Popular Post Foxfan 128 Posted June 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2016 https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/77828 Is this 4-minute work a new concert piece? I can't find any references to it anywhere else. BFG will be performed as a world premiere after it as well. Will, Incanus, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Could be another new concert piece! Maestro keeps himself busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Why wouldn't it say "world premiere" next to it as well, though? If it's new? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Quick googling reveals that it might be an alternate name for A Hymn to New England. Darn! I would have loved to hear yet another new festive piece from him. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 It probably is "Hymn to New England". I checked the Tanglewood on Parade page last week, and Hymn was listed there instead of "Of Grace and Majesty". Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 So I guess we don't know what pieces Williams will conduct yet? You would think he would conduct all three of his compositions. But I seem to remember that a couple years ago he was scheduled to conduct a couple things at Parade, and there was also a concert work of his that someone else was scheduled to conduct earlier in the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 John Williams has to stop renaming his concert pieces, dammit! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 On 01/07/2016 at 1:49 AM, Will said: So I guess we don't know what pieces Williams will conduct yet? You would think he would conduct all three of his compositions. But I seem to remember that a couple years ago he was scheduled to conduct a couple things at Parade, and there was also a concert work of his that someone else was scheduled to conduct earlier in the program. That was last year, when he canceled all of his concert appearances. Stéphane Denève lead a small tribute to Williams with the TMC orchestra, as was already scheduled before Williams cancellation. This segment included the second performance of "Just down west street... on the left", which was premiered a few weeks earlier with the TMC Orchestra opening concert under Stephan Asbury. The segment originally expected to be conducted by Williams, with the Boston Pops Orchestra, was conducted by BSO's music director Andris Nelsons, performing Throne Room and Finale. Also, when the program is posted at the BSO site, I don't think they ever say which conductor is doing which piece. But I think is reasonable to assume the Williams will do his own music. What I found curious is the absence of both the BSO and Pops music directors this year. On 01/07/2016 at 10:25 AM, Thor said: John Williams has to stop renaming his concert pieces, dammit! While I can understand his whish to do so, it's kind of annoying, I agree. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie 45 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 The suite will probably just be "Sophie and the BFG" from the OST, right? It's 8:03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Miguel Andrade said: While I can understand his whish to do so, it's kind of annoying, I agree. I can understand it if the piece was written for a specific, "dated" event (like the Satelite Celebration or fanfares for Prince Philipp, or -- if we'll ever get a recording of it -- Michael Dukakis), but this had a perfectly good and "timeless" name to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 I wonder if the two mentioned had that name to start with... The Price Philip one, at least, was untitled when first mentioned in the newspapers, and referred as a piece for the Prince's visit to Boston -- hence the expected reference to it as "Fanfare for Prince Philip". Shortly after, at Tanglewood was titled already "Aloft... to the Royal Masthhead!" Just wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 That's a really good point actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I kinda want to go to this show on Tuesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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