John Williams to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra with Anne-Sophie Mutter on violin, January 26 & 27, 2021

[Ricard 1549]

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Superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and renowned composer and conductor John Williams bring a special program of Williams’s beloved film music (Harry Potter, Star Wars, Schindler’s List, and more) to Carnegie Hall for a one-night-only concert that features the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra.

Enjoy an evening of Hollywood glamour at Carnegie Hall by reserving gala tickets to gain access to prime concert seating, including your choice of a festive pre-concert cocktail party or a post-concert dinner celebration with the artists.

 

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2021/01/27/Across-the-Stars-The-Music-of-John-Williams-0700PM

[crumbs 8398]

Well that's certainly advanced planning. Great to see John isn't planning to slow down or stop travelling anytime soon. 

[pete 384]

I wonder if Williams will make some new arrangements or revisit Han Solo and the Princess, the first page of which showed up in one of Sophie's Instagram posts. I would love to hear that!

[Tydirium 464]

So wait, is it not possible to just buy an individual ticket to the event (for a cheaper price)? Is the gala package the only way to attend?

[Lamasseux 6]

4 hours ago, Tydirium said:

So wait, is it not possible to just buy an individual ticket to the event (for a cheaper price)? Is the gala package the only way to attend?

 

I think they will sale individual tickets later.

 

[Ricard 1549]

An additional concert of the same program is scheduled for January 26, this time in Philadelphia:

 

https://www.philorch.org/performances/our-season/events-and-tickets/2020-21-season/a-night-with-john-williams-and-anne-sophie-mutter/

[Ricard 1549]

The Philadelphia performance no longer has a date:

 

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Start and end dates to be determined.

https://www.philorch.org/performances/our-season/events-and-tickets/2020-21-season/a-night-with-john-williams-and-anne-sophie-mutter/

 

No changes for the NY concert:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2021/01/27/Across-the-Stars-The-Music-of-John-Williams-0700PM

[bollemanneke 1756]

Why, because humanity is so infinitely stupid that we won't have a vaccine by that time?

[Thor 3761]

Could this be the occasion where he premieres his violin concerto for Mutter? Or is it not ready yet? The programme doesn't say. But surely, Williams must have done something these last few corona-isolated months.

[Marian Schedenig 3108]

9 minutes ago, Thor said:

Could this be the occasion where he premieres his violin concerto for Mutter? Or is it not ready yet? The programme doesn't say. But surely, Williams must have done something these last few corona-isolated months.

 

Didn't he say it's finished in one of those interviews where you complained he never says anything of interest?

[Thor 3761]

8 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Didn't he say it's finished in one of those interviews where you complained he never says anything of interest?

 

Ha, ha. Could be!

[Steve 160]

The violin concerto will be premiered at Tanglewood 2021 if covid permits.

[Marian Schedenig 3108]

27 minutes ago, Thor said:

Ha, ha. Could be!

 

To be fair, I don't recall if he said it's completely finished, and I obviously don't know how accurate his statement was in the first place. But as far as I remember, he said something to the effect that "it's done now".

[Matt S. 342]

1 hour ago, Steve said:

The violin concerto will be premiered at Tanglewood 2021 if covid permits.

 

I really hope it's recorded and released on CD so we can read endless whining about how the trumpets were late in bar 32, the tempo wasn't right from bars 123-129, and how the orchestra almost completely fell apart for two seconds in bar 87 of the third movement!  Let's just hope they don't use the dreadful Vienna Philharmonic again!

[Fabulin 2483]

6 hours ago, Matt S. said:

 

I really hope it's recorded and released on CD so we can read endless whining about how the trumpets were late in bar 32, the tempo wasn't right from bars 123-129, and how the orchestra almost completely fell apart for two seconds in bar 87 of the third movement!  Let's just hope they don't use the dreadful Vienna Philharmonic again!

They should just premiere it with a sample library. Someone needs to call John Williams and tell him to start working on MIDI files immediately.

[bruce marshall 510]

Has he ever written a cello or oboe concerto?

I'd be interested in hearing that!

[Steve 160]

5 hours ago, bruce marshall said:

Has he ever written a cello or oboe concerto?

I'd be interested in hearing that!

He has written concertos for both instruments and some other solo pieces for cello. I'm sure it is on YouTube. 

[Marian Schedenig 3108]

[Jay 18395]

On 8/29/2020 at 7:40 PM, bruce marshall said:

Has he ever written a cello or oboe concerto?

 

 

 

 

 

[Thor 3761]

In fact, there aren't that many instrument groups left for which he hasn't written a piece in some form. I would have loved to hear a percussion concerto, since so many of his family members were and are percussionists, but in many ways, I think of IMAGES as one. He also hasn't written a trombone concerto, which would be interesting, since it's an instrument he mastered pretty well in his youth (according to himself), presumably second-best after the piano.