St0rMl0rD
-
Posts
148 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Posts posted by St0rMl0rD
-
-
18 hours ago, crumbs said:
Yeah, I spent nearly an hour trying to get tickets when the general sale went up, only for the website to crash. When it went back up, tickets were unavailable and you could only join a waiting list. I didn't bother (perhaps foolishly, because it seems some people here still got tickets via the waiting list, but who knows if they were particularly good seats).
I won't make the mistake again if JW decides to do another concert in Vienna. I'll just pay the membership for the early release tickets.
It took me 30 minutes of frantic refreshing 3 different browsers to get the two tickets, but once they rebooted the server, I had 40 seconds (ticket reservation time of 15 minutes) to enter my bank details and confirm the purchase, with 5 seconds left in the end...And this was in the members presale.
-
1 hour ago, Gurkensalat said:
Those seats were empty during the first half of the Sunday concert. I briefly contemplated switching to them in the last minute, but did not want to risk a disturbance. In the break some people took them switching from worse seats. I guess there was a group that could somehow not make it to the concert; I am sure those places were sold.
Oh man...Talk about missing out
-
They used close mics for basses as well, the Teldex mics - saw it up close when I checked them out.
-
11 hours ago, Maglorfin said:
In this topic, there has already been some speculation about WP seating on JW concerts and we had a good chat of our own with @Marian Schedenig so I decided to ask my friend who plays double bass in the orchestra (and also played in both JW concerts). He told me the following: I don't know, we always play in this [i.e. American] setup when we're touring and sometimes also in the Musikverein, depends on the programme/project. I think Williams didn't care about the setup we play in.
After Saturday's concert (which I attended), he also told me that the orchestra loved this project and working with JW who "was very nice to everybody" and that he - the bass player - rewatched E.T. before this project "to remember it all". He pointed out the unprecedented reaction of the public which, so he said, "we've never experienced before, regardless of either conductor or venue". They had three rehearsals with Johnny before Saturday. During the intermission I also spoke to percussionist Thomas Lechner (he played the timpani in JW concerts) whom I also met some 10 years ago and he told me basically the same thing - couldn't sing enough praise to the project. He told me he totally remembers how he cried at the end of E.T. when he was a kid and that being able to play all this music with the Maestro himself at the helm is (was) for him a huge privilege.
Slovenec! Pozdravljen
Cool that you know Iztok! Perhaps we'll meet next time then
-
48 minutes ago, Nagnes said:
The video doesn't work for me. And I did'nt have the time to download the original... Any way to get it from one of you who have grabbed it ?
Can you try again? Should work fine in VLC, I used Quicktime on macOS to capture it.
-
2 minutes ago, MaxTheHouseelf said:
Seems the video has already been deleted from their Facebook?!
Check one post above, I captured it
-
Aaaand it's gone lol...Good thing I screen captured it
-
- Popular Post
-
11 minutes ago, MaxTheHouseelf said:
Another great article:
https://soundtrackfest.com/en/articles/john-williams-vienna-2020-concert-summary/
Yeah, my friends wrote that, I gave them the info about the brass section wanting to play The Imperial March, so that info came from here
-
21 minutes ago, Holko said:
Sacher cake...
Dude, me and a girl were having the cake at the Sacher Cafe 2 hours before the concert, and I kid you not, she looks outside and say "is it snowing?" and surely enough, it was. If that's not magic, I don't know what is. The Universe came together this weekend.
-
-
-
10 hours ago, Martinland said:
...and now for something completely the same:
As time is passing, memories of the event(s) we witnessed seem, to me at least, to be more and more of a dream-like quality, making it hard for me to adjust to "normal" life. It doesn't help that each morning for the last three days I was recalling details of them during half-sleep.
It was a dream, that much is certain.
