Miguel Andrade

Not at all. The Williams concerto is being written for Emanuel Ax.

Yes, and that was also released on vinyl, contrary to what is stated on the press release.

Unlike what is said on the press release, this was available on both CD and vinyl in the late 80s, retitled to "The John Williams Band Plays the Music of Harold Arlen".

I don't think this was ever posted in complete form. The black and white files, as far as I remember the story, came from a ntsc to pal transfer. During the transfer the colour info was discarded.

Regarding concerts/events Williams attended, he was part of the Bowl welcoming event of Gustavo Dudamel. I think I have video grabs of that one on some back up disc. https://www.laphil.com/press/releases/967 He attended Dudamel 's 1st season opening concert that featured the premiere of Adams' City Noir and Mahler's Titan at Disney Hall. He can be seen in the audience very briefly on the DG DVD release. I also remember that someone saw him at the premiere of Goldenthal's opera Grendel (maybe someone at FSM boards).

This new special edition is listed on Discogs for about a week now: https://www.discogs.com/release/28266385-John-Williams-John-Williams-Live-in-Vienna-SPECIAL-EDITION-2023

Actually, it was the other Stern, Michael. Ma played indeed Haydn's 1st Cello Concerto, along with Williams' Heartwood. The encores were Rosewood and Pickin, from the three solo pieces. The program also included Bernstein's On the Waterfront and ended with Respighi's Pines of Rome. What a line up...

Was it at Tanglewood? Then the conductor was Eric Stern.

I ordered my CD at the time it was available again for the first time, around mid August.

In the meantime I did get a shipping notice for the CD order.

Same here. Though the shipping date is in another week... At least that's what reads when I log in.

Stargazers was premiered during Ann Hobson-Pilot's final season with the BSO, on May 2009.

As far as I know, the suite was performed only once before, at Tanglewood, and instead of Flying, the third movement was Adventures on Earth.

That's the one.

The Ramin arrangement has been the Boston Pops repertoire for ages.

That's not a lady, it's Seiji Ozawa. He had cancer some years ago, and since then, even after beating it, his health has been declining.

If this was in Europe I would be sure, but since this is happening in Japan, maybe we have a very slim chance they release it physically over there. Still, not holding my breath on that.

Got my shipping notice.

So much stuff is recorded these days and does not gets a physical release...

Yes, right. I was messing up the dates already, sorry.

I think it might be the September 5th, the DG Gala concert.

The September 9 concert is being recorded in video and made available through DG's Stage+

Yes, same thing here.

Schindler's List and Sabrina.

Yes, can't see that happen, as cool as it would be to have Williams at Salzburg. At least, having his Violin Concerto performed there, at such a revered festival, is quite something. Unfortunately I won't be able to travel much this summer, otherwise I would love to be there, independent of Williams himself being present.