Tom 1533 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cerebral Cortex said: I was saddened to see quite a few people in my section leaving during the encores. By the time Williams came to close things out with his final encore, I was one of only 4 people that remained in my row in the middle section. Seeing people walking out with their backs to the orchestra during Indy just felt really wrong, haha. Is it to get ahead of the traffic or something? This was a once in a lifetime experience, you spent the money to get the tickets, you made the trip out there. Why can you not just sit there and enjoy the entire concert? Why must people always be in a rush to not enjoy things in life? Perhaps I'm overreacting. Was just a bit upsetting. Traffic is tough--a packed parking lot and a couple country roads, but yes, unacceptable. They were probably people for whom Tanglewood is a yearly or even more so event. Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Somehow I get the feeling there might be a few stirring violin passages in TROS... Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cerebral Cortex 2192 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Someone got a video of part of the closing performance of Indy. Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, Cerebral Cortex said: Someone got a video of part of the closing performance of Indy. Great video! That piece practically conducts itself after so many years, but I love the subtle performance touches Williams provides. Note the instruction to the brass section to cool their volume around 1:30. Amer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
King Mark 2673 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I want to see a video of Galaxy's Edge Will and igger6 2 Link to post Share on other sites
igger6 381 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 The hardest moment for a JWFan is the day after a live concert with new premieres when there's not even the grainiest flip-phone footage to be found. Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rpvee 178 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 43 minutes ago, igger6 said: The hardest moment for a JWFan is the day after a live concert with new premieres when there's not even the grainiest flip-phone footage to be found. I don’t think it’d be allowed to be posted anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Pawel P. 368 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 34 minutes ago, rpvee said: I don’t think it’d be allowed to be posted anyway. Of course it would. If somebody was at a concert and recorded something on the phone himself, then he shared it on youtube, everyone can put links on forums or social medias. There is nothing illegal about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Ricard 1566 Posted July 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2019 Review from The Berkshire Eagle: https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/john-williams-takes-concertgoers-on-a-journey-across-the-stars-at-tanglewood,578857 Quote As one might expect, no one conducts Williams' music like the composer. Despite his initial skepticism about adapting his scores for an iconic violinist like Mutter, he explained how they first met during a Tanglewood weekend several years ago. Since he had crafted showpieces for Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham and Yo-Yo Ma, among others, "she asked me to write at least nine measures of music for her," Williams recalled. Although too busy, after receiving a box of Bavarian Christmas cookies from Mutter, "I felt great guilt," he confessed. To atone: An eight-minute work for solo violin, strings and harp called "Markings," premiered two summers ago at Tanglewood by Mutter with BSO music director Andris Nelsons. "The new piece was warm-hued and lyrical, its generous spirit calling forth a like spirit from soloist, conductor and orchestra," Eagle classical music critic Andrew L. Pincus wrote. Emboldened, Mutter stepped up her campaign to overcome Williams' resistance. "I told her you can't play `Star Wars' on the violin, but I became intrigued by the idea," he acknowledged. "Anne-Sophie is many things, one of the world's greatest violinists, an ambassador for new music, a great representative of her country, but she's not a woman you can say `no' to." Once, Will and Bayesian 3 Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 What are the odds of JW offering ASM a guest soloist cue or two in TROS? Link to post Share on other sites
TownerFan 3174 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Ricard said: https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/john-williams-takes-concertgoers-on-a-journey-across-the-stars-at-tanglewood,578857 The quartet of encores included the haunting "Yoda's Theme" from "Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back," and "Remembrances" from "Schindler's List," which Williams described as his favorite segment, "but Steven Spielberg liked the Main Theme better." Interesting, especially considering he presents it a lot less in concerts than the main theme. I seem to remember an interview where he told that Remembrances was the very first thing he wrote after seeing the film with Spielberg, but he realized he needed something different for the final sequence. Will and Miguel Andrade 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2656 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Love to hear Markings. Is there going to be more contemporary music on this album? Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I vaguely recall reading that before, that Williams preferred Remembrances and intended it to be the score's signature idea, but Spielberg preferred the Main Theme instead. And who can blame him, it works brilliantly in those final 5-6 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 6544 Posted July 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2019 Duh, of course Stevie would prefer that, when it's titled Main Theme! rpvee, Cerebral Cortex and Once 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Well what's the theme called if not the Main Theme? It was just a way to differentiate the two. Link to post Share on other sites
Miguel Andrade 782 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 4 hours ago, TownerFan said: Interesting, especially considering he presents it a lot less in concerts than the main theme. I seem to remember an interview where he told that Remembrances was the very first thing he wrote after seeing the film with Spielberg, but he realized he needed something different for the final sequence. Yes, that was on the same interview were he mentioned that he wanted to arrange the theme for Yo-Yo Ma. TownerFan and Once 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19030 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 11 hours ago, rpvee said: I don’t think it’d be allowed to be posted anyway. Why would you think that? Link to post Share on other sites
rpvee 178 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, Jay said: Why would you think that? Well, bootlegs and such aren’t allowed to be shared here. I assumed that extends into posting other people’s, or from YouTube or wherever. Link to post Share on other sites
