington's own Karen Allen in her defining role along with John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, and Paul Freeman.
The program runs about two hours and 20 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission. In-person tickets start at $25.
Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center at Bard, 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY. Tickets at fishercenter.bard.edu or 845-758-7900.
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