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A piece from one of my favourite (yet underestimated) scores by Desplat And Happy Holidays!

Two Hisaishi concerts in Paris! 02.03.2025, 6.00 p.m. 03.03.2025, 8.00 p.m. https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activite/27162 + meeting 03.03.2025, 6.45 p.m. https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activite/27946 PROGRAMME: Joe Hisaishi Adagio Concerto pour harpe Suite symphonique « Kiki la petite sorcière » Maurice Ravel La Valse Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine Joe Hisaishi, conductor Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

Two concerts in Paris! Orchestre de Paris / Alexandre Desplat Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie de Paris duration: approx. 2 hours 29.01.2025, 8.00 p.m. 30.01.2025, 8.00 p.m. Meeting with Alexandre Desplat Salle de conférence - Philharmonie de Paris duration: approx. 45 minutes 29.01.2025, 6.45 p.m. Concert: https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/concert-symphonique/27131-orchestre-de-paris-alexandre-desplat Meeting: https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/rencontre/27928-rencontre-avec-alexandre-desplat PROGRAMME: The Imitation Game Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The King's Speech The Tree of Life Little Women The Shape of Water Fantastic Mr. Fox The Grand Budapest Hotel Paris Orchestra Alexandre Desplat, conductor It is a privilege to listen to Alexandre Desplat in person lead the Orchester de Paris in a fascinating anthology of his best scores : Desplat sorcery, which has seduced even Harry Potter, comes into action ! Winner of two Oscars for the soundtracks of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2018), Alexandre Desplat is today one of the major figures in film composition. From Paris to Hollywood, we could almost exhaust ourselves listing the prestigious collaborations that have already punctuated his career, from Jacques Audiard to David Fincher, from Wes Anderson to Stephen Frears, via Peter Webber or Guillermo del Toro... If the elite of the seventh art are fighting for it, it is because there is, in addition to a know-how which no longer needs to be demonstrated, a Desplat "paw", which imposes itself despite the scrupulous care that he focuses, above all else, on serving the world of the film entrusted to him. Capable of seducing, disquieting, bewitching in an ambiguous manner, intoxicating, galvanizing, Desplat's art merges with cinematographic narration, which does not prevent it, with its melodies in the bass register, its harmonies subtle and unstable its violent epic bursts, to remain eminently personal.

No cameras spotted (and that is a shame, I was hoping at least for a recording on Stage+ ) but the microphones were actually visible above the stage. I'm just wondering whether they were recording the concert or just simply hanging there as permanent equipment of the hall. Source: Wiener Symphoniker fb fanpage The concert was AMAZING!!! The best AD concert I have ever been to (London 2014/Kraków 2019/Vienna 2024). I prepared a quick analysis of what tracks were used in each suite (overall almost 2h of music!) 1. Godzilla (Godzilla! / Godzilla's Victory / Back to the Ocean) - 6 min. 2. Pelléas et Mélisande - I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé - 8 min. 3. Pelléas et Mélisande - II. Ils regardent la lumière - 5,5 min. 4. Wes Anderson's Suite - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Jimmy Squirrel And Co. / High-Speed French Train / Boggis, Bunce, And Bean / Canis Lupus / Kristofferson's Theme / Stunt Expo 2004 / Great Harrowsford Square) - 9 min. 5. Wes Anderson's Suite - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Mr. Mustafa / A Prayer for Madame D & Last Will and Testament / Canto At Gabelmeister’s Peak) - 4 min. 6. Wes Anderson's Suite - The French Dispatch (Obituary) 3,5 min. 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1: Obliviate / Sky Battle / Fireplaces Escape / Detonators / Destroying the Locket; Part 2: Statues / Broomsticks and Fire / Courtyard Apocalypse / The Tunnel / Dragon Flight / Lily’s Theme / Showdown) - 13 min. 8. The King's Speech (The King’s Speech / My Kingom, My Rules) - 4 min. 9. The Shape of Water (The Creature / Five Stars General / The Shape of Water / Spy Meeting / The Escape / Rainy Day / Watching Ruth / Elisa and Zelda / Without You / Overflow of Love) - 21 min. 10. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Carlo's Theme / Spazzatura / The Pine Cone / Big Lies / Resurrection / Saving Geppetto / Pinocchio's Choice / Ciao Papa) - 15,5 min. 11. The Imitation Game (Carrots and Peas / Crosswords / U-Boats / Mission / Alone with Numbers / The Headmaster / End of War / The Imitation Game / Alan Turing's Legacy) 15,5 min. ENCORE 12. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Griet's Theme) - 4 min. 13. Eiffel (Valse d'Eiffel) - 3 min. What was so special about this particular concert, in my opinion? 1. Golden Hall itself, of course and the fact that he was probably the third film music composer playing there after Williams and Hisaishi. 2. Desplat played some of his recent scores like Pinocchio, French Dispatch or Eiffel, which was refreshing. I never spotted Fantastic Mr. Fox suite in concert before neither. 3. He also prepared completely new, extended suites from his trademark scores (Godzilla, Imitation Game, Shape of Water). He played almost half of the Imitation Game and Shape of Water albums (!) He usually plays the main themes from Godzilla and Imitation Game and 7- or 12- minutes long suite of The Shape of Water so he really did his best this time. 4. I think that for the first time he had a choir on the stage (not counting Hollywood in Vienna 2016 cause he was not conducting). A children choir in Fantastic Mr. Fox and at the end of "Ciao Papa" from Pinocchio gave me goosebumps. 5. He got a standing ovation and was very moved, I have never seen him like this before (and I always sit in front rows ).