Damien F 1,742 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I've just discovered two concerts of Williams music in Dublin which may be of interest for those living near this part of the world: A Night of John Williams Music (in Tribute to Nicole Fischer) 20-05-2018 20:00 Conducted by David Brophy No idea who Nicole Fischer was so I Googled her and she was a member of the orchestra who died suddenly recently. Not sure how it related to JW. Maybe she was a fan. Anyway, I saw David Brophy conducting film music a few years ago. He is clearly a big movie and score fan and had a lot of little anecdotes about the various films during the concert. I presume it will be the same this time https://www.nch.ie/Online/RTECO-a-Tribute-to-Nicole-Fischer-20May18 Superman: A John Williams Celebration 22-06-2018 19:30 Conducted by Richard Kaufman Having just seen Kaufman in Chicago, I didn't expect to be seeing in Dublin so soon. https://www.nch.ie/Online/RTENSO-John-Williams-22Jun18 Set lists are in both links. I'll be attending both. Looking forward to hearing The Lost World in the first concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien F 1,742 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 I saw the first concert this evening. David Brophy is a conductor who really gets the best out of the orchestra when it comes to film music. I noticed a few iffy notes from the brass section during Jaws and Jurassic Park, but overall the orchestra performance was powerful and exciting. The Lost World in particular was thrilling, especially the thunderous percussion. It was my first time seeing that being performed live and I'm delighted that the orchestra absolutely knocked it out of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 So the second concert is titled Superman, but they'll play music from many different John Williams scores, not just Superman. So the implication with that title is that John Williams, himself, IS Superman?? Nice to finally have that acknowledged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Maybe he corresponds to the idea of the Superman as posed by Nietzsche? Do we know if JW has an Aryan background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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