Matt S.

I remember there was an episode of Evening at Pops in 1996 where they performed several selections from the Summon the Heroes album, including Javelin by Michael Torke, The Olympic Hymn by Leonard Bernstein, and of course Summon the Heroes. Unfortunately I don’t recall if they also played one of the Vangelis selections, but that would be a good place to look if you can find it.

Yes but the CD was filled out with encores ASM played after the concerto, and at a separate concert the next day. Just wondering if Ax will do the same….

I really hope the Piano Concerto gets recorded at these concerts! I’m not sure what they would round out the album with though, unless Ax performs encores each night like ASM did for her concerto and they use those?

I would think it would’ve been the Gil Shaham / Boston Symphony recording, since that was released on DG like No. 2.

The recording engineers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should!

I was hoping they would do it like with the second violin concerto; i.e. premiere it at Tanglewood, do some revisions and then record it at Symphony Hall in the fall…

I’ve seen the first Home Alone LTP twice now, and both times Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas was performed as an encore after the end credits.

Wonderful news! And it’s nice to see it still pop up in the occasional live concert this many years later. I saw it at Tanglewood with Morgan Freeman doing the narration in the not-too-distant past (maybe 10 or 15 years ago, I don’t recall exactly). I’m delighted to see the full suite included as a bonus track, since it really is an altogether different experience than just listening to the score. Also, funnily enough, my first thought these days whenever I see the announcement of a new JW release is that I can’t wait to hear Mike M. talk about it on the podcast with Maurizio and Tim! I look forward to those as much as I do the music!

I know you said there were too many titles to include Star Wars, but I definitely think you should keep it to theatrical movies and include Rogue One and Solo. I say that because while I voted for Goblet of Fire, I would have chosen Rogue One had it been included.

I love how the chapter titles are taken from track titles used over the years 🤩

A great show as always! Orchestra sounded wonderful, a few minor flubs here and there but nothing a normal person would even notice 😂

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! 🎄

M*A*S*H did an episode that explained this perfectly