Lewya 360 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 https://variety.com/2019/music/news/andre-previn-dead-dies-composer-gigi-porgy-and-bess-1203152006/ Chen G., Loert, crumbs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 7,627 Posted February 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2019 Oh no. Not only a great concert composer and conductor, but also film composer (even if he was always bitter about Hollywood). And a great, longtime friend of John Williams, of course. crumbs, Fancyarcher, Yavar Moradi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Damn. He was one of those dudes that I just thought would live forever. I'm glad he started writing more the past 25 years or so, because he had a low-key unique voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I love his adaptations for ROLLERBALL. He also conducted the LSO in my favourite version of THE PLANETS. Morecambe and Wise taught him everything knows. R.I.P. Mr. Preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Richard said: I love his adaptations for ROLLERBALL. He also conducted the LSO in my favourite version of THE PLANETS. Morecambe and Wise taught him everything knows. R.I.P. Mr. Preview. He played all the right notes, and sometimes in the right order. A sad loss. Naïve Old Fart and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I have his score to that Bette Davis movie, Dead Ringers. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,236 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Sad news. The first proper orchestral concert I ever attended was conducted by Andre Previn. My year at school was taken because we were learning about Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in music class and the orchestra (I think it was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) happened to be playing it. As with many things in life that we first experience as children, it was only later when I appreciated what an opportunity it was to see such a world famous musician in the flesh. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,517 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 . bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,640 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, dougie said: I have his score to that Bette Davis movie, Dead Ringers. The FSM release of that score is so great. I also love all the other Previns Lukas Kendall put out for FSM, particularly The Fastest Gun Alive...totally awesome. I really hope we get a definitive two disc release of his score to The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse some day. RIP Maestro Previn...thanks for all the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted February 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2019 Bad day... Naïve Old Fart, Yavar Moradi, SteveMc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 RIP Maestro Previn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 RIP. What an eclectic, legendary fellow. In my neck of the woods, he was conductor of the Houston Symphony way back in the day. 39 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: He was one of those dudes that I just thought would live forever. Same with me. Ii2 and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ii2 210 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I looked him up, listened to some of his music, you know, he wasn't that bad. He put together some nice melodies. A great contemporary composer. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,807 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 RIP Mr. Previn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 If the only thing he ever wrote was the main title to Dead Ringer, he'd still be a fantastic composer. RIP. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,367 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Just heard about this on the BBC News. The most impressive bit they aired was him conducting a Bernstein composition with the LSO. Only knew his name because MM mentioned him a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,529 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I remember my primary school teacher playing The Planets performed by Previn and the LSO on the sound system. I was so enamoured by the music that I dragged my Dad to the local library to borrow a copy so that I could listen to it whenever I wanted. It is still my go-to version of that work. As well as Holst, I also greatly cherish his interpretation of Walton's Symphony No.1, which is widely regarded as the best of that work. It was very difficult/expensive to get hold for a while, though fortunately it is now available on Youtube: Also very entertaining watching him rehearse a school orchestra... RIP Andre Previn. You will be sorely missed. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I had some of the recordings done by him. I always loved his recording of Alexander Nevsky with the LSO. RIP Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,698 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Bad day... A fucking good score, from a fucking good movie. Glóin the Dark and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,240 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Curiously, I'm nearly completely unfamiliar with his own music. But I have several of his recordings, and some of those seem so spot on to me that I never bothered to look up others for comparison. Incidentally, I just today attended a performance of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky cantata, which I'm mainly familiar with through Previn's recording. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJH132 48 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Mr. Previn was promoting his book "No Minor Chords" on Larry King's radio show many years ago. I took the opportunity to call in and was able to ask him a question. Something about Williams' symphony Previn had premiered. It was all a blur. I'd never called a radio show before, and haven't since. Top notch guy. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro-arte 22 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Conductor and composer André Previn dies at 89... Martinland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, TJH132 said: Mr. Previn was promoting his book "No Minor Chords" on Larry King's radio show many years ago. I took the opportunity to call in and was able to ask him a question. Something about Williams' symphony Previn had premiered. It was all a blur. I'd never called a radio show before, and haven't since. Top notch guy. Yo, is that an Amiga avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJH132 48 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Yo, is that an Amiga avatar? Only Amiga makes it possible! karelm and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro-arte 22 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 R.I.P Maestro Previn, I cherish the Strauss, Debussy, Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams recordings 1 hour ago, Richard said: A fucking good score, from a fucking good movie. What is this movie ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TJH132 said: Only Amiga makes it possible! I always wanted to use Bars n Pipes, but Amiga faded out before my time, unfortunately. Thankfully, I can say differently for Previn. His band _was_ bigger than a cigar. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kühni 485 Posted March 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2019 . Yavar Moradi, SteveMc, Sir Hilary Bray and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I’m a little late, but Rest In Peace Mr Previn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 309 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I'm a huge fan of the guy. He literally did it all, and the fascinating thing is that he and John Williams not only knew each other since youth, but basically have all of the same accomplishments. Both big time film composers, have all the same awards (including the same amount of academy awards I believe), jazz records, classical records, directors of world class orchestra, concert composers who wrote for many major orchestras and soloists of the day (both of them writing for all the same people, with the exception of Previn not having written for Lang Lang). They also both wrote musicals (Previn did Coco, and Williams Thomas and the King), however the only thing Willimas has not done is an opera. Wouldn't that be amazing? There should be a petition for him to do one. ***An interesting side note. Previn's "A streetcar named desire", was hugely publicized and made a big splash, but his second opera "Brief Encounter"didn't do so hot. I think it was the better of the two opera's (with his third being premiered this summer at Tanglewood), and the most interesting thing is the main love theme is, including the same harmonies, Williams "Luke and Leia Theme". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,227 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, WilliamsStarShip2282 said: including the same amount of academy awards I believe That would be 4 vs 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 309 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: That would be 4 vs 5 Previn had...... My Fair Lady, Porgy and Bess, Gigi, Irma la Douce..... I don't know why I always thought there was another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,227 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, WilliamsStarShip2282 said: directors of world class orchestra The Boston Pops is really not considered world class, although they partially feed on the players of the (world class) BSO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 309 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Yes they are, especially in their day with Fiedler/ Williams era. They were one of the most famous orchestras in the world one, and two they are in actuality the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the first chairs removed, and the BSO is indeed a world class orchestra. Also until about...... 2003, they were still playing a ton or classical contemporary/classical repertoire. It's only in the last ten years or so they specifically play "pop" stuff, as proir they played it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,227 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I've never seen the Pops mentioned in any list of the world's greatest orchestras. It's like the economy version of BSO. WilliamsStarShip2282 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Its the tag team! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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