JW is writing a new violin concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter - "Violin Concerto No. 2"

[Marian Schedenig 6218]

5 hours ago, Jay said:

Went to Dallas to hear it live?  He was the conducter when it premiered at Tanglewood this summer.

 

There's always a difference between hearing it from "within" the orchestra (or on the podium) and from the audience. Reverb and instrumental balance can vary a lot. A conductor will often have an assistant check the acoustics from further back during an on-location rehearsal, or let the musicians perform on their own at key points to check for him-/herself if no assistant is available. I would make sense for Williams to check how the audience hears his orchestrations and perhaps make some tweaks.

[Jay 30970]

Interesting!

[carlborg 346]

From ASM's FB post - is this confirmation that it will be a live recording rather than a studio recording?

Also seems like we are getting more film themes after all!

[Steve 478]

Sounds good! I guess 3-4 new film arrangements which will be released with the Violin concerto.

[Amer 1773]

Thats great news! Id love to see newer titles- perhaps: Marion's Theme or 'Leaving Home' or 'Love Theme' from Superman would be awesome! But He'd probably do Angela's Ashes  instead 

[Matt S. 458]

Looking forward to “Crimebuster for Violin and Orchestra!”

[Jay 30970]

Yup that specifically says "live recording", so I guess I the album will have the same thing we'll hear for free on the radio. 

 

Actually, wait, there are two shows this weekend, so the album version could vacillate between each where needed for the best takes

[Tom 3372]

I wonder if the film pieces will be part of the concert (in which case we will know soon what they are) or if they will record them separately.  

[JohnnyD 1110]

4 hours ago, carlborg said:

 

I’m looking forward to this upcoming album being announced for release; instant purchase, of course.

[rpvee 542]

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I wonder if the film pieces will be part of the concert (in which case we will know soon what they are) or if they will record them separately.  

The free Sunday concert specifically mentions including film pieces.

[Matt S. 458]

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I wonder if the film pieces will be part of the concert (in which case we will know soon what they are) or if they will record them separately.  

 

Mutter has been playing an encore at these concerts, so it could be a new piece there (such as the new arrangement of Across the Stars), but I doubt there would be three of them.

 

Maybe the rest of these will be played and recorded at the free concert on October 3rd?  The program just says "Three arrangements from film scores, for violin and orchesrtra" but doesn't give the titles.

 

https://www.bso.org/brands/bso/education-community/community/concert-for-our-city-reunited-at-symphony-hall.aspx

[crumbs 12605]

Could they be new film score violin arrangements that weren't on the first ATS album, which JW has done in the last year?

[Tom 3372]

I did not know they had released the program for the free concert.  I would bet they are the new pieces and that will constitute the recording of them.  Cool news.  

[Matt S. 458]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

Could they be new film score violin arrangements that weren't on the first ATS album, which JW has done in the last year?

 

That's what it sounds like to me.

[Falstaft 1791]

Perhaps we'll finally get to hear the unperformed "Han Solo and the Princess" arrangement shown in her instagram post from Jan 2019!

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsvqs0mnfsq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
 

Though of course I hope something from TROS is on the table. And how great would it be for a proper action cue to get the ASM treatment? 

[Disco Stu 15468]

Seeming more and more like TROS will be the first Star Wars movie not to have anything performed from it in concert by Williams  .  Call it one more thing that 2020 stole from us.

[Jurassic Shark 9331]

Perhaps JW just isn't that proud of it.

[Cerebral Cortex 2847]

I've been told by a couple insiders that Williams spent much of 2020 shopping around for roles hoping to get his acting career off the ground after his critically-praised performance in TROS and didn't want his musical efforts to overshadow his acting contributions to the film. 

[JohnnyD 1110]

On 30/09/2021 at 7:30 AM, Amer said:

That's great news! Id love to see newer titles- perhaps: Marion's Theme

 

You got it! The Maestro conducted Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra exactly this as an encore after Violin Concerto No. 2.

 

[Jay 30970]

A video recording of the Dallas performance is now streaming for $10

 

https://watch.dallassymphony.org/packages/2021-gala-an-evening-with-anne-sophie-mutter/videos/gala-2021

[BB-8 1728]

Anne-Sophie Mutter: I rang President Biden for my visa - Slipped DiscSlipped Disc | The inside track on classical music and related cultures, by Norman Lebrecht (slippedisc.com)

 

[Luke Skywalker 1440]

One of those three should buy a better phone to make selfies with….

[Fabulin 3433]

1 hour ago, BB-8 said:

Anne-Sophie Mutter: I rang President Biden for my visa - Slipped DiscSlipped Disc | The inside track on classical music and related cultures, by Norman Lebrecht (slippedisc.com)

 

I find it interesting that despite the descreasing clout of the classical music world, a foreign violinist, however famous, can still get to talk to the U.S. President when in need. I wonder who was the 'other'. Some well-connected orchestra director? An underling of a relevant Secretary? Steven Spielberg, John Williams?

 

Maybe a German ambassador...

[Ian Stouffer 10]

The Pittsburgh concert will be having the Maestro's Violin Concerto no. 2 as it's first half of the program. I'm saving my first listen of the piece for when I'm sitting so close to Williams in Heinz Hall.