I'm in the same space. This weird state where I listened to the first two pieces of the concert on my headphones, and I immediately went "no no no, that's not what that's supposed to sound like...the sound is wrong and the dynamics are lacking". So strange, and I agree with you, the whole thing was a dream. -
- Popular Post
1 minute ago, Matthias said:You give the Nationalbibliothek some money for book conservation and get a fancy document in return:
You don't even get the original? pfff
- Jurassic Shark, Matthias and Biodome
-
3
-
45 minutes ago, crumbs said:
I wonder if he might detour via Bonn on the way home and visit Beethoven House?
Do NOT make me nervous, I live there and would go camping outside to meet him.
8 minutes ago, crumbs said:I could look at photos of JW touring overseas museums all year round!
It's so heartwarming seeing him outside the US and exploring unfamiliar lands (especially with the rich history that Europe holds).
He should just move over here if you ask me.
-
20 hours ago, Martinland said:
Haha, wow - so you are not going to wash/use your ears for weeks to come?
I too was absolutely not able to turn on the car radio on our journey back home (which I usually do for select nice classical and R&B stations from Vienna) and then, like more than 24 hours after the concert, yesterday I slowly began with a little bit of orchestral film music in the late afternoon... ...today I fell back to square one...
...BTW: I really tried to find you in the rows before us - even asked a guy if he is "stormlord", he laughed and replied that nobody has ever asked him this before, and no, he is from Ireland.
I might have seen you, oh well. Yeah, I can't listen to any music right now just yet, maybe later today and definitely back at it tomorrow - had to let the sound of the concert live in my ears and in my head a little bit longer. We just don't get this kind of multidimensional music experiences nowadays - no amplification, that orchestra, that music with that conductor, just doesn't exist. And it's to be treasured for lifetime.
-
16 minutes ago, Martinland said:
Oh my god - "Remembering Childhood" just came on on streamingsoundtracks while I was still jotting down fading memories of the concert and I am standing here in the living room kitchen right now, crying. oO
Ah, flying theme came on - getting myself together.
...I am definitely looking forward to the concert video on physical media - will be looking for our "little" daughter on there. Ahhh
Where were your seats, Martin? I was 6th row (altogether) on the left side, 6 meters away from him
-
15 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
Seriously, with a city full og potential stalkers (JWFans), I'd do the same!
It is true that most of the important historical / musical places are public, so yeah...But he could have rested at the hotel for a day or so, at least.
-
8 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:
He's fleeing from the Austrian critics.
And he forgot to feed his cat, Geörge Lücas.
Georg Lucat
Seriously though, after an incredible concert on Saturday, and just half a day later another one, he flies out of the country a few hours after? That seems way too rushed, hope he'll be fine.
-
- Popular Post
Just now, crumbs said:What the? So he travels all the way to Europe in good health for the first time in decades and just flies straight back to the US? That seems bizarre... he could live like a king and visit any number of countries for months, if he wanted. What's the rush to get back to the US?
Wörk wörk wörk gölf wörk -
- Popular Post
I'm still in shock. Recovering from what feels like a dream (not even listening to any music still), but what I can say is that a big thing about this concert was hearing what one of the best orchestras is able to do under John’s own guidance. Playing without amplification, with music going from players straight to you, gives it the maximum range of dynamics, emotional opportunities and the immense delivery of power. John’s music is incredibly dynamic, so an orchestra like Vienna Philharmonic emphasises this, under his direction, to deliver nuances ranging from gentlest tones to projection of raw power of percussion and brass that can blow you away and push you back in your seat. I’ve never heard anything like this in my life and there are no words to describe it, really. My idea of music, orchestras and emotional power live music can have, has been completely changed. And as a composer, even more so. Unreal.
- Tydirium, Matthias, BuzzLightyear and 4 others
-
7
-
- Popular Post
-
- Popular Post
Imperial March is the last piece in the encore. See you there, everyone!
- Biodome, Fabulin, MaxTheHouseelf and 1 other
-
4
-
Flying out now, on schedule! See you at the Musikverein, everyone!
John Williams & the Vienna Philharmonic: January 18/19 2020
in JOHN WILLIAMS
Posted
Amazing, thank you for that Marian!