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Much love to John Williams! No wonder why he didn't attend the Grammy Awards ceremony. It's full of a lot of shiny folks with big egos, who push the society to downfall and foolishness.

Mark is a musician too, like his younger brother Joseph. Played drums with Air Supply in the 80s, and has released a few solo albums, both as himself and with the band Lionel's Dad (Lionel is his son, also a musician, but not actually part of the band). Most of it in a soft rock style.

Looks like a nice, low-key celebration. Apparently Warwick Davis was in attendance and taking pictures.

@TownerFan made a new video
 
 

Happy birthday, young man!  Hoping for many more new works from you in the years to come!

Happy birthday, young man!  Hoping for many more new works from you in the years to come!

You know what's even crazier?  That I've been a member of this forum for 17 years!  WTF??!?!

You know what's even crazier?  That I've been a member of this forum for 17 years!  WTF??!?!

This was incredibly beautiful!  I listen to a lot of music all the time but this was something I listened to twice in a row, something I never do.  This mix is very problematic though, so I remastered it (attached) but definitely needs a real, pro level recording...it's just gorgeous!  I don't like how close the clarinet mic was but at least it's listenable now.  Anyway, I love this work.  Might just be my favorite of his concerti.  I find it mystical, exotic, lyrical, concise, engaging, colorful.  What can I say...I'm a fan.  
 
 
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This was incredibly beautiful!  I listen to a lot of music all the time but this was something I listened to twice in a row, something I never do.  This mix is very problematic though, so I remastered it (attached) but definitely needs a real, pro level recording...it's just gorgeous!  I don't like how close the clarinet mic was but at least it's listenable now.  Anyway, I love this work.  Might just be my favorite of his concerti.  I find it mystical, exotic, lyrical, concise, engaging, colorful.  What can I say...I'm a fan.  
 
 
JW CC start.mp3

JOHN BRUCE YEH PERFORMS MIDWEST PREMIERE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' CONCERTO FOR CLARINET   On Monday February 5 at 7.30pm Central Time, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL, clarinetist John Bruce Yeh will perform the Midwest premiere of John Williams' Clarinet Concerto with the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emanuele Andrizzi. The program also features music by Timothy Corpus and Howard Hanson. More info at roosevelt.edu/events/ccpa-symphony-orchestra-concert-2   Free performance––no reservations required. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z2NaXuPU2Zk   In addition to be on Artist Faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, John Yeh is Assistant Principal Clarinet and Solo Eb Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and performed in several live concerts conducted by John Williams in the city.   Williams' Clarinet Concerto premiered in 1991 and was composed for the LA Phil's then-Principal Clarinet Michele Zukovsky and has been rarely performed since then. Don't miss the chance to listen to a wonderfully buoyant concert work from Maestro Williams performed by a great virtuoso of the instrument.   https://www.facebook.com/thelegacyofjohnwilliams/posts/pfbid0337cd7BCWDT1vX8xevotc339dp8rpuGrKdzyxcTjERLnpo2DnHiU46pyJvXHyaM8il  
 
Here it is!
 
 

That is a very striking moment in the film too.  I saw the film in a theater and my jaw dropped during that sequence.  Really an excellent film and score.  Incredibly moving climax through a structurally flawless film.

Wow, that was a great interview with lots of new stories (his first performances) and many great quotes!  I loved these:
 
On Star Wars blast: "One thing I can tell you about it is the nature of the attack. It was originally preceded by a scale run-up to the top C in the trumpets, but I removed that, and the result was a chord that required a certain kind of attack from everybody in the top register without having followed some preparatory scale up to it. Maurice Murphy, the principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra, who recorded the original soundtrack, was a great trumpeter. When he hit the top C, it shook the whole world. He just grabbed it without any preparation or pickup for a big sound. It’s like interrupting the swell of a rubato and attacking without any kind of precedent. It was a shock to hear Maurice play that so brilliantly, so in tune, so confidently, at the extreme altissimo end of the trumpet range. It had a resonance. That may explain it or it may not, I don’t know."
 
and
 
"I can only put dots on a paper; it doesn’t become music until it’s interpreted by a great orchestra and has an audience to hear it. Then what’s written on the paper becomes music, becomes a communal act."

That is a very striking moment in the film too.  I saw the film in a theater and my jaw dropped during that sequence.  Really an excellent film and score.  Incredibly moving climax through a structurally flawless film.

Ahh, a real question finally.  The general rule of thumb is his facial hair grew indirectly proportional to his receding hairline.  More hair on his head, less facial hair.  When half a head of hair, he had a mustache.  

Can any of you post a link to it?
 
If conductors count, Herbert Blomstedt beats them all at 96.

I have to admit that I wasn’t prepared for how moving a live performance of 1917’s “The Night Window” would be. 

I loved this part. John Williams never ceases to amaze me:
 
And this too:
And I love the fact that JW helps raising money for orchestras because he feels indebted to them, that without the musicians that perform his music it would just be, as he puts it, "dots on a paper".
 
Truly a marvelous human being.

Wow, that was a great interview with lots of new stories (his first performances) and many great quotes!  I loved these:
 
On Star Wars blast: "One thing I can tell you about it is the nature of the attack. It was originally preceded by a scale run-up to the top C in the trumpets, but I removed that, and the result was a chord that required a certain kind of attack from everybody in the top register without having followed some preparatory scale up to it. Maurice Murphy, the principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra, who recorded the original soundtrack, was a great trumpeter. When he hit the top C, it shook the whole world. He just grabbed it without any preparation or pickup for a big sound. It’s like interrupting the swell of a rubato and attacking without any kind of precedent. It was a shock to hear Maurice play that so brilliantly, so in tune, so confidently, at the extreme altissimo end of the trumpet range. It had a resonance. That may explain it or it may not, I don’t know."
 
and
 
"I can only put dots on a paper; it doesn’t become music until it’s interpreted by a great orchestra and has an audience to hear it. Then what’s written on the paper becomes music, becomes a communal act."

Feature Story | February 2, 2024
An Interview with John Williams
By Simon Woods
 
https://symphony.org/features/an-interview-with-john-williams/

Fridays report:
 
Sole encore was James Bond theme. 

John Williams was in the audience, as was Alan Silvestri. 

Ahh, a real question finally.  The general rule of thumb is his facial hair grew indirectly proportional to his receding hairline.  More hair on his head, less facial hair.  When half a head of hair, he had a mustache.  

I'll be there a that time too!!!!  Do you know if there will be a preconcert talk?  

I'll be there a that time too!!!!  Do you know if there will be a preconcert talk?  

COMING SOON!
Composer and conductor David Newman returns on The Legacy of John Williams podcast for a special video episode discussing the upcoming concert "A Century Of Film Music," a dazzling program curated by John Williams featuring selections from landmark film scores performed by the LA Phil and conducted by David Newman (on Feb 2, 3 and 4 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, link below).
The talk will feature an in-depth exploration of the challenges and the opportunities of presenting great film music in concert and how John Williams has been a trailblazer in making film scores widely accepted in the concert hall.
Joining David Newman is film music journalist and author of the upcoming John Williams biography Tim Greiving.
The episode will be available both as video and audio podcast. Get ready for another insightful episode!
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A Century Of Film Music
"John Williams Spotlight" Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor
Diana Newman, soprano
Featuring music by Alfred Newman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Miklós Rózsa, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Maurice Jarre, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Thomas Newman, Danny Elfman, Alan Silvestri
February 2, 3 and 4, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Info & tickets: http://laphil.com/.../2024-02-02/a-century-of-film-music
 
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