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Not that I'm not glad and grateful to see him in any living condition at all at his ripe age, but the wheelchair is a depressing sight. I thought it might just be a precaution in public surroundings, but in his own home....

I recorded the Concerto portion of the concert from the live stream. Am I allowed to share it here? I know it will be available on demand on the website soon enough though.

This clip surfaced on my feed, and although it's obviously from over 20 years ago, it looks to have only been uploaded relatively recently. I had no idea Call of the Champions had a recording with the LSO/London Voices. Surely this recording was never actually released? Was this simply of a whim of JW whilst he had access to these ensembles during recording of SW2? It's also fascinating to see raw footage of him conducting a rehearsal, and how he perceives and rectifies flaws in the performances. I wonder if the musicians feel intimidated by him? There must be enormous pressure placed upon both him, and the musicians to get near perfection as possible.

Some things just don't add up here. He pulled out of Vienna months before the concert, but only a few days prior to Miami, to which he sent a video message in which he appeared barely coherent. His appearance in LA, albeit in a wheelchair, might have been to inflate hope of a recovery, in order to sell tickets for Berlin that conveniently went on sale only a few days after said LA appearance. Either he himself, or his management are in denial about his recovery prospects, or they're unscrupulous enough to exploit public hope for the sake of selling some expensive, non-refundable tickets. From a consumer perspective, his management needs to be more honest about his condition. The bait-and-switch tactics, especially as a repeated pattern, are verging on the unethical.

Whilst not necessarily 'poor representations', some cues and concert pieces are over-exposed at the expense of other worthy cues. I've always wished that the Jaws concert suite had included the 'Man Against Beast' and 'Promenade' cues, since both of these stand up strongly on their own as concert pieces, and are also prime showcases of music written very precisely to match the visuals. I also wish that a larger selection of cues from Hook were released commercially in concert form, including 'The Face of Pan', and 'The Banquet'. He's has played these in concert a number of times, but only 'Flight' is available commercially. The concert version of 'Getting out the Vote' has missed out on a commercial recording. Inclusion in the last Spielberg Scores album was a missed opportunity. The one cue that I've always felt is a misrepresentation of the character it was written for, and is also quite a dumb piece in itself is 'The Adventures of Mutt'. Obnoxious scale runs.

If he had agreed to attend at the time when the concert was first announced officially, then it means he anticipated recovery but ultimately hasn't (sufficiently). That, or, he is newly 'sick'. His cancellation of Vienna was announced several weeks before the event; his withdrawal from this event is only a few days prior of it, so cancellation of either appearances might be due to separate causes.

To think he was going to retire from the strain of writing notes on paper; He'd rather relax travelling to long-distance podiums. Understandable.

It's quite funny actually; I very recently switched from SoundHound to Shazam. What SoundHound wasn't able to recognise, Shazam was able to. That's all it took. Another track on that same album, 'corporate Power' is a fun listen. Dave Hewson has proved a great new discovery for me.

Found it!!!!! 'A New Metropolis', by David Hewson, from the album 'Classic Fantastic'.

I have a few extraneous organs I'd trade for a day's access to his office.

https://www.abc.net.au/classic/events/john-williams-at-90/13739466

The trumpet fanfare playing over the 'opening' fireworks was one note away from being the CE3K theme.

Thanks for your response, and the helpful lead! I can't believe it's been 6 years since I posed this question. I'll check out the rest of Tony Hymas' released music to see if I get lucky.

Darkened auditorium. Hint hint.

They really want him to come for another bow.