The @[100043116381457:2048:Princeton Symphony Orchestra] has posted the film music talk I delivered last week at Princeton Public Library. Videographer Briann Dixon did an amazing job making me look and sound great. I gave a whirlwind history of music in film, interleaved with some of my personal observations and experiences, including some especially affectionate memories of a childhood full of monster movies and “Star Wars.” Follow the link if you care to check it out.

Michael Abels, a Pulitzer Prize winner (for his opera “Omar”) and composer of choice for director Jordan Peele (“Get Out,” “Us,” and “Nope”), will be one of the featured composers on this weekend’s concerts of the PSO, at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. Abels’ “More Seasons” is a response to Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.”

Also on the program will be Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” and Beethoven’s “Triple Concerto,” which should be something else in Richardson’s intimate setting. PSO concertmaster Basia Danilow will be joined by principal cellist Alistair MacRae and pianist Steven Beck. The orchestra’s music director, Rossen Milanov, will conduct. To learn more, visit princetonsymphony.org

My personal thanks to the PSO, Princeton Public Library, and Briann!