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That's where the orchestra in all its glory and sometimes dressed down for the occasion performed the live soundtrack to a major movie playing on a big screen above the orchestra at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Music Hall.

It was a great way to get folks to see the symphony oftentimes for the first time in a setting that felt comfortable and familiar — the movies.

Of course the pandemic put the kibosh on cine-concerts in 2020 and 2021, but this weekend the orchestra is reviving it with “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.�

How can you go wrong with “Star Wars,� right?

And what better soundtrack than John Williams booming score that is instantly recognizable and universally adored.

A couple of fun facts to tuck away before you catch the concert/movie this weekend:

“Star Wars� falls into the film subgenre of “space opera,� which borrows from science fiction and rom-dram — romantic dramas.

Williams recorded the soundtrack with the London Symphony Orchestra six months before the film was released in spring 1980. The recording cost $250,000, involved 104 musicians performing 18 three-hour sessions after Christmas 1979 and earned Williams a Grammy and an Academy Award nomination.

In November 2020, Disney released a double-vinyl LP of the soundtrack to commemorate its 40th anniversary.

This is the second film in the “Star Wars� franchise that the TSO has performed. In 2018, over Thanksgiving weekend, the TSO performed the original “Star Wars.�

If you go: Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, and 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets are $17 to $88 through and all in attendance must follow COVID safety protocols that includes showing proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours of the performance. Masks are required.

Dove of Peace concert goes virtual

Dove of Peace Lutheran Church is taking its next community concert virtual after the church decided last week to move all its services and events online in response to the rise in COVID cases in Pima County.

The Feb. 13 concert, part of the church's series of free concerts that support local non-profits, will feature a double bill — classical guitarist Bin Hu performing works by Mauro Giuliani, Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Joaquín Turina; and flamenco guitarist Misael Barraza-Diaz performing his original works.

The concert starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, and can be live-streamed through the church's website, . Admission is free but donations are being accepted to support the nonprofit ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network.