Popular Post Timo Martikainen 127 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Bellosh, Muad'Dib, Holko and 29 others 23 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Cool! What a rare treat to see Williams playing his own music at his home piano! Also, has Keith Lockhart lost weight or something? He looks different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,506 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Edit: Ninja'd! crumbs, Sandor, Tom and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,491 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Awesome! Awww, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes right on his shelf, what a nerd! Falstaft, CGCJ, Remco and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Wow! Now I NEED to see Williams perform a piano reduction of the whole thing! YouTube link: Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,506 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 "Hi! I'm John Williams" is the cutest thing I've ever heard. Bellosh, Montre, Henry Sítrónu and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Falstaft 2,132 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Truly wonderful. Really well-done, well-produced performance too, given the limitations of this format. Especially cool to see the maestro in his personal studio, with all those personal effects & books. Will, Oceadge, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Falstaft said: Truly wonderful. Really well-done, well-produced performance too, given the limitations of this format. Especially cool to see the maestro in his personal studio, with all those personal effects & books. Including, as @Holko pointed out, little figures of the cantina band on one shelf! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 308 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,249 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Holy cow this is the coolest video I've seen in a long time! John Williams talking directly to the camera for something to be broadcast on the internet, what a time to be alive! aviazn, Falstaft, The Illustrious Jerry and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,491 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Jay said: Holy cow this is the coolest video I've seen in a long time! John Williams talking directly to the camera for something to be broadcast on the internet, what a time to be alive! He could just do twitch streams sitting there playing all day! MikeH, KittBash, eitam and 8 others 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lairdo 726 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 What an amazing treat to wake up to. Everything about this is top rate - the playing, the sentiment, the editing - and of course seeing two maestros - Keith Lockhart and the ultimate Maestro JW. And just hearing John Williams both play the piano and speak - looking fit and healthy - is a gift to all of us. And then there are the Modal Nodes on the shelf as previously mentioned... I mean, how lucky are we to get to have this music in our lives? crlbrg, Taikomochi, Holko and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Wow, absolutely beautiful. I came close to tearing up. What a marvelous sound the orchestra gets too -- I don't know how it was possible to mix them so well given how it was recorded. MikeH and Falstaft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Keith conducting is just for show, right? These guys had to have all performed on their own time to a click track in their ear right? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 308 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Smeltington 1,436 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 That was beautiful! It's comforting to see Williams and be able to "check in" with him this way. And I loved seeing all the musicians playing in their homes... you can appreciate the magnitude of so many artists from different walks of life coming together to contribute to one performance. I don't always have that in mind when I'm watching an orchestra on stage, dressed in black. WilliamsStarShip2282, crumbs and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt S. 492 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 That was incredible! Amazing performance in its own right, but truly inspiring given the circumstances! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,506 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Omen II, Ricard, Muad'Dib and 25 others 6 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matt S. 492 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Apparently the musicians recorded their parts separately, and it was all edited together after the fact. Check the opening fanfare: there are three trumpet players, but they recorded their parts twice each (you can see them wearing different clothes!) From the Pops' website: BSO Recording Engineer Nick Squire and Video Engineer Brandon Cardley, working from their homes, edited the audio and video from 86 individually submitted video files to create the musicians’ gift to all who are giving so much of themselves during this time. https://www.bso.org/brands/pops/features/at-home/pops-at-home-heroic-performances-may-5.aspx Taikomochi, crumbs, artguy360 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinland 357 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Will said: I came close to tearing up I just did - completely. Part of the reasons being that this should not be how we experience orchestras on one hand, but it's soo admirable here on the other hand, and, foremost - Maestro Williams opened the concert with the London Symphony in 1996 with just that, on short notice even (!); we were impressed, to say the least. That was almost 24 years ago. Almost as long as me and my significant other have been together. *sigh* Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,973 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is uber-cool!!! Karol Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Mortimer 43 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I like as he said Hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 That was amazing. And I didn't know musicians recorded separetedly could sound like a whole orchestra when joining the video files together. Maybe this is how film music will be recorded for the foreseeable future until it's safe to resume normal recording sessions again? