Miguel Andrade 1,584 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 WAMC recorded a 15 minute interview with John Williams yesterday, before the annual "Tanglewood on Parade" concert.You can check it here.
Incanus 5,858 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Thank you for posting this Miguel. A nice remembrance of Hamlisch and a lovely interview in other respects.
King Mark 3,837 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 ah I though he was that guy who stole JW's Oscar for Superman, but I'm thinking of some other guy
Hedwig 5 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!
Incanus 5,858 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!I think it is The Adventure Continues since that has been his usual selection in the past few concerts that featured music from Tintin.
Hedwig 5 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!I think it is The Adventure Continues since that has been his usual selection in the past few concerts that featured music from Tintin.I'm may wrong but I thought Williams played The Adventure Continues with them already? So I thought we'd get to hear something other than that? I'm probably imagining things lol...
Muad'Dib 1,954 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 It's obviously the Tintin Concert Arrangement!
Incanus 5,858 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!I think it is The Adventure Continues since that has been his usual selection in the past few concerts that featured music from Tintin.I'm may wrong but I thought Williams played The Adventure Continues with them already? So I thought we'd get to hear something other than that? I'm probably imagining things lol...It was The Adventure Continues, and it seems Williams has renamed it in the concert form as The Duel. Programme of Tanglewood on Parade.And Williams was obviously refering to the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra which comprises of students of the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony's summer institute for young professional musicians, who have probably not played this music before.
chinaismine 64 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!I think it is The Adventure Continues since that has been his usual selection in the past few concerts that featured music from Tintin.I'm may wrong but I thought Williams played The Adventure Continues with them already? So I thought we'd get to hear something other than that? I'm probably imagining things lol...It was The Adventure Continues, and it seems Williams has renamed it in the concert form as The Duel. Programme of Tanglewood on Parade.And Williams was obviously refering to the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra which comprises of students of the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony's summer institute for young professional musicians, who have probably not played this music before.The program listed online is incomplete. In addition to Close Encounters and "The Duel" (interesting note - since the last performance of this piece in Boston, Williams added a sustained brass note through the first false ending, presumably to keep the audience from clapping) Williams conducted "The Sea Battle", aka Sir Francis and the Unicorn. All the Williams pieces were perfomed by the Boston Pops.
Muad'Dib 1,954 Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 The program listed online is incomplete. In addition to Close Encounters and "The Duel" (interesting note - since the last performance of this piece in Boston, Williams added a sustained brass note through the first false ending, presumably to keep the audience from clapping) Williams conducted "The Sea Battle", aka Sir Francis and the Unicorn. All the Williams pieces were perfomed by the Boston Pops.Whoa!!! He did Sir Francis and The Unicorn?? Holy amazingness, that is fantastic! I hope a video of that performance will come up eventually
Incanus 5,858 Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I wonder what part of Tintin they were talking about that is new to the orchestra? Great interview though, he has such a soothing voice haha!I think it is The Adventure Continues since that has been his usual selection in the past few concerts that featured music from Tintin.I'm may wrong but I thought Williams played The Adventure Continues with them already? So I thought we'd get to hear something other than that? I'm probably imagining things lol...It was The Adventure Continues, and it seems Williams has renamed it in the concert form as The Duel. Programme of Tanglewood on Parade.And Williams was obviously refering to the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra which comprises of students of the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony's summer institute for young professional musicians, who have probably not played this music before.The program listed online is incomplete. In addition to Close Encounters and "The Duel" (interesting note - since the last performance of this piece in Boston, Williams added a sustained brass note through the first false ending, presumably to keep the audience from clapping) Williams conducted "The Sea Battle", aka Sir Francis and the Unicorn. All the Williams pieces were perfomed by the Boston Pops.Well I am glad to be proven wrong in this case. And that piece must have been new to the Boston Pops. Man I would have loved to hear Sir Francis and the Unicorn played live! Its one of my favourite Williams pieces in recent years.
Muad'Dib 1,954 Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Could you provide a little more detail into the performance of The Sea Battle? Was is just like the OST version or were there any significant changes?Thanks in advance!
chinaismine 64 Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Could you provide a little more detail into the performance of The Sea Battle? Was is just like the OST version or were there any significant changes?Thanks in advance!It was edited from the OST version, though I don't think I heard any new material. It sounded to me like an abridged version of the original.
Hedwig 5 Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Could you provide a little more detail into the performance of The Sea Battle? Was is just like the OST version or were there any significant changes?Thanks in advance!It was edited from the OST version, though I don't think I heard any new material. It sounded to me like an abridged version of the original.How awsome was it?? Did the orchestra do the piece justice? As usuall there is some difficult brass writing from Williams.... Awww man I would love to hear it. Thanks!
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,055 Posted August 10, 2012 Posted August 10, 2012 A really warm rememberance of Hamlish from Williams there.His voice is sometimes like his music. Soothing.
Miguel Andrade 1,584 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Posted August 11, 2012 A really warm rememberance of Hamlish from Williams there.His voice is sometimes like his music. Soothing.Couldn't agree more with both statements
films 0 Posted August 12, 2012 Posted August 12, 2012 Was the concert broadcast ... if so did anyone record this ? thanks!
KingPin 238 Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 http://www.wgbh.org/programs/The-Boston-Symphony-Orchestra-in-Concert-1641/episodes/Tanglewood-On-Parade-40665The Tintin tracks being at 82:40. Director of Poltergeist 1
Not Mr. Big 4,831 Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 Wow that performance was lathargic, plus it had a plethora of missed notes.
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