The LA Times has a great article on John Williams:

John Williams is a busy man. Almost too busy to notice his birthday.

On Friday, the composer of "Star Wars" and "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" turns 70. He will not be commemorating the occasion with, say, a quiet dinner for family and friends. Instead, he'll be celebrating at a slightly bigger party: conducting the Utah Symphony and the 350-voice Mormon Tabernacle in his new Olympic theme, "Call of the Champions," at the opening ceremonies in Salt Lake City before a worldwide television audience of, oh, a billion or so.

Just a week ago, he finished recording 110 minutes of music in London for "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones" (due May 16). On Saturday, he will again conduct his Olympic music, and other pieces, in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. In three weeks, he'll lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a special birthday concert, with Yo-Yo Ma performing his Cello Concerto. A few days before that, Sony Classical will release a new CD of that work and several more performed by Ma.

"Turning 70 doesn't feel any different than 40," Williams says. His neatly trimmed beard is snow white now, as is most of his wispy hair. "My schedule now is probably not any heavier than it's been for the last 10 or 15 years," he adds. "Most of these commitments are fairly long-standing, so I'm kind of in the rhythm of doing these things."

They also noted the following:

It's the night before he is to leave for Boston, en route to his London "Star Wars" recording dates; he still has to finish composing the closing-credit music for "Attack of the Clones" and pack for the trip. But the soft-spoken Williams shows no signs of strain, segueing into philosophical asides and peppering his conversation with references to T.S. Eliot, John Kenneth Galbraith and Virgil Thomson.

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