Remco 685 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra would never ever have JW conduct the orchestra. Hell, I don’t even think they’ve ever played a little piece by him. They once did a film music program I believe, but it was only music from the Golden Age. They will have a new leadership soon so who knows what that will change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 14 hours ago, Remco said: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra would never ever have JW conduct the orchestra. Hell, I don’t even think they’ve ever played a little piece by him. They once did a film music program I believe, but it was only music from the Golden Age. They will have a new leadership soon so who knows what that will change... RC would be too conservative an ensemble? Wouldn’t Wiener Phil be even more stuck-up, though? Didn’t they refuse to allow female musicians until basically a few years ago or something? Makes me wonder what these cultural pillars must think of the LSO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Bayesian said: Didn’t they refuse to allow female musicians until basically a few years ago or something? The orchestra's Wiki makes for interesting reading!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Philharmonic#Controversies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remco 685 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 16 hours ago, Bayesian said: RC would be too conservative an ensemble? Wouldn’t Wiener Phil be even more stuck-up, though? Didn’t they refuse to allow female musicians until basically a few years ago or something? Makes me wonder what these cultural pillars must think of the LSO. That is a different issue altogether I think. But when it comes to programming and such, the RCO will only ever perform ‘high art’. There’s no reason for them to change that policy because that’s what their snobistic audience expects and they have enough money anyway. Besides that, we already have many excellent orchestras that play ‘entertainment’ concerts in the same hall, so there is sort of enough of that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 3:47 AM, crumbs said: Has he ever conducted in Vienna No. On 9/7/2019 at 3:47 AM, crumbs said: or even visited Austria? Not that we know at least. On 9/8/2019 at 12:10 AM, Bayesian said: Wouldn’t Wiener Phil be even more stuck-up, though? Didn’t they refuse to allow female musicians until basically a few years ago or something? Except on the harp, but she usually wasn't included in official group photos of the orchestra. Anyway, I've finally found some time to start going through my photos. Here are some shots from Tanglewood. Excuse the blurry Williams shots, the Shed was a bit dark for my travel zoom lens. Tanglewood looks rather like Hogwarts... The Koussevitzky bust commissioned by Williams. John Williams in his natural habitat. A dendrophile's dream. People queuing for lawn seats. The Koussevitzky shed a few hours... ...and one hour before the concert. SteveMc, Disco Stu, pete and 9 others 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Nice photos, Marian. It's a beautiful place, I can understand why he keeps coming back. Trees galore! crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Thor said: It's a beautiful place, I can understand why he keeps coming back. Absolutely. One thing I was wondering while wandering (hem) the grounds: Do we know where Williams lives when he's "staying at Tanglewood" during the summertime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Absolutely. One thing I was wondering while wandering (hem) the grounds: Do we know where Williams lives when he's "staying at Tanglewood" during the summertime? Not exactly, but I've read one interview where he speaks of a cabin that his wife Samantha owns "up in the Berkshire mountains". I assume that's pretty close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Yea there's a huge number of places that describes he could live that's a half hour drive or so from Tanglewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 From what I've gathered in the (recent) past he stays on a rather expensive place some minutes away from Lenox. I know I have that info somewhere, just need to look for it. Williams and his wife have in fact a couple other places, outside LA, but to the best of my knowledge, none in the Berkshires. @Marian Schedenig Those pictures are just terrific! crumbs and Marian Schedenig 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Miguel Andrade said: From what I've gathered in the (recent) past he stays on a rather expensive place some minutes away from Lenox. I know I have that info somewhere, just need to look for it. Williams and his wife have in fact a couple other places, outside LA, but to the best of my knowledge, none in the Berkshires. Yes, they do (or rather she does). He talked about it in an interview. Unfortunately, I lost all my interview quotes in the harddisk crash a year ago, but I'll see if I can retrieve the quote in question. Jay, do you have the link to the John Williams interview thread again? I need to go through it anyway, to try and retrieve the interesting quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Miguel Andrade said: From what I've gathered in the (recent) past he stays on a rather expensive place some minutes away from Lenox. I think it's either the Hampton Terrace (because he has a quotation on that page thanking them for their hospitality) - that is in Lenox near the main street - about 30 mins walk from TW; or Blantyre (which the The Telegraph says he has stayed there) and is more high end and probably more like a 60 min walk. (Of course JW probably is driven in any case.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 10 hours ago, lairdo said: I think it's either the Hampton Terrace (because he has a quotation on that page thanking them for their hospitality) - that is in Lenox near the main street - about 30 mins walk from TW; or Blantyre (which the The Telegraph says he has stayed there) and is more high end and probably more like a 60 min walk. (Of course JW probably is driven in any case.) Blantyre it is: http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/11/john_williams_celebrating_30_years_with_the_boston_pops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 9/10/2019 at 10:43 PM, Marian Schedenig said: John Williams in his natural habitat. Awesome, a John Williams Brickheadz Did you design it, Marian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, Romão said: Awesome, a John Williams Brickheadz Wait, isn't that the real deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 7 hours ago, Romão said: Awesome, a John Williams Brickheadz Did you design it, Marian? Yes. I'm still not entirely happy with the (trick!) turtleneck, and I want to try a slightly different shape for the beard, but I couldn't find two 2x2 triangular plates among my spare bricks. The mustache is quite accurate I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 38 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Yes. I'm still not entirely happy with the (trick!) turtleneck, and I want to try a slightly different shape for the beard, but I couldn't find two 2x2 triangular plates among my spare bricks. The mustache is quite accurate I think. I really need one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 22 minutes ago, Miguel Andrade said: I really need one of those At some point I'll try to create building instructions. I still have to make a Goldsmith one, too. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: At some point I'll try to create building instructions. I still have to make a Goldsmith one, too. Yes! Please!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timo Martikainen 127 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Starts in 30 minutes... Falstaft and Will 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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