'A Celebration of John Williams in Concert' - Royal Albert Hall, October 26, 2018 (CONDUCTED BY DIRK BROSSÉ)

[Mari 279]

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Hollywood legend John Williams celebrates a sixty years in movies in 2018, and to honour him the Royal Albert Hall will mark this landmark point in his career with live orchestral showings of five of his finest works.

 

And if that wasn't enough, there will also be an extremely rare London performance from the man himself conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. This is a once in a lifetime concert, and will also be the 86 year olds composer first performance in the UK for 22 years.

 

 

An Evening with John Williams in Concert
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Williams
Friday 26 October, Auditorium
7:30pm
£21-£90

 

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[Balahkay 626]

[Joe Brausam 211]

Woah!

[Omen II 1119]

🤭

 

@Mari Are you an angel?

 

John Williams last appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1985.  This is just epic news!

[artguy360 1669]

Is JW conducting the whole night? I thought he shared conducting duty at concerts these days.

[Incanus 5565]

I think this is a very good reason to finally go to London.

[publicist 4635]

I would wait with the booking till July if i were you.

[crocodile 6844]

1 hour ago, publicist said:

I would wait with the booking till July if i were you.

Why?

 

Karol

[Miz 121]

It looks like Johnny is conducting one (or a few) pieces. Has he the stamina for a whole concert?

 

Well, as a Brit living 3-hours train ride from London, having never seen John Williams in the flesh, I will be queueing up on the internet to buy a ticket. Last year at the same time was Giacchino's birthday bash, which was my favourite concert ever until I heard a full Star Wars concert in Birmingham than, musically and performance-wise, superceded it. I ought to see him do his thing before he leaves us!

[TownerFan 4974]

Of course I'll be there. This is the most amazing news! 

 

[Quintus 5394]

 

[Naïve Old Fart 7496]

The Daily Mirror got it wrong: it's his first concerts in just over twenty years, the last being July, 1998.

That being said;

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! 

I wonder if he's over here to record anything?

[Quintus 5394]

I'm already paranoid that I'm not going to get the seats I want 

[TownerFan 4974]

Link to the RAH event page:

 

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2018/an-evening-with-john-williams-in-concert/

[publicist 4635]

1 hour ago, crocodile said:

Why?

 

Because a lot can happen in between february and july - last minute cancellations aside. And there probably still will be more than enough tickets then.

[TownerFan 4974]

It's easy to predict this is gonna sell like gangbusters in a few hours. Yes, the RAH is a huge 5,000+ seat venue, but this is gonna be fucking epic. There will be people coming from all corners of Europe, plus all our Blighty friends.

[Quintus 5394]

1 hour ago, Miz said:

It looks like Johnny is conducting one (or a few) pieces. 

 

Where has this been indicated, or is it just sheer speculation on your part? 

[fommes 131]

Is this going to sell out through Friends & Patrons before Friday?

[Quintus 5394]

Can you imagine 

[crumbs 12574]

Holy crap! I would pay a fortune to attend this! Could well be John Williams' final concert overseas, given he hasn't been to London in over a decade?

[Thor 5774]

Damn, that's pretty cool.

 

I'm sure the ticket prices will be astronomical, and for my own part -- it comes at a very inconvenient date (the WSA in Ghent on the 17th, and then I'm involved in the Riga film festival on the 27th), but I'll investigate this when the tickets are put out on Friday.

 

As publicist says, there's a chance of cancellation (Morricone has done it plenty of times in recent years), in which case I'm guessing you won't get a refund, but they'll just play the concert withOUT Williams.

[Damien F 975]

I wonder why he is coming to the UK. I doubt he is making the trip just for that one concert. He might be recording something with the LSO at Abbey Rd. 

[aj_vader 429]

It's nearly sold out, friends and patrons have bought 98% of the tickets 

 

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

It could just be nostalgia. In recent years he's been talking warmly about the LSO and both parties seem to want to work together again.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

Got my ticket! Amazing! 

