Miguel Andrade

Jay · April 19

This are the greatest news. Berlin is one of the absolute finest orchestras in the world. Of course Williams would love to return there.

Personally, I'm over the moon that he's returning and I have all in motion already to be there.

That_Bloke · April 9

1 hour ago, pete said:

I'm another who hears Williams fine craftmanship and sensibilities all over this. And since I play a little guitar - well, a normal sized guitar a little - I especially like to hear Williams writing for guitar. I certainly have a softspot for Taking Pictures and The Days Between arrangement which features more guitar. In my mind, they're up there with Williams most beautiful pieces. I hope Williams writes a guitar concerto one day. A nice one like Elmer Bernstein's - not a weird one!

He wrote a wonderful little solo piece for the Christopher Parkening Prize, "Rounds", premiered by Pablo Villegas. The piece's score was published and Villegas also recorded it.

Will · April 7

On 22/03/2024 at 4:35 AM, KingPin said:

I would venture to guess it is Williams’ arrangement of By the Beautiful Sea listed in this program I pulled from the BSO Archives, the lyrics of which go “By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea…” This piece was played at multiple performances that week, one of which I had actually attended back when I was in high school. I don’t remember much about the arrangement other than that it was in a similar vein as his Hooray for Hollywood arrangement and that (you guessed correctly!) it featured a brief quote of the Jaws bass line at the very end of the piece. Anyone curious about how the tune sounds (though not the same arrangement) can listen to The Ferris Wheel Sequence from Williams’ score to 1941.

I finally got around to find the time to check my Evening at Pops video archive, and this arrangement opens the show, even though the first half of it is buried under Sleepers' director Barry Levinson introduction that is followed by a short dialogue between him and Williams right at the Sony Scoring Stage talking about his experience with Adolph Deutsch and spoting Billy Wilder at the scoring sessions. Williams does refer to the tune as "By the sea". Then video cuts to the actual performance and the music takes central stage.

The title that shows up reads: By the Beautiful Sea: A Tribute to Billy Wilder, arr. John Williams.

The arrangement is mostly in the same vein as Hooray for Hollywood, as pointed before, and another tunes to seem to try to creep in (again in Hooray's fashion) including Jaws on the low woodwinds (again as mentioned earlier).

It would be wonderful that in a future survey of Williams work with the Pops, they would record the numerous arrangements he wrote during his tenure. A few of them were recorded for the televised Evening at Pops concerts, but not readily available to everyone to enjoy.

April 6

8 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said:

The vinyl release means that there could be an expansion soon?

Nope. It should be pointed out that the At the Movies/Music on Vinyl label releases mostly back catalogue stuff from the Sony imense list of past recordings. There isn't, sadly, any direct relation between their releases and any upcoming expansion. This aren't newly mounted remasters or reedits like Mondo's Hook.

March 30

@Falstaft Congratulations. Can't wait going through your book.

I do know about Chloe Huvet's book, but as my French is really poor (a petty, as I really love the sound of it, both the book and the language), I've passed on it.

KittBash · March 29

7 hours ago, King Mark said:

Someone made this mock up years ago. I apologise if I wasn't allowed to post it or something. It's actually a pretty cool theme.

Can't recall from where that midi file comes from, but a composer member of the Japanese fan club did expand on this little theme, orchestrating it and making into a full fledged piece. It was performed at a concert the club arranged (can't recall any further details) and it was compared to Summon the Heroes, regarding its final structure and use if instrumentation.

As pointed out above, the club seems to have ceased activities. They had a print news bulletin (released on a regular basis) and organised visits to Boston and LA for Williams' anual visits there in the late 90's and early 00's. They had also plans to release albums of his music, much in the same fashion Lukas Kendall did with his FSM label.

crumbs · March 23

8 hours ago, crumbs said:

Were these CDs ever identified?

The Varese Sarabande one seems to be Stanley and Iris.

March 16

Are Mark Records CDs actually pressed or just CD-Rs? Anyone knows?

Most of them pop up only as digital downloads.

Jurassic Shark · March 15

9 hours ago, King Mark said:

Boring release. Almost identical program and tracks that's been released in the last few albums from what I remember. If at least there was something we wanted like TROS suite

A new performance by a world class orchestra isn't hardly boring, certainly not for me.

Bellosh · March 15

8 hours ago, JTN said:

I don’t think there is anything but his music that people should learn about John Williams, by simply listening to it. This level of obsession about another person - any person for that matter - is nothing short of toxic and borderline neurotic. Just listen to the man’s music and stop analyzing every single thing he said and did, like he was Jesus. The guy even dresses like JW, he looks like an obsessed person. And he is supported in this obsession by some people like it was a normal thing. The amount of time and money he must be putting into worshiping another man is crazy. I really feel sorry for this guy for not finding something truly meaningful in his life other than worshiping a 92-year-old American composer.
Pathetic and revolting.

6 hours ago, JTN said:

He’s way worse than my past self. I’ve since grown up, not worshiping an old man.

Well, good for you!

If wearing turtlenecks most of the year (because I do feel cold most of the time) and having a similar trimmed beard, having had for about a decade the only website in Portuguese dedicated to Williams and at the time, the most complete and well constructed discography on the web, makes me an obsessed fellow, well, that's my problem isn't it? Because, trust me, I can out run Maurizio... Because, believe it or not, my sons are called João (in memory of my late grandfather) and Guilherme (because my ex-wife felt he was her prince and need a prince worthy name) which can translate to John and William. As many friends have pointed out over the past 21 years, that can't be a coincidence... maybe it wasn't at some unconscious level.

