Ricard 2,245 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 On May 10, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Urbański performed a program including Holst's The Planets and a suite from Star Wars (Main Title, Luke and Leia, The Asteroid Field, The Imperial March, Cantina Band, The Forest Battle, The Throne Room and Finale), The concert was streamed live and is now available on YouTube (the Star Wars suite starts at 1:27:15) Program notes pdf (in German) Ludwig and Omen II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted May 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2018 I'm kinda freaking out right now... WHAT A SOUND! WHAT A PERFORMANCE! magnificent. Even the Imperial March sounded so fresh and powerful. And what about the Cantina Band, right??!?!!! I never heard a concert version that gets so real to the original. I didnt know that there is actually such an arrangement. Also, how nice to include Luke and Leia and The Forest Battle! And by the way, that's how I like filmmusic to be performed: no film clips, no light effects, no costumes, no stormtroopers, no silly presentation by the conductor or host... just the f****** glorious music. Ricard, Breadstick Basilisk, Brundlefly and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Elbphilharmonie. WHAT? toothless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 seriously, there ARE other languages than English. Look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, lemoncurd said: seriously, there are other languages than English. Look it up. I know there is french. Well I think! What is Elb... Elf? toothless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbphilharmonie it's the river Elbe. Bespin and fililando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 He is conducting all Williams' music without scores? Must be a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 There are several public broadcasters with magnificent orchestras in Germany, which most people aren't even aware of. The BR's orchestra once played excerpts from Star Wars and First Knight which also sounded exactly like the original performance. Impressive. PS: I didn't know Harrison Ford is playing the clarinet. Henry Sítrónu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Mortimer 43 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 That sounds better than orchestra in TFA and TLJ Henry Sítrónu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: There are several public broadcasters with magnificent orchestras in Germany, which most people aren't even aware of. yes, there are!!! 14 minutes ago, Darth Wanker said: That sounds better than orchestra in TFA and TLJ It does! A shame actually. Ricardo Mortimer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Well it's unfair to compare, this is one of the best halls in the world and TLJ is recorded in the studio. I prefer the latter ofcourse. I just heard Chicago symphony orchestra live playing JW in a very bad hall. It still sounded so much better than this, especially the brass section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,317 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Nothing from TFA or TLJ, and just a recycled encore of a track played literally 5 minutes prior? Pfft. Where's Rey's Theme? The Rebellion is Reborn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 these are great performances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 9 hours ago, hornist said: He is conducting all Williams' music without scores? Must be a fan. Urbanski is known to memorize scores so he can conduct without them, regardless og the composer. 21 hours ago, Ricard said: On May 10, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Urbański performed a program including Holst's The Planets and a suite from Star Wars (Main Title, Luke and Leia, The Asteroid Field, The Imperial March, Cantina Band, The Forest Battle, The Throne Room and Finale), The concert was streamed live and is now available on YouTube (The Star Wars suite starts at 1:27:15) Program notes pdf (in German) Great catch! This is the exact same program as Urbanski did with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in February, shortly after completing his seven years as chief conductor. You can listen to the whole concert here (available worldwide): https://radio.nrk.no/serie/paa-konsert-radio/MKKL16000818/22-02-2018 And here's my review of the concert (in Norwegian): http://celluloidtunes.no/planetane-og-star-wars-trondheim-symfoniorkester-dirigert-av-krzysztof-urbanski/ Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 When you guys find videos or radio broadcasts of concerts with film music, please post them in this thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Damn, I can't watch it! I wonder, is it like that just for me due to some regional restrictions or whatever, or is it completely gone from YouTube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted May 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2018 Try this link Ricard, SteveMc and Maglorfin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Excellent, it works! Thank you very much, Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 It seems to be the original video without the intermission interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediwashington 59 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 So many great things about this performance. First off, I'm yet to hear recordings in this new hall, but it sounds gorgeous. Perfect reverb for orchestral playing. Need to go see something there for sure! What caught me off guard was how fresh this sounds with the antiphonal second violin seating. I love this set up in the strings because it brings so much warmth to the orchestra placing basses and celli more center. I wish Williams used it more often - it's almost standard with most conductors now. It does bring down the brilliance of the seconds and violins in general (since he does a lot of unison I-II writing and play between the two parts), but it's refreshing to have the celli more present in the center and to have more delineation between the I and II Violins. Williams usually orchestrates really bright anyway (usually to cut through sound effects), so it seems appropriate to do whatever you can to bring it back to center. In general, aside from the nearly flawless playing (I love most European and Japanese groups...), I appreciate the more Mahler lyrical approach to Williams music. There seems to be this tendency with most groups to treat Williams as a percussive composer and put a front edge on everything and treat all his accents (particularly in the brass) the same way. Urbańsk does a nice job varying the accents and pulling as much legato out of the orchestra as he can, even lengthening final notes so the chords can speak a little more clearly, and drawing some gorgeous lines in those schmaltzy unison string sections. I really like the interpretation, aside from a few tempi that are a few clicks too slow for my taste. The only exception is the slower approach to "Luke and Leia," which was stunning. Bravi! Miguel Andrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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