indy4 155 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-britain-classicalbre8911bg-20121002,0,136707.storyThere was a thread on this earlier but I can't find it. Anyways, the cermemony was tongiht I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 There's a photo of JW here accepting his award (via satellite) : http://www.classicbrits.co.uk/gallery/ceremony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 is that a somewhat prestigious award? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 is that a somewhat prestigious award?A Brit is the British equivalent of a Grammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think britt awards are like the British version of the Grammy Awards, KM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 A friend of mine attended the ceremony last night and here's his summary:As well as John Williams being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, he also won in the catagory of Best Composer for his work on War Horse and TinTin.There were two musical tributes payed to Williams in last night's ceremony - Nicola Benedetti played the theme from Schindlers List and the London Chamber Orchestra played a medley of William's most famous scores.It is a shame that despite many efforts by the organisers to encourage Williams to attend the event, he politely declined. However, there were two filmed acceptance speeches that were shown which were probably filmed at his home. A truncated version of the ceremony is being transmitted by ITV on Sunday evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,297 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well I'm sure travelling overseas isn't exactly the easiest thing at his age. I'm in my 20's and even I hate long flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I don't think he's left the USA since the ROTS recording sessions in 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 A friend of mine attended the ceremony last night and here's his summary:As well as John Williams being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, he also won in the catagory of Best Composer for his work on War Horse and TinTin.Wow--so he beat out non-film composers with two film scores? That's great that they aren't suffering from the classical vs film music elitism! welshslider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshslider 2 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 will try and record the tribute part on my phone (may not look the best but will give it a try.) Hope it doesn't get taken down by Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 brits have good taste... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshslider 2 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 all done. Hope its okay. Sorry its a recording off a phone. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Awesome, thank you for posting! Can't watch now but I will later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 all done. Hope its okay. Sorry its a recording off a phone. Thanks for posting this, welshslider. I'd gone up the stairs to Bedfordshire long before Williams received his lifetime achievement award. There is a nice clip on YouTube of Nicola Benedetti playing the theme from Schindler's List earlier in the evening, just before Williams received the award for best composer (for the record, he was up against Ennio Morricone and Paul Mealor). Unfortunately the video stops before the award 'presentation', but it's worth watching anyway.[media=] By the way, the whole programme is available to view on ITV Player at http://www.itv.com/i.../?Filter=326279, but I am not sure if viewers outside the British Empire will be able to view it. welshslider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Darn, it's not availble in the US. Hopefully somebody'll put it on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 beautiful perfonamce, thanks omen II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshslider 2 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Great find Omen II. Also now ITV player is on sky we can rerun from our planner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It is a shame that despite many efforts by the organisers to encourage Williams to attend the event, he politely declined. Impliment Operation Willy, I say, the extradtion order of Mr John Williams from the U.S to the UK for questioning in relation to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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