Bespin 4436 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Steve Martin should ask John Williams to write him some arrangements for banjo. 🙄 AC1 and igger6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3236 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 7 hours ago, crumbs said: What are the odds of JW offering ASM a guest soloist cue or two in TROS? I've been wondering. After Dudamel guest starring on TFA, it doesn't seem unthinkable if the score has a prominent violin solo in the first place. Especially given ASM's fangirl enthusiasm. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19030 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, rpvee said: Well, bootlegs and such aren’t allowed to be shared here. I assumed that extends into posting other people’s, or from YouTube or wherever. We have endless threads here full of youtube videos.... Link to post Share on other sites
Fabulin 2526 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 . Jurassic Shark and Bespin 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 1533 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 17 hours ago, Tom said: Traffic is tough--a packed parking lot and a couple country roads, but yes, unacceptable. They were probably people for whom Tanglewood is a yearly or even more so event. Of course, Williams could write some exit music. "Go to West Street, Take a Right." Yes, quoting myself indicates some sort of scraping the bottom of the barrel, not to mention the joke itself. Why won't they just release Leia's Theme and be done with it. Smeltington 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post toothless 754 Posted July 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2019 Once, Holko, Ricard and 5 others 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mrbellamy 4434 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Lol always weird to see him go open collar. I remember another post-concert pic some years ago. I wonder if he’s ever worn a T-shirt. The Illustrious Jerry and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6544 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I bet the picture is photoshopped. Link to post Share on other sites
mrbellamy 4434 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Marco! crumbs and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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crumbs 8686 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 It's so weird seeing Jay Dubs in a collared shirt, in a good way! Who even knew he had such things in his wardrobe? Also, he looks like he's in his early 70s there! Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6544 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I guess all his turtlenecks were on wash! Link to post Share on other sites
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artguy360 1068 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Wow! That is a very fun performance of The Duel. Stempel 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fabulin 2526 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 . Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tannhauser 101 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 "We exchanged emails" What!? Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pawel P. 368 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Saying like Master Yoda, "What a wonderful concert it must have been" And they recorded it! I counted shots from at least six cameras. I think there is a good chance that they'll release a blu ray Amer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6544 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 At least a VHS! Link to post Share on other sites
rough cut 901 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 My usual way of consuming music on a regular basis rarely includes putting on a blu ray, so while I consider it good news if it was, a video release isn’t my first wish. But it it was recorded, I wouldn’t mind a lossless audio release on the Tanglewood website! Link to post Share on other sites
crumbs 8686 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Well, Julia Ormond would certainly feel like shit hearing that! And I didn't realise Williams scored Duel... Oh, how I wish we had a high-resolution GIF of John's funny little wave at 11:13. Link to post Share on other sites
lairdo 219 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 56 minutes ago, crumbs said: Well, Julia Ormond would certainly feel like shit hearing that! I had forgotten about that comment! I had the same thought - poor Julia Ormond. But it is also interesting to imagine that Williams always had Hepburn in mind even when scoring the remake with picture in front of him. Link to post Share on other sites
MikeH 632 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 3 hours ago, tannhauser said: "We exchanged emails" What!? SteveMc and Ricard 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Fabulin 2526 Posted July 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2019 . Cerebral Cortex, Ricard and SteveMc 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6389 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 He's looking more and more like John Hammond. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 1533 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The full Hedwig's theme is phenomenal. It makes me greedy and desire a full Harry Potter-based violin concerto. Once 1 Link to post Share on other sites
King Mark 2673 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 it sounds a bit too witches of eastwick-y And the for Galaxy's Edge the transition of the opening fanfare to the strings that follow sound basically the same as the edit in the official release Link to post Share on other sites
E-Wan 42 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 According to Deutsche Grammophon Store the CD edition will be limited digipack! https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/ I hate digipacks, especially the limited ones. https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/p51-i0028947975533/anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams/across-the-stars-ltd-digipack-/index.html Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19030 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 eww, digipacks... Link to post Share on other sites
E-Wan 42 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, E-Wan said: According to Deutsche Grammophon Store the CD edition will be limited digipack! https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/ I hate digipacks, especially the limited ones. https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/p51-i0028947975533/anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams/across-the-stars-ltd-digipack-/index.html I hope they will release unlimited jewel case CD edition with bonus tracks "Markings" and "Remembrances" later Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3236 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 46 minutes ago, E-Wan said: I hate digipacks, especially the limited ones. What's a limited digipack? Link to post Share on other sites
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