Tanglewood 2018: Williams to Conduct at Film Night, the Bernstein Concert, and Parade

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

Wait really? 8pm?

 

Is that a Canadian thing or a middle age thing?

Canadian. I'm settling down.

[Jay 37,322]

I can't remember the last time I was asleep before 11pm

[SteveMc 2,674]

2 minutes ago, Bespin said:

Don't be shy, make yourself comfortable.

For me, the more clothes the better.  

I love winter.

[Bespin 8,480]

Normally I woke up at 4 in the morning to go working.

[aescalle 122]

Just awake for the live streaming.

Ready to record. Are you recording to?

[Bespin 8,480]

1 minute ago, aescalle said:

Just awake for the live streaming.

Ready to record. Are you recording to?

 

Yes, I will try to record the streaming using Audacity.

 

1:34Am for you?

[aescalle 122]

with JDownloader

and a coffee cup 😉

 

1:34Am by now

It is

concert time 2:00am in Europe

[Bespin 8,480]

I'm already sleeping on my chair.

[aescalle 122]

hahaha

 

I've just sleeped for one hour before the clock awake me!

I am completly broken!!!

[Bespin 8,480]

I will quit the forum during the concert, because it makes blup blup all the time 🙂

 

I hope it is Ron Della Chiesa that host the broadcast!

 

Bon concert, je vous quitte! Bonne soirée!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Intermission.

 

Wonderful first half.  Especially enjoyed the two Waxman pieces.

 

I have this weird affection for the way Ron pronounces “John Williams.”  Like “John Wee-yums”

[SteveMc 2,674]

Quite good first half indeed.

I personally enjoyed On The Waterfront best.

[Will 2,215]

Just tuning in now... 

 

Second half hasn't yet started, but will within minutes. 

[SteveMc 2,674]

Here's Johnny!

Superman!

[Will 2,215]

Is it just me or does JW's voice sound a little "off"? Maybe just a cold? 

 

Great story about Dry Your Tears, Afrika, though. I hadn't heard that story before. 

[SteveMc 2,674]

3 minutes ago, Will said:

Is it just me or does JW's voice sound a little "off"? Maybe just a cold? 

 

Great story about Dry Your Tears, Afrika, though. I hadn't heard that story before. 

Very nice story!

He mentioned that it is a bit wet up there in New England, so maybe that's what's making him a bit hoarse. 

 

Beautiful performance of the piece!  Also love to hear Call of the Champions!

Duel of the Fates up now!  

[Will 2,215]

Yeah, you're probably right. 

 

Here comes DoTF!

[Matt S. 493]

Damn, I think John must have a bus to catch, he’s conducting everything so fast!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, Matt S. said:

Damn, I think John must have a bus to catch, he’s conducting everything so fast!

 

Johnny types in directions when he orders the Uber car to be waiting for him to get in as soon as the concert is over: “Just down West Street... to the left...”

[Will 2,215]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I kind of like the fast tempos, though. Adds a little novelty to the performance of these familiar pieces.

 

I think it may be because of his hoarse-ness and general uncomfortable feeling. Because he has only talked to the audience once so far, too. 

 

 

[SteveMc 2,674]

He's not drawing the material out, but the music is not going at breakneck speeds, so I'm comfortable with it.

 

Han Solo arrangement coming up!

[Will 2,215]

It's the new arrangement! As expected.

[SteveMc 2,674]

It is a love theme!  John has said so!

[Will 2,215]

1 minute ago, Steve McQueen said:

It is a love theme!  John has said so!

 

True, missed the significance of that, but, yeah, he was pretty clear. 

[Matt S. 493]

4 minutes ago, Will said:

Yeah, I noticed that too. I kind of like the fast tempos, though. Adds a little novelty to the performance of these familiar pieces.

 

I agree, everything sounds great. Duel of the Fates was especially powerful!

[Will 2,215]

Excited to see (er, hear) what the encores are... ("Main Title" is always great, but, uh, gets a little old after a few hundred performances )

[SteveMc 2,674]

The more I hear that new arrangement, the more I am in love with it.

He did conduct it very fast tonight, though! 

1 minute ago, Will said:

"Main Title" is always great, but, uh, gets a little old after a few hundred performances

Well, here's one more!

