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It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

No cameras spotted (and that is a shame, I was hoping at least for a recording on Stage+ ) but the microphones were actually visible above the stage. I'm just wondering whether they were recording the concert or just simply hanging there as permanent equipment of the hall.
 

Source: Wiener Symphoniker fb fanpage
 
The concert was AMAZING!!! The best AD concert I have ever been to (London 2014/Kraków 2019/Vienna 2024).
 
I prepared a quick analysis of what tracks were used in each suite (overall almost 2h of music!)
 
1. Godzilla (Godzilla! / Godzilla's Victory / Back to the Ocean) - 6 min.
2. Pelléas et Mélisande - I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé - 8 min.
3. Pelléas et Mélisande - II. Ils regardent la lumière - 5,5 min.
4. Wes Anderson's Suite - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Jimmy Squirrel And Co. / High-Speed French Train / Boggis, Bunce, And Bean / Canis Lupus / Kristofferson's Theme / Stunt Expo 2004 / Great Harrowsford Square) - 9 min.
5. Wes Anderson's Suite - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Mr. Mustafa / A Prayer for Madame D & Last Will and Testament / Canto At Gabelmeister’s Peak) - 4 min.
6. Wes Anderson's Suite - The French Dispatch (Obituary) 3,5 min.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1: Obliviate / Sky Battle / Fireplaces Escape / Detonators / Destroying the Locket; Part 2: Statues / Broomsticks and Fire / Courtyard Apocalypse / The Tunnel / Dragon Flight / Lily’s Theme / Showdown) - 13 min.
8. The King's Speech (The King’s Speech / My Kingom, My Rules) - 4 min.
9. The Shape of Water (The Creature / Five Stars General / The Shape of Water / Spy Meeting / The Escape / Rainy Day / Watching Ruth / Elisa and Zelda / Without You / Overflow of Love) - 21 min.
10. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Carlo's Theme / Spazzatura / The Pine Cone / Big Lies / Resurrection / Saving Geppetto / Pinocchio's Choice / Ciao Papa) - 15,5 min.
11. The Imitation Game (Carrots and Peas / Crosswords / U-Boats / Mission / Alone with Numbers / The Headmaster / End of War / The Imitation Game / Alan Turing's Legacy) 15,5 min.
 
ENCORE
12. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Griet's Theme) - 4 min.
13. Eiffel (Valse d'Eiffel) - 3 min.
 
What was so special about this particular concert, in my opinion?
1. Golden Hall itself, of course  and the fact that he was probably the third film music composer playing there after Williams and Hisaishi.
2. Desplat played some of his recent scores like Pinocchio, French Dispatch or Eiffel, which was refreshing. I never spotted Fantastic Mr. Fox suite in concert before neither.
3. He also prepared completely new, extended suites from his trademark scores (Godzilla, Imitation Game, Shape of Water). He played almost half of the Imitation Game and Shape of Water albums (!) He usually plays the main themes from Godzilla and Imitation Game and 7- or 12- minutes long suite of The Shape of Water so he really did his best this time.
4. I think that for the first time he had a choir on the stage (not counting Hollywood in Vienna 2016 cause he was not conducting). A children choir in Fantastic Mr. Fox and at the end of "Ciao Papa" from Pinocchio gave me goosebumps.
5. He got a standing ovation and was very moved, I have never seen him like this before (and I always sit in front rows ).

It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

It was a good night. Indeed a fine orchestra in their own right. Alexandre really enjoyed to be here and I enjoyed every moment.❤️

 

Oops I changed the thread title!   

Please fix the thread title. It's the Wiener Symphoniker, as stated in the post, not the Philharmoniker.
 
The Symphoniker are a fine orchestra in their own right - they played last year's Hisaishi concert (which was originally supposed to be the Desplat, but that was then moved to this year). But they're not the same as the Philharmoniker - instead of Strauß waltzes, they play Beethoven's 9th at their new year's concerts (on 31 December).

I am going to this concert next week. Is anyone from this forum going to this concert too? 
 
Together with the two-time Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat, the Wiener Symphoniker invite you to a first-class film music evening in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein.

https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/en/events/cinemasound-alexandre-desplat-concert
 
 
 

I had such a great time last year and for the first time I met forum members in real. I felt like a celebrity when @Martinland  approached me in front of Scala because he recognised me from my profile picture. 

Hopefully Mr Williams comes back to Europe one more time. Wishful thinking perhaps but he surprised us many times. 

I had such a great time last year and for the first time I met forum members in real. I felt like a celebrity when @Martinland  approached me in front of Scala because he recognised me from my profile picture. 

Hopefully Mr Williams comes back to Europe one more time. Wishful thinking perhaps but he surprised us many times. 

I had such a great time last year and for the first time I met forum members in real. I felt like a celebrity when @Martinland  approached me in front of Scala because he recognised me from my profile picture. 

Hopefully Mr Williams comes back to Europe one more time. Wishful thinking perhaps but he surprised us many times. 

Same body guard as in Vienna 1, Vienna 2, Berlin and Milano.
Well done!
 
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Starting in 20 mins!!

From Twitter:
 
- encores
- end of the concert, Williams and Ozawa together on stage 
 
 


 
Video:
More pics:
 

John needs a haircut
 

Interview_4-1-23.mp3

With CSO's clarinetist John Yeh
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGs5CRI8_b/

 
 
With CSO's principal bass Alex Hanna
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMwlwdgmpS/


 
 
With flutist Gaby Vargas
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMxW_4NDmQ/
 

 
 
 
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqON0VdI1Eg/
 

 

 

 

 

 

Probably. But I'll always say that a nomination is also an award. Nobody really loses here. Although, of course, a sixth Oscar for the Maestro would be amazing.

Video from the Scala Milan Facebook page https://fb.watch/hAh12cKOkG/
 
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Video from the Scala Milan Facebook page https://fb.watch/hAh12cKOkG/
 
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Video from the Scala Milan Facebook page https://fb.watch/hAh12cKOkG/
 
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Video from the Scala Milan Facebook page https://fb.watch/hAh12cKOkG/
 
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