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,506 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Delightful Falstaft, Will, Martinland and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Mortimer 43 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Fabulin said: Delightful "I enjoyed this my piece of music." MikeH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This was lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,077 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This was so awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 7,451 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is fantastic, rare and just plain heartbreaking. What a treat! While it's fun to identify the objects in his immediate surroundings, Oma Tres-style, it's first and foremost a treat to see and hear Williams playing piano -- something we haven't seen for DECADES (was the last time the Jay Leno show when they played MEMOIRS?). Just a bar or two, but enough to be uber-cool. And I love how they solved the piece itself, visually and musically. It's a fantastic one, and my 'goosebump meter' always rockets sky high whenever the piece reaches its break at 6:15. Amer, Martinland, crumbs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,220 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Jay said: Holy cow this is the coolest video I've seen in a long time! John Williams talking directly to the camera for something to be broadcast on the internet, what a time to be alive! Amen! This made my day! Will and Martinland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 That was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is awesome. ...and also quite an accomplishment, I'd say. They certainly could have picked an easier, less densely orchestrated piece for an online performance. Will, Mattris, crumbs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwan71 26 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Indeed, what a fantastic video and performance by the Boston Pops... not to mention the technical achievement. Lovely in every way! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Could some parts have been pre-recorded? Or at least edited together somehow? I can't believe it was all a single take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Thor said: Could some parts have been pre-recorded? Or at least edited together somehow? I can't believe it was all a single take. As mentioned above, all the parts were recorded separately and the mixed together, so in a way, everything was pre-recorded. While the technology may exist to do this live in real time, I don't think there's an orchestra in the world whose members have internet connections with sufficiently small lag for a live performance involving dozens of players. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Missed that part. Yes, it makes sense, of course. But kudos to the editor -- it sounded seamless. Interestingly, this is exactly what they did with Williams' "Satelite Celebration" back in the 90s. That was live, and worked surprisingly well (at least if judging by the bootleg recording). Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crlbrg 381 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Fabulin said: Small edit Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, Thor said: Interestingly, this is exactly what they did with Williams' "Satelite Celebration" back in the 90s. That was live, and worked surprisingly well (at least if judging by the bootleg recording). I assume that was not done via the internet, which has much more lag than a direct electromagnetic transmission at light speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 364 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Awesome video for an awesome piece of music! And coolest of all, seeing John playing and adressing the camera... As always it's heartening to see him doing well. It was interesting to hear another performance of the music, for example the dissonant background being mixed higher than usual during the crescendo around minute 6. Martinland and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Looks like Jerry Goldsmith (the guy with the white hair) on the right of that photo behind him. No clue who the two ladies are between Williams and what looks like Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Looks like Ozawa to me. Sharkissimo and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,368 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is the best thing I've seen in months!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Looks like Ozawa to me. I concur. That's likely a photo from before/after a concert in Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,842 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Incredible in so many ways! What a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Awwwwwwww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,791 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thx99 1,740 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Thor said: While it's fun to identify the objects in his immediate surroundings, Oma Tres-style, it's first and foremost a treat to see and hear Williams playing piano -- something we haven't seen for DECADES (was the last time the Jay Leno show when they played MEMOIRS?). Just a bar or two, but enough to be uber-cool. It technically hasn't been decades, @Thor. In 2012, he played a bit of piano on a 60 Minutes segment on the release of Lincoln and also as part of a Brian Williams interview focusing initially on the music he's composed for the Olympic Games, as seen here: Will, Amer and Smeltington 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 True. Thanks for the reminder. thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trumpeteer 302 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Let's not forget that he is 88 years old! His fingers are flying around like he's 28! That is what made me cry, more than the fact that it is a rare thing to see John Williams perform more than a couple of notes on the piano. crumbs, Will and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This is officially the coolest Covid video on the internet! 2 hours ago, Thor said: Missed that part. Yes, it makes sense, of course. But kudos to the editor -- it sounded seamless. Interestingly, this is exactly what they did with Williams' "Satelite Celebration" back in the 90s. That was live, and worked surprisingly well (at least if judging by the bootleg recording). All the major symphony orchestras have been doing similar renditions of classical repertoire in this fashion since quarantine began. Every part is recorded as a stemmed and then edited and mixed together. It's pretty impressive, and it looks like most ensembles have boiled it down to a technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 7,973 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 I'm also happy they are performing this particular piece. I remember hearing it in 1996 without knowing who composed it. It's such a memorable melody. I remember playing it once and one of my mates, who cared little about JW or film scores, said "oh, this is the Atlanta olympic theme, isn't it?". And that must have been something like 7-8 years after the games. Shows you how good this tune is. Karol Will, Martinland, Fabulin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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