[carlborg 346]

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/great-performances-a-john-williams-premiere-at-tanglewood-about/13028/

[Disco Stu 15468]

Got my DVR set!

[Jay 30970]

People still have DVRs in 2021?

[Disco Stu 15468]

30 minutes ago, Jay said:

People still have DVRs in 2021?

 

Well I use Youtube TV but I still call recording stuff DVR just because it's... well still what it is technically.  It's digital, it's video, and it's recorded.

[JohnnyD 1110]

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/john-williams-anne-sophie-mutter-talk-composing-and-more-azi/13164/

 

Interview with the Maestro and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

[BB-8 1728]

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Andris Nelsons

 

Tue 29 August 2023 - Lucerne

Thu 31 August 2023 - Salzburg

 

JOHN WILLIAMS

Violin Concerto No. 2

Prologue

Rounds

Dactyls

Epilogue

ARTISTS

 

Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin 

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons Conductor 

 

 

29.08.2023 Boston Symphony Orchestra | Andris Nelsons | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Williams | Strauss | Ravel | Summer Festival | Lucerne Festival

 

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra • Salzburg Festival 2023 (salzburgerfestspiele.at)

[Disco Stu 15468]

Will this be the first performance not conducted by Williams?  I can't remember at the moment if that's happened yet.

[Miguel Andrade 1034]

It has already been conducted by Fabio Luisi in Dallas

[Jay 30970]

1 hour ago, Disco Stu said:

Will this be the first performance not conducted by Williams?  I can't remember at the moment if that's happened yet.

 

It was conducted by Fabio Luisi in Dallas... and Williams was in the audience!  He came out and conducted an encore... the Mutter 'Nice To Be Around' arrangement

 

https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/31908-jw-is-writing-a-new-violin-concerto-for-anne-sophie-mutter-violin-concerto-no-2/&do=findComment&comment=1836030

[Marian Schedenig 6218]

3 hours ago, BB-8 said:

Boston Symphony Orchestra • Salzburg Festival 2023 (salzburgerfestspiele.at)

 

What!

 

As far as prestige goes, I think that's at least as big as the concert at the Musikverein.

[Jay 30970]

Violin Concerto No. 2 will be conducted by Andris Nelsons on August 11th at Tanglewood

 

https://www.bso.org/events/bso-anne-sophie-mutter

[Quppa 67]

Anne-Sophie Mutter seems to be doing a world tour of this concerto - she's headed to Sydney in November.

 

https://www.sydneysymphony.com/concerts/anne-sophie-mutter-music-of-john-williams

 

Anne-Sophie Mutter & the Music of John Williams

 

Program

Herrmann Vertigo: Suite
John Williams Violin Concerto No.2
Rota The Leopard: Suite
Westlake Flying Dreams
John Williams Hedwig’s Theme
John Williams The Long Goodbye: Theme

 

Artists

Simone Young conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

 

[Marian Schedenig 6218]

11 minutes ago, Quppa said:

Program

Herrmann Vertigo: Suite
John Williams Violin Concerto No.2
Rota The Leopard: Suite
Westlake Flying Dreams
John Williams Hedwig’s Theme
John Williams The Long Goodbye: Theme

 

Artists

Simone Young conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

 

 

Nice to see Simone Young conducting Williams. And I'd love to hear a Gattopardo suite in concert someday.

[Datameister 1650]

Very cool. I finally listened to this concerto in the past week. I enjoy it more than the other JW classical work I've heard—which, admittedly, is limited just to the contents of Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams.

 

It's all challenging music, for sure. Williams speaks so directly in most of his film music. This is different, in ways that are hard to describe.

[Miguel Andrade 1034]

21 hours ago, BB-8 said:

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Andris Nelsons

 

Tue 29 August 2023 - Lucerne

Thu 31 August 2023 - Salzburg

 

JOHN WILLIAMS

Violin Concerto No. 2

Prologue

Rounds

Dactyls

Epilogue

ARTISTS

 

Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin 

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons Conductor 

 

 

29.08.2023 Boston Symphony Orchestra | Andris Nelsons | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Williams | Strauss | Ravel | Summer Festival | Lucerne Festival

 

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra • Salzburg Festival 2023 (salzburgerfestspiele.at)

 

Not only highly prestigious, but many (if not all) performances of the festival are recorded and broadcast 😉

[Tom 3372]

The violin concerto truly is a tour de force.  I am glad it (via Mutter) is taking the classical world by storm.  Has any recent concerto by any composer been performed this frequently?  

[BB-8 1728]

 

Grammy nominee: The sound engineer Bernhard Güttler

 

WDR 3 Mosaic 02/02/2023 5:54 min.

By Cornelia Böcker

What craft do sound engineers actually master? They ensure good sound during music recordings, just like Bernhard Güttler. He just got a Grammy nomination for his work. Cornelia Böcker visited the Tonkunstler in Detmold.

 

Grammy-Kandidat: Der Tonmeister Bernhard Güttler - WDR 3 Mosaik - WDR 3 - Podcasts und Audios - Mediathek - WDR

[Smeltington 1066]

I didn't understand what they were saying, but I listened to the whole thing anyway. I can't explain why I did that.