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John Williams and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (November 10th, 2013)

Started by scissorhands, Feb 06 2013 10:22 PM

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#1 scissorhands

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Posted 06 February 2013 - 10:22 PM

Legendary composer John Williams and renowned violinist Gil Shaham join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to perform Williams’ lush and virtuosic Violin Concerto. The work is paired with selections from some of the composer's most memorable film scores, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-terrestrial and Lincoln, a 2013 Academy Award nominee for which the CSO and Chorus recorded the original soundtrack. This presentation will also be seen on non-subscription special presentations on November 8 and 9.

 

More information at cso.org

Press release of the CSO 2013/14 season.


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Posted 07 February 2013 - 03:27 AM

That's awesome it will be on TV!
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 05:59 AM

I wonder if this will include the concert version of With Malice Towards None?


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Posted 19 April 2013 - 02:31 PM

I'm seriously considering to attend these concerts. Any of you thinking the same?


"It's still baffling to me. I sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and do my best... The remarkable thing is that my music is heard by billions of people." --John Williams

"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 01:56 PM

FYI, single tickets for these concerts will start selling on June 7.


"It's still baffling to me. I sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and do my best... The remarkable thing is that my music is heard by billions of people." --John Williams

"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams

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Posted 15 May 2013 - 04:17 PM

It's a pity these concerts never get a recording. The CSO is one of the best orchestras in the world! Imagine, we would have had such wonderful renditions of Williams themes and concert works under the baton of the composer himself, for many more people to hear, from the CSO, the NYPO, the LA Philharmonic etc.


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 04:20 PM

I don't get why in 2013 every concert everywhere isn't recorded.


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 07:52 PM

I don't get why in 2013 every concert everywhere isn't recorded.

 

The list of reasons would contain many that have to deal with copyrights, licensing, and paying for the rights to record the music and release it in various formats. Pressing it to a CD, internet streaming, and video presentation are all different presentations and require different licenses, with different fees necessary for each. 

 

Not that they couldn't make their money back selling a CD of Williams with the Chicago Symphony (I'd buy it!), but fees are typically nonrefundable. If you pay ALL that money for the rights to record the concert, then somebody sneezes during a flute solo or something, that abnormality makes it a less-than-amazing recording. Groups like the CSO don't want to put out a sub-par recording, so paying all those fees and just betting/hoping the concert goes perfectly isn't really worth the risk.

 

Of course I'm sure there's other reasons, but that's a big one, and it affects everyone from big groups like the CSO to small community bands. 


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 07:57 PM

Well I didn't say they should all be released, but they should at least all be recorded, so someday you COULD release them were rights etc worked out.


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Posted 15 May 2013 - 08:04 PM

Oh, I'm sure it'll be recorded somehow. Getting that, on the other hand, would be difficult.

 

I once tried to get a recording of one of my own compositions from the Cleveland Orchestra that they had played on a 9/11 tribute, and it was more paperwork than adopting a set of twins. I also had to call a friend who knew somebody who knew somebody, etc.....and that was just for the recording of my own work, not the entire concert. Releasing their archival recordings like that could get them into similar legal issues, and sometimes they get a little paranoid about it (and rightfully so, I guess).

 

For one like this though, it would be wonderful if they would ever release it; the Chicago Symphony is certainly one of the greatest in the world. 


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