Renowned composer John Williams pens letter to Salt Lake City in effort to save Abravanel Hall

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Legendary composer John Williams has penned a letter in the effort to save Abravanel Hall from possible demolition amid a redesign of downtown Salt Lake City centered around sports and a new Utah NHL team.

Recently, tens of thousands of Utahns have risen in support of Abravanel Hall amid its uncertain future. A petition has even been created in the effort to save the hall, and it's nearing its next goal of 50,000 signatures.

Williams, who has written some of the most recognizable and critically-acclaimed film scores in the history of cinema, has joined in on the cause.

"I knew Maurice Abravanel, whom I admired greatly both as a person and as an artist, and I’ve been privileged on many occasions to conduct in his namesake concert hall in Salt Lake City, where I recorded my musical theme for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games with the Utah Symphony and your magnificent Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and where I conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra on several visits to your great city," Williams opened in the le...