Ricard 1249 Report post Posted February 15 (The list includes Williams’ appearances as conductor, host or special guest, as well as the Boston ‘Film Night Tributes’ conducted by Keith Lockhart, and Tanglewood’s ‘Across the Stars’ concert, where he may appear as a guest). MIAMI ‘A Celebration of John Williams’March 2, 2019 New World Symphony orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Performance details - Discussion thread - Concert Reviews TANGLEWOOD 'Across the Stars: Music of John Williams’ July 7, 2019 Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by DAVID NEWMAN and JOHN WILLIAMS ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, Violin Performance details - Discussion thread - Concert Reviews TANGLEWOOD 'John Williams’ Film Night’August 24, 2019 Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by DAVID NEWMAN and JOHN WILLIAMS JOHN WILLIAMS, Host Performance details - Discussion thread - Concert Reviews HOLLYWOOD BOWL 'John Williams: Maestro of the Movies’ August 30, 31 & September 1, 2019 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by DAVID NEWMAN and JOHN WILLIAMS JOHN WILLIAMS, Special Guest Performance details - Discussion thread - Concert reviews 1 2 SteveMc, Smeltington and A Ghost From Highwood reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 I'm actually seriously considering Tanglewood this year. After the London drama last year I fear this might be the only way. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted February 15 1 hour ago, crocodile said: I'm actually seriously considering Tanglewood this year. After the London drama last year I fear this might be the only way. Fuck it, I just bought a ticket for Film Night. Williams should be there at least, and hopefully conduct an encore - which might be no less than whatever he'll do at that "On Parade" thingy. Film Night has the more interesting programme, and Williams as host means probably more Williams (even if not conducting) than at the other concert. Looks like I might have grabbed the final indoor ticket, too. There were three sections listed as available, but one didn't actually offer any free seats, the second one I put in my cart and somehow lost during checkout (well within the time limit), and I finally bought the third one. Lawn seating is still available though. Join me, @crocodile? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 OK bought a ticket @Marian Schedenig. It is actually inside Now... how do we get there and how on Earth am I going to pay for everything else? Karol 1 Marian Schedenig reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted February 15 Luckily, we've got half a year to sort out the rest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 Shall we make a real trip out of it and buy Hollywood Bowl tickets as well once they're out. It's a week after haha. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 12375 Report post Posted February 15 You guys will be in my home state! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted February 15 But where will you be? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 12375 Report post Posted February 15 Oh I'll probably attend. It's just a 100 minute drive from my house. In recent years I just showed up that day and bought a lawn ticket 1 Marian Schedenig reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted February 15 I'm beginning to see the seeds of a mini London 2018 revival. 1 crocodile reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 As you said @Jay there is probably no other way we'll see Williams in flesh. It needs to be done. Plus travelling to the US will become much much easier for me in the coming weeks. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 12375 Report post Posted February 15 As I said? I think you're confusing me with someone else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bayesian 305 Report post Posted February 15 I bought tickets for Tanglewood on Parade for myself and my wife. If anything gets organized for a JWFan meetup around it, we’d be excited to join in. Well, I would, at least. She mostly just indulges my JW fanaticism. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 8 minutes ago, Jay said: As I said? I think you're confusing me with someone else. You did in London! Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 12375 Report post Posted February 15 I said the only way for you to see him was to go to Tanglewood? Oh wait, do you mean the USA in general? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 The latter. Or maybe you said "Boston". Either way, same general meaning. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 12375 Report post Posted February 15 Ah ok. That didn't really track from the flow of conversation before your post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 15 Yeah, my brain can be sometimes chaotic like this. Referring to stuff that seems to be obvious only to me. You need to bear with me. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted February 15 We definitely did talk about it in London. Though rather under the presumption that Williams himself would be the conductor. I made up my mind then - I'd have gotten a ticket right away without hesitation if Williams was listed as the conductor. But after last year's events, I'll be happy if everything goes well and he shows up. 2 hours ago, crocodile said: Shall we make a real trip out of it and buy Hollywood Bowl tickets as well once they're out. It's a week after haha. I think one coast shall suffice for my first trip to America. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fommes 82 Report post Posted February 17 I think I'll wait until the inevitable announcement he'll try to get to Vienna again. Inevitable, surely. (Wasn't this on this bucket list?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JTGL 56 Report post Posted February 17 5 minutes ago, fommes said: I think I'll wait until the inevitable announcement he'll try to get to Vienna again. Inevitable, surely. (Wasn't this on this bucket list?) Yes it is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 4054 Report post Posted February 19 On 2/17/2019 at 12:27 PM, fommes said: I think I'll wait until the inevitable announcement he'll try to get to Vienna again. Inevitable, surely. (Wasn't this on this bucket list?) I doubt this would happen this year though. Episode IX might be a priority (as well as Abrams's frantic last-minute tweaking, I'm sure) and they wouldn't probably let him travel such long distances around this time. If it does happen though, I'll try to go too of course. Karol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 9660 Report post Posted February 19 In Maurizio's podcast MM said that JW is taking it easy this year with the conducting. If he's not doing Boston you can rest assure he's not doing Vienna. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naboo79 0 Report post Posted March 25 For those travelling from outside of the US to Tanglewood, I'm honestly curious how you get there by public transport? I tried to work it out last year but gave up, lol. 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smeltington 317 Report post Posted March 26 https://webstore.peterpanbus.com/ It seems there's a Peter Pan bus, but it's expensive. There may be other buses also. Search for buses from Boston to Lenox, MA where Tanglewood is located. I've traveled from Boston to Tanglewood several times, and always rented a car, since there's no other really good way to get to Lenox/Tanglewood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naboo79 0 Report post Posted March 26 5 hours ago, Smeltington said: https://webstore.peterpanbus.com/ It seems there's a Peter Pan bus, but it's expensive. There may be other buses also. Search for buses from Boston to Lenox, MA where Tanglewood is located. I've traveled from Boston to Tanglewood several times, and always rented a car, since there's no other really good way to get to Lenox/Tanglewood. Thanks for the tip regarding the bus Even if I manage to get there it doesn’t seem there is a hotel within walking distance of the venue in Tanglewood? Also, does anyone know if he’s definitely not appearing at the May Boston shows, as a special guest or otherwise? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smeltington 317 Report post Posted March 26 Once you're in Lenox, Tanglewood is still not very accessible except by car. Even if you find a way to get there by bus, you may need a cab or Uber/Lyft just to get from the bus station to Tanglewood and back. If there's any way you can rent a car I definitely recommend that. You could book accommodations somewhere between Lenox and Boston if you didn't want to spend the money to stay in Boston (and the parking situation in Boston is pretty bad too). On the other hand, you'd have no problem getting to one of the Boston shows, but it sounds like the chances of seeing Williams himself in Boston this year are a lot lower, based on the info we have right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 9660 Report post Posted March 27 Lenox is hard to get too, and there really isn't that much there. Part of its appeal though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 1979 Report post Posted March 27 Oh my. I'd kinda expected it would be easy enough to get from NYC or Boston to Tanglewood (and back) by public transport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 9660 Report post Posted March 29 Think of it as an adventure, a pilgrimage! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxfan 21 Report post Posted April 8 Albany, NY is the closest city to Tanglewood, with regular Greyhound bus and Amtrak rail service to New York City. If you have a driving license, you can rent a car in Albany for just one day to get to Tanglewood and back (hotels are also much cheaper there than in the Berkshires as well). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrej 12 Report post Posted May 21 I have 2 tickets available for those interested in May 29 Boston Film Night Tribute concert 1st Balcony Rt. Seats A9, A10 I won't be able to come, still going to May 30 and 31 concerts though The price is USD 163 for both tickets (original purchase price) If interested, PM me pls. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 3503 Report post Posted July 9 You know it's funny, almost amusing, that this Williams guy can do several concerts, in the USA, but try to get him to do one concert in 20 years, in London... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stefancos 9660 Report post Posted July 11 On 7/9/2019 at 4:44 PM, Richard said: You know it's funny, almost amusing, that this Williams guy can do several concerts, in the USA, but try to get him to do one concert in 20 years, in London... Thats how bloody awful London has become. He fell ill as soon as he got off the plane! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martinland 15 Report post Posted July 15 On 7/12/2019 at 12:20 AM, Stefancos said: Thats how bloody awful London has become. Yes, he should have gone straight to Vienna instead and step out into the sweet, healthy air that Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold breathed before him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miguel Andrade 628 Report post Posted July 21 Tanglewood on Parade program won't include any Williams piece this year. Not a first since 1980, but surely a rare thing to happen: Quote Tuesday, July 23, at 8pm THE GREGORY E. BULGER FOUNDATION CONCERT BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA BOSTON SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHOIR ANDRIS NELSONS, KEITH LOCKHART, THOMAS WILKINS, and JAMES BURTON, conductors WAGNER “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA, ANDRIS NELSONS conducting RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome The Fountains of Valle Giulia at dawn The Triton Fountain in the morning The Fountain of Trevi at mid-day The Fountain at the Villa Medici at sunset BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THOMAS WILKINS conducting James BURTON From The Lost Words, for children’s choir and orchestra (world premiere; co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, music director, through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency) Dandelion Newt Lark Magpie Willow Otter BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and BOSTON SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHOIR, JAMES BURTON conducting Joseph Miller, projectionist Words and images from The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, published by House of Anansi Press INTERMISSION STRAUSS Opening fanfare (Sunrise) from Also sprach Zarathustra— RAVEL Daybreak, from Daphnis et Chloé Film Luna produced by Susan Dangel and Dick Bartlett Photographs by Babak Tafreshi, The World at Night Photography TOWNSHEND - MATHES Overture/“Pinball Wizard” from Tommy HARRISON - MATHES “Here Comes the Sun” BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, KEITH LOCKHART conducting TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture, Opus 49 TMC ORCHESTRA and BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THOMAS WILKINS conducting And as noted before, Williams won't be conducting either. 1 Ricard reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ricard 1249 Report post Posted September 5 Added link to the Hollywood Bowl reviews page. http://www.jwfan.com/?page_id=2422 Looking forward to the 2020 schedule! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
