Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 No avatar... and you have requests? Geeez... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 13 hours ago, Bespin said: A movie with a live orchestra... it’s for me like... like this actual craze for LPs... I simply wonder.... why??? I don’t understand. LPs are beautiful! https://www.instagram.com/richter_on_the_record/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, St0rMl0rD said: If anyone has an extra printed program they'd wanna sell, I'm your man Where do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,359 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: But i reckon you can't "see" pictures of course. Thanks, I'll try and OCR this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 11:01 AM, Stefancos said: I'm still convinced Williams wasn't happy with the old version. As far as I know he's never conducted it himself. Well, it was an awkward and just not very good concert arrangement by his standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Oh, I forgot to mention that I just loved Dracula, one of the highlights of this wonderful concert!! What is happening to me?? 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Yes, I enjoy the 'gothic camp' of that music, it would have suited the Hammer Horror Dracula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,120 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 minute ago, hornist said: Oh, I forgot to mention that I just loved Dracula, one of the highlights of this wonderful concert!! What is happening to me?? 😱 Do you want your old CD back? Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, Ricard said: LPs are beautiful! https://www.instagram.com/richter_on_the_record/ Old ones Yes. Not "new" ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,120 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Quintus said: Well, it was an awkward and just not very good concert arrangement by his standards. What's not to like about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Bespin said: Old ones Yes. Not "new" ones. I see your point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Ricard said: I see your point! New LPs are made using... digital technology... f***... what's the point??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St0rMl0rD 155 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, ocelot said: Where do you live? Germany 2 hours ago, Bespin said: No avatar... and you have requests? Geeez... Is that a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, St0rMl0rD said: Is that a thing? He's strangely persnickety on this. I'm thinking his rationale is he doesn't want "parasites" to just join the board to ask for stuff, but as far as I'm concerned, you sat in with us on the stream, you're a part of us. St0rMl0rD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, St0rMl0rD said: Germany Is that a thing? I find it impolite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bespin said: I find it impolite! Richard didn't have an avatar for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Richard didn't have an avatar for years! Who is Richard? The one with the Rush avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bespin said: Who is Richard? The one with the Rush avatar? Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,489 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Did he ask for a bootleg while he was a "stranger"? New users... they join here... and first 10 post, they ask for a bootleg. Go away... mercy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Ah okay, so that's what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Listening to the stream again is it possible they turned down the volume in the ESB part of Han Solo and the Princess at the end.. seems not as loud as it should be there. And the solo parts at the end seem louder than they should be. Is there a guy mixing stuff live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,722 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 2 hours ago, hornist said: Oh, I forgot to mention that I just loved Dracula, one of the highlights of this wonderful concert!! What is happening to me?? 😱 It is just the power of John Williams descending upon you brother. Soon you shall see the light! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinland 360 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Dear music lovers! Could someone please sent me a private message with a link to a proper (processed?) recording of this wonderful event? I beg you... Thank you! ...and here's why: Me and the woman in my life already were there to experience Maestro Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in 1996. There even was an opportunity to briefly talk to him - it all seems like a dream now. Cut to the present day and I stumble - by chance! I submitted a review of the concert mentioned above to this site, if I'm not mistaken, but have been visiting very rarely in the last couple of years - upon the announcement of Maestro Williams conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - in the Goldener Saal of Musikverein no less - right here on this site. I immediately wished for our daughter to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience and managed to get us into row 7 of the golden hall. Then it sold out right after that. Amazing - that happened after my birthday in June. Cut to the day before yesterday: I was completely devastated (after months of looking forward to this) upon realising the cancellation (no conductor to the rescue here in Austria, unfortunately!) of the concert. Now I'm much better because I read about the hopefully rather harmless illness that befell Maestro Williams upon arrival in London and since I promised our daughter that she could at least listen to this excellent performance at the Royal Albert Hall, where I experienced Elmer Bernstein celebrating his 80th birthday and even met John Landis in front of the still deserted Hall's side entrance in the afternoon. It has not been a good month, at least in my musical universe: At the beginning of this month one of the computer game chip music (yes, another of my passions respectively fields of interest) pioneers, maybe even the first one employed for real, at least here in Europe, Ben Daglish, died merely 10 (!) days before a concert appearance at age 52 (!) and now this... ...SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO GET WELL, MAESTRO WILLIAMS! Ciao, ML READY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St0rMl0rD 155 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 He's already much better, travelling back to LA tomorrow or so. