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Saving Private Ryan and The Time Tunnel Vol. 1 are sold out too.

Excellent work! Thanks a lot, Smeltington. I hope that somebody will share more info on existing revised alternate arrangements.

It would be wonderful if anybody could arrange such a list.

I have tried to keep track of various existing versions of ASM violin arrangements but I'm afraid I'm totally lost! How many versions of "Across the Stars" we have at this time? 3 or 4? And what about "Hedwig's Theme", "Theme from Schindler's List", "Nice to Be Around",... etc? How many versions have been already performed? Does anybody have any detailed overview of how many versions of these ASM violin arrangements are available, how they differ and when (and where) have been premiere performance of each of them? I would be very grateful for any help to get insight into this confusion. Thank you very much in advance.

Thank you very much for your reply. It is great to know that our beloved John Williams was at the beginning of the phenomenon which is so popular the last few years.

Is it really true that the first Live to Projection Concert was the world premiere of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial': The 20th Anniversary at the Shrine in 2002? According to John Williams it was Kathleen Kennedy's idea, see documentary called Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial': The 20th Anniversary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373098/

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Thanks a lot for your help.

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Is it possible to play MQA/UHQCD format on standard CD player?

In my country when you change two letters in the world "emporium" you will get "imperium" which means "empire" in English So Disney Emporium = Disney Empire

Thanks to TV broadcast of the Munich open-air concert and both DG Blu-Rays with Vienna concert and parts of Tanglewood and Boston concerts we have videorecordings of the concert performances of almost all ASM violin arrangements with these three exceptions only: The Chairman's Waltz (from Memoirs of a Geisha) Luke and Leia (from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) Yoda's Theme (from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) Is it right?

Another episode with our Johnny Williams playing piano

I have found another videorecordings of John Williams' concert work performances: Conversations (2013) Mvt. I. Phinaes and Mumbette (Simone Pedroni, piano) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1994) Tivoli Copenhagen Phil conducted by Lawrence Foster (Toke Møldrup, cello) (2016) Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (1985) WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Michael Sanderling (Hans Nickel, tuba) (2014)

Thanks for sharing, Jay! There are some John Williams' concert works (or movements of them) played by original soloists (but not conducted by John Williams): Markings for Solo Violin, String Orchestra and Harp (2015) Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Manfred Honeck Conversations (2013) Gloria Cheng, piano Mvt. III. Chet and Miles (world premiere) On Willows and Birches (Concerto for Harp and Orchestra) (2009) Ann Hobson Pilot, harp Kindred Spirits Orchestra conducted by Kristian Alexander Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1994) Yo-Yo Ma, cello National Symphony Orchestra conducted by ??? (anybody knows???) Mvt. II. Blues Mvt. IV. Song