Miguel Andrade

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.

WILLIAMS IN LONDON 1996 Press gathering sometime before June 1996 at Watford Town Hall, with the Pro Arte Orchestra, presenting "Summon the Heroes" (source Classic CD magazine #74, June 1996) June 21st, at the Royal Academy of Music with the RAM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Judith LeClaire solo bassoon on the Bassoon Concerto "The Five Sacred Trees" (https://johnwilliams.org/reference/bibliography/1996/harris) June 26th, 28th and 30th, at the Barbican, with the London Symphony (source, concert flyer) -- note the dates added, missing from the post by @QuartalHarmony post. The June 30th performance was the one broadcast, hence the one everyone is likely to know about.

The whole album "Remembering with Marjorie Lee" was arranged by Williams, with his quintet performing. The actual CD release only states the year of the recording, being 1957 as mentioned on the post above, though no further info regarding month/day or venue is included.

That was the evening I wish I was there 😍

Williams did conduct the Boston Pops on tour in LA at the Bowl, around 1978 and/or 79, filling it for an ailing Arthur Fiedler. During the late 70's he started doing a lot more of public conducting, both in LA and in the UK. He appeared at Filmharmonic a few times. Before that he surely had done some public performing (in his teens he had a band and during his time in New York he played in clubs with Vic Damone and others, including the prestigious Copacabana), but it was cut down has he become more engaged with the Hollywood studios work. He also did some band directing in Las Vegas, in the late 50's or early 60's. There was a concert, in the early 60's that featured his music from Checkmate, I think at the Hollywood Bowl, but I can't recall right now if he was one of the conductors.

Yes, CRB on demand files usually remain online for about a month.

That one is Keisuke Wakao, principal of the BSO and to whom Williams wrote his Oboe Concerto.

CRB last streamed it in the mid 2010's. I want to say that the 2017 one was already streamed on another station. BSONow is operated by BSO so they can stream their own performances as they understand.

CBR does not hold the rights for recording/broadcast of Tanglewood on Parade.

The video is obviously archived, just like the audio. We get some video excerpts of many of these concerts on social media. Regarding the Bernstein example: a) Bernstein had everything recorded. The Tanglewood appearances were done in conjunction with WCRB, but only licensed for a single broadcast. The 2012 75 anniversary project, featuring 75 recordings from the BSO archives, most of them from radio broadcasts, included two Bernstein conducted performances that were available for just a couple of months, as the primary rights older is Deutsch Gammophone; b) the 1990 concert wasn't an unexpected last concert, much the opposite. The premiere of the orchestral (with soloists) version of Arias and Barcarolles had to be conducted by then BSO assistant Carl St. Clair, with Bernstein conducting the Britten and Beethoven only. During the latter he stopped a few times as he lacked the strength but his beloved BSO kept on playing and the old conductor would pick up a few bars later... The Britten was a deliberate choice has he gave the US premiere decades earlier at Tanglewood of Peter Grimes, the opera from which derive the Four Sea Interludes. That early career premiere was a landmark for Bernstein and having this performed on what was feared to be his last Tanglewood appearance kind of made things come full circle, c) Bernstein had been very ill for a few years and in 1990 everyone was well aware the end was very close, even though he was only 72. Bernstein lived a very busy life, with little rest and way too much smoking. Having special care with the program of that final concert was the result of a sad but very educated guess. As for having it recorded, for at least a decade, as mentioned above, his contract always demanded the performance to be recorded.

Not necessary, but the usual practice with the BSO.

Why would you expect a Blu-ray. Williams returns to Tanglewood every year and whenever there are plans for video recording, those are known in advance (like the 75th Tanglewood anniversary gala, the Bernstein centennial gala and Williams' Violin Concerto premiere).

Listening to the radio broadcast and the performance has been delayed a few minutes to allow those caught in traffic to arrive.

Current program on the website

I'm sure it's not just a decision on Naxos part, but also what Slatkin wanted most to record (or record again). The first concerto was the Horn, back then without a commercial release available, and was recorded prior to Slatkin becoming the DSO music director. It was part of a recorded for broadcast concert with him as guest conductor, during the period the orchestra was still deciding on his next director. That one become the first release on what was supposed to be a full cycle of Williams Concerti with the DSO under Slatkin during his tenure, which has since come to an end.

This was recorded some six years ago, and the recorded performance had some bad mistakes on it, being done live and all (as with all the releases on this project). Unless they had some post concert sessions to fix some problems, this is hardly the most inspired performance of the piece, live or otherwise. There are also recordings still pending release of both the Flute and Obor concertos.

Williams also played in some tracks of Sinatra's 1958 album "Only the Lonely". Later on, Williams did conduct for him members of the New York Philharmonic on a special gala in the early 80's.

I'm sure I'll go through the same ordeal when the vinyl is shipped. Nevertheless, here in Portugal I can press a complain and ask for a refund of the already paid taxes.

Well, I ended up getting the disc for a rather fair price in the end, so I feel fine with it.

That did cross my mind, but I wanted the CD for myself, not for my school 😉 Also, these discs have often been reissued by Altissimo.

I've contacted them in the past and had no luck getting a copy of their Bernstein album. I eventually got a copy over at discogs. They would only send (for free) to libraries or schools, even foreign ones, but not to individual collectors. I had better luck with the Coast Guard Band, who very kindly sent me their Williams 2-CD set for free (I even offered to pay shipping or whatever was necessary, but they sent it completely free).

The live version is the 2-CD set with the complete program, including applause and the Williams' introductions.

As I'm finishing Philip Roth's magnificent 1000+ pages long bio, I too hope this one won't be limited to a 300 page one.

Yes, I can confirm that Discogs takes care of the import taxes for us. As for Disney, it makes little sense to pay taxes twice... But I guess that the Mouse needs its profit at any cost...