'Music for Brass': New Williams work for Brass Ensemble

[Joe Brausam 230]

On Thursday June 12th, brass players from many of the major orchestras in the US (Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, San Francisco, L.A., Detroit,many Chicago's orchestras are all represented) will gather in California as the "National Brass Ensemble" to perform a concert of music by the renaissance composer Gabrielli, which is exciting on it's own!

How does this relate to us? Apparently John Williams was commissioned to write a new work for brass especially for this occasion. I believe this performance is supposed to be recorded as well. This ought to be incredible. Check out the link!

http://gmc.sonoma.edu/event/2170779-national-brass-ensemble-in-concert

[Miguel Andrade 1,584]

This is just awesome

[A24 4,853]

I long for the time when recordings actually ended up on CDs.

[Incanus 5,858]

I long for the time when recordings actually ended up on CDs.

It is way too expensive. And who doesn't love live recordings where people cough and clear their throats and make irritating noises at the most inopportune times?

[Thor 9,312]

Intriguing! No big brass fan, but I'm always delighted for a new Williams piece, no matter what.

[Jilal 628]

I long for the time when recordings actually ended up on CDs.

It is way too expensive. And who doesn't love live recordings where people cough and clear their throats and make irritating noises at the most inopportune times?

That's part of the experience, Incanus .

It's one thing popular music listeners mostly don't have to deal with, except when the music isn't electronically amplified, or really soft. But then again, they have to deal with screams from teenage girls, the alluring scent of fresh perspiration (or antiperspirant, for that matter), etc.

[Joe Brausam 230]

The Gabrielli music they're doing is just as incredible, if no one's ever heard the album "The Antiphonal Gabrielli" it's really worth checking out.

[Tom 5,731]

I hope they have given him leeway to create a longer, concert-style piece, instead of just a short fanfare. But anything is better than nothing.

[King Mark 3,848]

cool, looks like a new fanfare!

[indy4 159]

I just bought a ticket!

[Sharkissimo 1,976]

Hope it's not another bloody Americana fanfare. A chorale would be nice.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

You know it will be.

[indy4 159]

A non-fanfare piece would be a nice change, but I think JW's recent fanfares have been very diverse and original. Fenway, For the President's Own are both very interesting approaches IMO

Whatever it is, I just hope it's longer than 5 minutes

[Incanus 5,858]

10 hour Fantasia for Brass and even more Brass?

[Tom 5,731]

The vast majority of his fanfares, if not all of them, are written for a celebratory occasion. The details on this one are sketchy but it does not seem as event-driven. Given this, plus the fact that every member of the ensemble is a top person in the field, I could see Williams going for something a little different than a straight fanfare.

Then it again, all of this is pure speculation, so who knows?

[King Mark 3,848]

I'd really like a full concert version of the "Japanese Fan Club" theme

[Hlao-roo 390]

I want a JWFAN theme.

[King Mark 3,848]

yeah, how come they got a theme and not us

Actually I want a full score complete with King Mark's March

[Sharkissimo 1,976]

I want a JWFAN theme.

It would only be ridiculed by gk, pubs and Blume.

[King Mark 3,848]

JW would make an album of the JWfan score, and the rest of our lives would be dedicated to find the unreleased music

[Incanus 5,858]

JW would make an album of the JWfan score, and the rest of our lives would be dedicated to find the unreleased music

The music would be scattered on several JWFan based video games and extended editions, Blu-rays and Laserdiscs to keep us busy for years, often in partial form or alternate takes, not the full messageboard versions.

[Little Ghost 7,988]

That would be cruel irony, the full score for JWfan, is inaccessible to JWfanners.

[Incanus 5,858]

That would be cruel irony, the full score for JWfan, is inaccessible to JWfanners.

But wouldn't that be so like John Williams?

I can already imagine Laurent Bouzereau producing it and putting this in liner notes: John Williams, the master dramatist, has finally composed a score for his dedicated fan network, building an architecture of exquisite themes for each major member of the fandom in the process. These magnificent themes and motific identifications performed by the glorious London Symphony Orchestra are now recorded and produced into a massive 10 hour opera of colour, magic and enchantment. But John Williams taught me that you don't have to hear any of the music to enjoy it so we compiled this special "nothing" for all the JWfan.com to enjoy while we store the digital sessions into a vault in Nevada that could withstand a nuclear blast and simply let them date and gather mold in the cold darkness. That is the genius of letting me produce these things.

[Maurizio 6,047]

From JoAnn Kane Music Service twitter:

https://twitter.com/JKMSlibrary/status/466633575492632577/photo/1

[Jay 43,032]

Ooooh! Neat!

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

Pulling an Elgar... that hack!

[Quintus 5,773]

Yes, which if true could mean this is a lovely warm brass tribute. Which John excels in.

[Incanus 5,858]

I wonder if Williams will weave musical in-jokes for his friends into this piece like Elgar did with his Enigma Variations.

[Quintus 5,773]

Is John still friends with Yoda?

[Thor 9,312]

I want it already! The pile of unrecorded Williams pieces is....well, piling up.

[King Mark 3,848]

Well, we did fill a lot of gaps in recent years, but I hope this one is released right away

[Maurizio 6,047]

A recording by the National Brass Ensemble is already planned:

The residency concludes at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, where the Ensemble will record a commercial CD including brass arrangements from Gabrieli's Sacrae symphoniae and the recording premiere of Williams' new composition.

http://gmc.sonoma.edu/event/2170779-national-brass-ensemble-in-concert

[King Mark 3,848]

Great

[Incanus 5,858]

Is John still friends with Yoda?

John Williams is Yoda. Just check out my signature. Lucas stole all the Force philosophy from Williams, obviously.

[Tom 5,731]

Shouldn't an announcement of this be on the main page?

[Ricard 2,380]

Yes, I'm gathering all the necessary information and will post it over the weekend.

[Tom 5,731]

Excellent! Hopefully a member can attend the concert and give to us a report.

[indy4 159]

I'll be there!

[Tom 5,731]

I look forward to your report. I have high hopes that this is a longer, concert-hall type piece, but I welcome any new Williams piece.

[Incanus 5,858]

I look forward to your report.

Ditto! John Williams knows the performers relatively well (especially the brass players of Boston Symphony Orchestra) so I think the audience will be in for a treat!

[King Mark 3,848]

Any new info?

[Not Mr. Big 4,834]

Is this the "Something Exciting" thing Jay mentioned?

[King Mark 3,848]

it would be exciting if JWfan got an exclusive recording of it

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

It would be a miracle to get a recording of this and the rumored piano/orchestra piece at all, exclusive or not.

[Tom 5,731]

Given the press announcement for the brass piece, I would say a recording and release of this piece is close to certain. As for the other piece, we will have to wait and see even the performance details. However, a concert piano/orchestra piece by Williams is a sort of holy grail for me. I hope that press release is accurate.

[indy4 159]

this is really great...we have at least 3 new JW works where we could get recordings any day now. Conversations, this brass piece and now the piano/orchestra scherzo. I think we're in a Golden Age of JW concert music.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

The first is a definite go for recording though, right? Isn't that what the whole Kickstarter thing was about?

[indy4 159]

Yeah, but we don't know when that'll be released

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

Figures.

[Miguel Andrade 1,584]

Yeah, but we don't know when that'll be released

2015. Spring I believe.