That does make look like an obsessed guy about an 92 year young composer... maybe it does, and probably I am. And let me tell you, that never affected the remaining and multiple aspects of my daily life. And I'm sure the same applies to Maurizio. If there is some sort of obsession is still as healthy as it could be, not overlapping with any other needed and healthy daily routine (my current job at the school board is probably less healthier than being obsessed about John Williams...)

I just really fail why that is such of a big deal to you. You've grown up and don't worship and old man. Great. I don't mind not growing up. Isn't it great we live in a free world when we can make those choices? If you feel that Maurizio's "obsessive" website isn't worth your attention, just move on to what you find is worth instead of complaining about it. That surely will be and healthy decision.

March 12

I ordered my set with some other stuff from CD Japan, as they already tax me the vat and things go smother with customs. While I didn't do any comparison with Arksquare, had I bough only the Tokyo Concert SACD+BD set, the total would be around 90 euros, VAT for Portugal included (so, no extra custom charges).

As I don't believe Arksquare charges you the VAT, you would have do add the expected tax and other custom charges to the final value you would end up paying for the set.

Madmartigan JC · March 12

5 hours ago, TJH132 said:

JW did get a shout out from a winner. Better than nothing.

I'm assuming you're referring to "Last repair shop" award, right? (The video isn't showing for me).

Honestly, that kind of praise, someone expressing how one has touched one's life, is the highest kind of prize.

Marian Schedenig · March 11

3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Is it really a masterpiece, though?

It is as far as I'm concerned. And Angela's Ashes is among my favorite Williams' film scores.

Jurassic Shark · March 11

18 hours ago, King Mark said:

I don't think Williams was there this year. First time he misses the Oscars. I hope he's ok.

If memory serves, he missed the 2000 ceremony (nominated for Angela's Ashes, lost to Corigliano's masterpiece The Red Violin).

Arnaud2 · March 3

He appears briefly on the Johnny Staccato tv series as the jazz band pianist.

ConorPower · February 25

The second movement of Williams' Trumpet Concerto has clearly been influenced by Copland's Quiet City.

Tom Guernsey · February 18

https://www.discogs.com/release/29790961-Bernstein-Williams-James-Ehnes-Saint-Louis-Symphony-Orchestra-Stéphane-Denève-Serenade-Violin-Conc

This might actual come from a live recording from November 2019, with Williams in attendance. If that's the case, the original concert line up included Barber's Adagio and Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony.

Of course, until more info is out, they might have the recorded the concerto during the rehearsals.

MSM · February 12

Just Down West Street... was premiered by the TMC Orchestra under Stephen Asbury and that performance was available for a short period on the BSO website. That same year, Stephane Deneve conducted the piece, again with the TMC Orchestra, during Tanglewood on Parade.

Deneve did conduct it at least once more, in Los Angeles, with an orchestra I can't recall right now (it wasn't the LA Phil).

The piece was part of the program of Across the Stars at Tanglewood, but was replaced by Galaxy's Edge.

9 hours ago, Tom said:

I heard it in a full concert BPO broadcast. It is more in the vein of his concert style, but it is very peppy. The last part was a bit too similar to the last movement of Soundings, for my tastes. Maybe the revision changes things a bit.

I actually find it rather accessible. Maybe it shares some of the same musical dna of Soundings or For Seiji, but then again, as Herrmann would put it... Well you know his angry reply, don't you 😅

KittBash · February 10

50 minutes ago, KittBash said:

I know that Markings was played at that concert but was Across the stars an encore or something?

https://news.imz.at/industry-news/news/the-berlin-concert-anne-sophie-mutter-lang-lang-4358296/

Asking so I can add to the chronology project

I believe it was.

Smeltington · February 8

Wasn't the Duel for cello and violin first performed with Ma and Mutter in Washington, during the 90th anniversary celebration?

February 8

1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Maybe Leonard Slatkin will record it for Naxos sometime (and the viola concerto!).

That project seems to have come to a halt, as Slatkin is no longer principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony. Of course, he could carry on with it in visits to Detroit or with other orchestras, but there are even a couple of unreleased recordings of the ones he conducted during his tenure there...

Bespin · February 6

7 hours ago, Jay said:

@TownerFan tells me it was revised a few years ago, intended to be performed in 2020 and then delayed until now due to covid

From the program notes by John Yeh:

When John Williams wrote his only Clarinet Concerto, it was as a gift to

my former teacher Michele Zukovsky, long-time Principal Clarinet of

the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She premiered it to great acclaim and

performed it several times in the 1990s. After Michele retired from the

LA Phil in 2015, she presented me with the score and all the

performance materials for John's Concerto, which is unpublished, in the

hope that one day I would record the work and perform it widely.

During the 2020-2021 Covid Pandemic, I had time to deeply study the

Concerto and to correspond with John Williams about it. He has given

me his blessing to program it.

Jay · February 6

This new revised version makes the concert slightly longer than the previous known recording.

Now, looking forward to have it performed by Yeh and a pro orchestra.

By the way, the soloist was one of the members of the quartet that premiered the La Jolla Quartet.

KittBash · January 7

Williams himself adapted and premiered the bass trombone version of the tuba concerto, with Douglas Yeo as soloist.

January 4

I wouldn't call any of that writing as experimental. Images, yes, but the Prelude and Fugue or the Sinfonietta are not experimental music.

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