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I've been listening back to the Classic FM broadcast and was amused to hear presenter Catherine Bott praising celeste player Philip Moore for his performance of Hedwig's theme. She must not have been watching the orchestra, otherwise she would have seen that it was the pianist Catherine Edwards who was playing the celeste during that piece. Does anyone know who the bass clarinet player was? I could not see him properly (the harp was in the way) but it was definitely not Katy Ayling as listed in the programme. I wondered if it might have been one of the clarinet players from the LPO or the Philharmonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinland 360 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 42 minutes ago, St0rMl0rD said: He's already much better, travelling back to LA tomorrow or so. Very, very good for him and we should be glad! On the other hand, we will start leaving for Vienna when he has been home getting well for days. Boy, this will be hard to forget... ...that's life I guess. crlbrg and St0rMl0rD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St0rMl0rD 155 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 40 minutes ago, Martinland said: Very, very good for him and we should be glad! On the other hand, we will start leaving for Vienna when he has been home getting well for days. Boy, this will be hard to forget... ...that's life I guess. Same here, flying to Vienna for a day on Saturday morning...I'll go see the Musikverein on Saturday, will also pick up my ticket of the concert-that-was-not-meant-to-be Will post a pic here. apples 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,359 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 3 hours ago, King Mark said: Listening to the stream again is it possible they turned down the volume in the ESB part of Han Solo and the Princess at the end.. seems not as loud as it should be there. And the solo parts at the end seem louder than they should be. Is there a guy mixing stuff live? You basically summarised the problem with the entire Classic FM broadcast. I just don't understand why they couldn't turn that stupid fuction off for this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,027 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 6 hours ago, hornist said: Oh, I forgot to mention that I just loved Dracula, one of the highlights of this wonderful concert!! What is happening to me?? 😱 I think someone has hacked Pasi's account. Moderator! Moderator! Karol Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I am bummed that I was only able to meet Pasi very, very briefly. There was a misplaced backpack I had to attend to immediately after we shook hands, and then I never saw him again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,120 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I bet he ran to the bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,225 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 8:37 PM, leeallen01 said: Confirmed that JW is listening in hospital, followed by an enormous round of applause makes me want to bloody cry! Guess what I did in the RAH! On 10/26/2018 at 8:43 PM, leeallen01 said: Makes me pumped for next month when I'll be in the same building with the same orchestra for the A New Hope concert! Oh yes! On 10/26/2018 at 8:57 PM, Nick Parker said: Dirk discussing the precursor to Star Wars Live to Projection shows. What you didn't see on the audio stream: When Brosse said that Williams asked, "Are you free on Friday?", and he replied "Yes", he was vehemently shaking his head. On 10/27/2018 at 9:27 AM, hagai2003 said: I'd been waiting for that gesture (holding up the score), he did the same when he filled in for Goldsmith in 2004. 9 hours ago, King Mark said: In the case of Han and the Princess I think Tanglewood is the best one and probably closest to his intention. I can't imagine he'd stretch it out 7 minutes like Brosse for an album recording But an album recording and a live performance are two very different things, and conductors often treat them very differently as well. bollemanneke and peanutismint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, Jay said: I am bummed that I was only able to meet Pasi very, very briefly. Same here, and I'd been really looking forward to it. Same goes for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,421 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I honestly didn't even know that was him at the end of the dinner table the whole time. I guess I made a mistake sitting on the inside of the table. If I was on the outside, I could have gotten up and talked to everyone at the outer tables. But I was trapped on the inside. Another lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: I bet he ran to the bar! He drank foreign later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,731 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Martinland said: Dear music lovers! Could someone please sent me a private message with a link to a proper (processed?) recording of this wonderful event? I beg you... Thank you! ...and here's why: Me and the woman in my life already were there to experience Maestro Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in 1996. There even was an opportunity to briefly talk to him - it all seems like a dream now. Cut to the present day and I stumble - by chance! I submitted a review of the concert mentioned above to this site, if I'm not mistaken, but have been visiting very rarely in the last couple of years - upon the announcement of Maestro Williams conducting the Vienna Philharmonic - in the Goldener Saal of Musikverein no less - right here on this site. I immediately wished for our daughter to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience and managed to get us into row 7 of the golden hall. Then it sold out right after that. Amazing - that happened after my birthday in June. Cut to the day before yesterday: I was completely devasted (after months of looking forward to this) upon realising the cancellation (no conductor to the rescue here in Austria, unfortunately!) of the concert. Now I'm much better because I read about the hopefully rather harmless illness that befell Maestro Williams upon arrival in London and since I promised our daughter that she could at least listen to this excellent performance at the Royal Albert Hall, where I experienced Elmer Bernstein celebrating his 80th birthday and even met John Landis in front of the still deserted Hall's side entrance in the afternoon. It has not been a good month, at least in my musical universe: At the beginning of this month one of the computer game chip music (yes, another of my passions respectively fields of interest) pioneers, maybe even the first one employed for real, at least here in Europe, Ben Daglish, died merely 10 (!) days before a concert appearance at age 52 (!) and now this... ...SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO GET WELL, MAESTRO WILLIAMS! Ciao, ML READY. Why does this remind me Nigerian spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 If you send him a download you will be richly rewarded! Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,225 Posted October 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2018 Anyway, a few thoughts of my own. It was too dark to make a decent wide angle shot with my DSLR, and I didn't want to bother setting up my portable tripod in the front rows, so I only have a handful of lousy mobile phone shots: Perfect view of Maxine Kwok-Adams, as you can see. My few minor complaints first: The horns, and at times the woods, were a bit hard to hear over the rest of the orchestra, especially (it seemed to me) in the first half. I thought it may just have been due to my seat (the rest of the brass were elevated, but the horns were behind the strings and nearly invisible for me), but I think people in different seats had the same experience. There were some rather strange echo effects affecting the snare drum in Imperial March and Raiders March, and a bit of the brass also in the latter. And while I was generally a fan of Brosse's often slower tempi, I thought a part of Throne Room was just a tad too slow and dragged a bit. But those are really insignificant quibbles when contrasted with the concert as a whole. The LSO is of course among the world's top orchestras, and I've heard many great performances from them, both on CD, and several times live. But they were at the top of their game that night, and rarely have I heard an orchestra play that well (technically) and with so much enthusiasm at the same time. Being there at the RAH, you could see in their faces how much they enjoyed playing this music. They were giving it their all, and I don't doubt that they were just as disappointed as all of us that Williams couldn't be there himself. For that alone I'd have loved to compare this to the cancelled Vienna Philharmonic concerts; I don't think that they as a whole have nearly as much affection (or perhaps even respect) for Williams as the LSO does. And the LSO's brass section is out of this world. I'm not a particular fan anymore of the Superman march, or even the Raider's March as a standalone piece, but hearing them played by the LSO's brass in top form is an amazing experience. Acoustics, aside from the above mentioned minor problems, were excellent as well, and I could pick up things that I hadn't heard in 24 years of listening to numerous recordings of these pieces (take that, Hollywood in Vienna, where everything is amplified and you still hear less than at this concert). As for the programme, of course there's a tonne of other stuff that I would have loved to hear. And like others, I have played some of the CDs so many times that I can't listen to them regularly anymore, and probably wouldn't bother going to hear a random concert with them. But that doesn't mean I don't still enjoy them, and (perhaps also thanks to my interest in classical/orchestral music and its different interpretations in general) I don't think I'll ever stop being excited by a great performance of them. And this concert had them in spades. The Imperial March (my favourite also being the Skywalker Symphony recording) was outstanding. Dracula, with its brooding tempo, held the tension perfectly. Jurassic Park may have been the best version I've ever heard. I've been looking forward to the BFG suite, expecting it to really shine in a live setting, but it exceeded my expectations. We all (well, most of us) like to think little of the score, and theme-wise, it's just solid compared to Williams's earlier works in the genre (if he hadn't written those, I expect we'd be celebrating this as a major masterpiece in the current age of film music). But what Williams does here with an orchestra is incredible and can proudly stand alongside CE3K, and hearing it live shows that even more. Just based on the performance, this would probably have been one of the best concerts I've attended regardless of the programme. Add the fact that it was a full Williams programme, and you get something truly special. Will, JWMike, Jay and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2018 If Williams had actually been there its would have been the triumph of his performing career. It would have been a Blu-ray! An Evening With John Williams at the Royal Albert Hall: 2018. Bafta best concert film. Will, Ricard and crlbrg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick1Ø66 4,731 Posted October 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2018 I think JW takes these commitments seriously. As long as his health improves. I'm confident he'll reschedule. crlbrg, Ricard, Will and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,120 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 They weren't going to film it, even if JW conducted, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: I think JW takes these commitments seriously. As long as his health improves. I'm confident he'll reschedule. The Little Conductor That Could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: They weren't going to film it, even if JW conducted, you know. Bizarre, right? Will, Ricard, bollemanneke and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,120 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,225 Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 22 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: I think JW takes these commitments seriously. As long as his health improves. I'm confident he'll reschedule. Apparently the main anchor point of this whole endeavour were the Vienna concerts, and he just threw in the LSO gig because he was on his way over anyway and wanted to play with them again. So rescheduling Vienna would probably have priority (it also seems to be a bucket list item for Williams). Obviously, if any of them are going to happen, I'm going, as long as I can get tickets and fit it in my schedule (which I will bend to its extremes if necessary). crumbs, Will, Ricard and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I feel used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Concert coverage on the Main Page: ‘A Celebration of John Williams in Concert’ at the Royal Albert Hall – Reviews, Photos, Videos and More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: Apparently the main anchor point of this whole endeavour were the Vienna concerts, Williams must be so depressed he didn't get to defeat the classical elitists Will and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 909 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 And there was going to be CD of the Vienna concerts crumbs, St0rMl0rD, bollemanneke and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 To be honest with you, I did have a terrible feeling when it was announced Williams was sick. I just kept thinking how JG and JH went to the Royal Albert Hall not long before they passed. Stupid, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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