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#1 Miguel Andrade

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:53 AM

WAMC recorded a 15 minute interview with John Williams yesterday, before the annual "Tanglewood on Parade" concert.
You can check it here.
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:53 AM

Thank you for posting this Miguel. A nice remembrance of Hamlisch and a lovely interview in other respects.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 05:50 AM

ah I though he was that guy who stole JW's Oscar for Superman, but I'm thinking of some other guy

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:11 AM

Thanks for posting!
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:40 PM

Lovely interview. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:16 PM

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!

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:20 PM

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.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:39 PM


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...

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:51 PM

It's obviously the Tintin Concert Arrangement!
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 05:08 PM



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.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:36 PM




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.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 08:49 PM

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 :D
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Posted 08 August 2012 - 08:56 PM

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 03:26 AM





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. :D

Man I would have loved to hear Sir Francis and the Unicorn played live! Its one of my favourite Williams pieces in recent years.

Ars superior est vita hominum.

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I think music is a stream of some kind. It could be blood. It could be water. It could be ether. Whatever it is it seems to be a living, organic force that’s in motion, that serves humanity and is part of humanity and part of what describes us as humans. We sing, play, dance, all the things that we do. And there is a vibrant and great literature we have been given. ... As musicians, we join the stream. We swim in the stream with all the other millions of music makers. It’s a life force, a strong one, surrounding us and we are part of it. -John Williams-

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 03:35 AM

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!
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:48 AM

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.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 08:25 AM


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!

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 01:50 PM

A really warm rememberance of Hamlish from Williams there.

His voice is sometimes like his music. Soothing.

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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:26 PM

A really warm rememberance of Hamlish from Williams there.

His voice is sometimes like his music. Soothing.


Couldn't agree more with both statements ;)
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 10:25 AM

Was the concert broadcast ... if so did anyone record this ? thanks!

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 08:42 PM

http://www.wgbh.org/...On-Parade-40665

The Tintin tracks being at 82:40.

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 09:50 PM

Wow that performance was lathargic, plus it had a plethora of missed notes.
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