[Matt S. 493]

2 minutes ago, Will said:

Excited to see (er, hear) what the encores are... ("Main Title" is always great, but, uh, gets a little old after a few hundred performances )

 

Fifty bucks says Imperial March will be the final encore!

[Will 2,215]

Aaay they're gonna play To Lenny! 😀

10 minutes ago, Matt S. said:

 

Fifty bucks says Imperial March will be the final encore!

 

Looks like you were right. 

[SteveMc 2,674]

First time I've heard To Lenny.  Must say I like it a lot.

11 minutes ago, Matt S. said:

 

Fifty bucks says Imperial March will be the final encore!

Methinks you called it.

[Will 2,215]

 

EDIT: What the... The host just said you can go to the website to listen on demand to the replay! Is he mistaken, or did the rules change back?!

[SteveMc 2,674]

That's good news if true.  I'd like to hear To Lenny again, though I'm sure some of us JWfaners have recorded the broadcast.

[aescalle 122]

Recorded but I had an internet cut on the Bernard Hermann piece

 

[SteveMc 2,674]

Is it just me, or was the performance of Marion's Theme that they played during the intermission simply glorious?   

[Disco Stu 15,495]

8 minutes ago, Steve McQueen said:

That's good news if true.  I'd like to hear To Lenny again, though I'm sure some of us JWfaners have recorded the broadcast.

 

The studio recording is available streaming on the Call of the Champions album under the title “For New York.”

[Bespin 8,480]

WOAAAAAA Duel of the Fates with Chorus!

 

It made my evening!!!!

 

About the fast tempi, I think that with all the video clips, the conductors simply must follow the technic... JW too... so it explain why he conducted some piece a little bit more faster than usual.

 

Take CE3K for example, for the first time in a live concert conducted by Williams, I heard some special effects and dialogue (well, a word!) from the movie in the background, so the music has to be sync with that.  When there is such a clip to sync with the live music, the real conductor is... a computer!

 

[aescalle 122]

3 minutes ago, Steve McQueen said:

Is it just me, or was the performance of Marion's Theme that they played during the intermission simply glorious?   

Yes simply glorious!!!

[SteveMc 2,674]

3 minutes ago, Bespin said:

WOAAAAAA Duel of the Fates with Chorus!

 

It made my evening!!!!

Absolutely wonderful to have such a nice selection of John's choral writing tonight!

[Will 2,215]

38 minutes ago, Steve McQueen said:

That's good news if true.  I'd like to hear To Lenny again, though I'm sure some of us JWfaners have recorded the broadcast.

 

29 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

 

The studio recording is available streaming on the Call of the Champions album under the title “For New York.”

 

Yep, my favorite recording is that CoTC album one:

 

 

One other recording, however, is available (conducted by Marin Alsop):

 

 

[Bespin 8,480]

The recording is perfect MP3 VBR Very High, I'm waiting your messages.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Why not FLAC?

[Bespin 8,480]

2 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

Why not FLAC?

 

The radio stream is not of that quality, I keep the FLAC file, but turning it into a VBR mp3, we lost nothing, I've compared the two results.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

That is actually incorrect.

 

FLAC is not a "quality" it is a format.

By saving a file to FLAC, or other lossless formats like ALAC, you preserve the quality of the recording. By turning it into an MP3, VBR or not, you do not.

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

What Bes means is that the difference in quality is not noticeable.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

According to him!

[Bespin 8,480]

3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

What Bes means is that the difference in quality is not noticeable.

 

I've compared the spectogram of the flac and my VBR mp3 --> It's the same.

 

Sharing the FLAC, would add nothing, except that the file is too big for nothing.

 

Normally when we record the broadcast on the website, we get a 192kbps mp3, This time, by getting the live stream, I hope it's a "little bit" better, but they don't broadcast in losslesss format, this is certain.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Then why not AAC, a format more modern than MP3?

 

Baffling!

[Bespin 8,480]

I'm not modern!!!

[aescalle 122]

2 minutes ago, Bespin said:

I'm not modern!!!

I like old fashion! 😜 

[Bespin 8,480]

For the 2nd time, I really don't know why people laught at Psycho videoclips.

 

It's a reason why I don't love to go to concerts, being in public with all those weirdos around me.... It's a thing I can't do.

 

The only thing to do when you hear the music from the shower sequence, is to wave your arm in the air, like if you had a real kitchen knife in your hand.... not to start laughing.