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

1 minute ago, Stefancos said:

Got my ticket! Amazing! 

 

Are you a "friend & patron"? I can't get access to the tickets yet.

[Damien F 975]

I think it will sell out within the hour to friends and patrons. If I select "Best Available Seats", the only seat left is restricted view.

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

Some of the seats might be reserved for the general sale. That's not uncommon.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Are you a "friend & patron"? I can't get access to the tickets yet.

 

No, but I have a friend who is and was kind enough to think of me.

 

I am SO looking forward to this!

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

That's a good friend.

[fommes 131]

Is anybody else a 'friend' here and has a ticket extra?

[EdderzD 1]

Whoa, I never thought he'd return to our shores! This is great news! But also terrible news for me personally, as I wont be in the country. 

[crumbs 12574]

26 minutes ago, Damien F said:

I wonder why he is coming to the UK. I doubt he is making the trip just for that one concert. He might be recording something with the LSO at Abbey Rd. 

 

Interesting... a new Star Wars CD? Seems premature considering IX isn't written yet...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

I wonder if Jason will be considering that trip to England he always wanted. It will be quite the JWFan meet up

 

[crumbs 12574]

Never been to Europe but this might convince me to book a ticket.

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

10 minutes ago, crumbs said:

 

Interesting... a new Star Wars CD? Seems premature considering IX isn't written yet...

 

Maybe he'll re-record TFA and TLJ with a proper orchestra?

 

6 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Never been to Europe but this might convince me to book a ticket.

 

It's time.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

There's literally no better reason to visit

 

[bollemanneke 2867]

Do you guys think this will be broadcast, like the prom? I'd try and go to this if it were in the summer.

[Naïve Old Fart 7496]

8 hours ago, Omen II said:

🤭

 

@Mari Are you an angel?

 

John Williams last appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1985.  This is just epic news!

Sorry to correct you, Omen, but it was January, 1986. I know; I was there.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, publicist said:

 

Because a lot can happen in between february and july - last minute cancellations aside. And there probably still will be more than enough tickets then.

When I saw him, with the LSO, in the Summer of '82, it was about one third sold. There'll be tickets in July, don't worry.

I got two fourth row tickets for Barbican July, '98 in April, of that year, and the RAH is a helluva lot larger!

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

Holy crap! I would pay a fortune to attend this! 

Give me a fortune, @crumbs, and I'd gladly buy the tickets for you 

[Joni Wiljami 1163]

Whoa!!  I already bought Chicago concerts but will certainly do also this. So cool

[Miguel Andrade 1034]

I guess I know where I will be in the evening of October 26

[Remco 647]

Amazing news. But I’m so sad right now, because there is no way I could get to London that day.

 

Hope it’ll be broadcast, and who knows a miracle will happen and he’ll return the next year too  

[Alex 2387]

God I better get tickets for this

[crocodile 6844]

1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

Got my ticket! Amazing! 

See you there then!

 

Karol

[leeallen01 1993]

Got my tickets!!!!! Fuck yeah!!

 

Though I'm also flying to his Chicago concerts and Baltimore concert. As a UK resident, you bastard Williams!!!! YOU TOOK MY MONEY

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

10 minutes ago, crocodile said:

See you there then!

 

Karol

 

Do I know you?

[Jurassic Shark 9303]

1 minute ago, leeallen01 said:

Got my tickets!!!!! Fuck yeah!!

 

Though I'm also flying to his Chicago concerts and Baltimore concert. As a UK resident, you bastard Williams!!!! YOU TOOK MY MONEY

 

Are you sure you didn't buy tickets for the Guitar-Williams concerts?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

Yeah, you dont wanna make that mistake!

 

[leeallen01 1993]

9 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Are you sure you didn't buy tickets for the Guitar-Williams concerts?

 

You actually gave me a mini heart attack then.

[Quintus 5394]

1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

I wonder if Jason will be considering that trip to England he always wanted. It will be quite the JWFan meet up

 

 

What time is the concert on and when does it end? Drinks and maybe food before or afterwards?