Popular Post Miguel Andrade 1,343 Posted July 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2020 In his conversation with Dudamel at KUSC, Williams just mentioned that he was asked to write a processional for the Vienna Philharmonic annual ball. He also confirmed that the idea is to premiere the new Violin Concerto at Tanglewood, Summer 21, covid allowing. Holko, SteveMc, Martinland and 10 others 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 He also said that he has just finished working on the Violin Concerto! Marcus and ChrisAfonso 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Cool. I was hoping for such a confirmation. And the processional--well that could be a dream come true. He will dig down deep for that one.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 What he is writing is supposed to succeed this 1924 piece by Richard Strauss. Â Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Well, that is quite an honor. The traditionalist in me does not like to see such pieces with their own rich histories replaced (even if by Williams), but such is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias 267 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Tom said: Well, that is quite an honor. The traditionalist in me does not like to see such pieces with their own rich histories replaced (even if by Williams), but such is life. I doubt that the piece will permanently be replaced. The VPO is way too proud of its tradition for that to happen. But I think we may very well get to see JW conduct at the annual Vienna Philharmonic ball sometime. 😃 (don't know whether there will even be a ball in February of next year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montre 79 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I am so looking forward to new JW concert pieces. I’m especially excited about the new violin concerto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,709 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Great to see that he is still healthy, active and working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 5,025 Posted July 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2020 Crazy to think the Strauss piece was written less than 10 years before Williams was born. Will, tmarps, Martinland and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom said: Crazy to think the Strauss piece was written less than 10 years before Williams was born. Â Well, Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder were written just 11 years before Williams wrote Daddy-O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Williams life really does stretch back to a whole different era in music and history. I just looked up who was president when he was born--Herbert Hoover, who in turn was born less than 10 years after Lincoln was assassinated. Not sure why I find that noteworthy, but there you go.  crumbs and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 We are often so much closer to our musical ancestors than we think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 5,097 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 It's a wonderful closure of the circle, it makes such perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted July 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:  Well, Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder were written just 11 years before Williams wrote Daddy-O. I've never thought I would see these two works in one sentence haha Falstaft, igger6, Joni Wiljami and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Given that Williams loves writing for particular strengths of a given orchestra and acoustics of the hall, can you imagine the writing for the Vienna horns? And the nature of the piece calls for it to begin with. I am looking forward to the violin concerto, but this little piece excites me a bit more.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,700 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 11:14 AM, Tom said: Williams life really does stretch back to a whole different era in music and history. I just looked up who was president when he was born--Herbert Hoover, who in turn was born less than 10 years after Lincoln was assassinated. Not sure why I find that noteworthy, but there you go.   And Williams was born less than 6 years after Lincoln's son Robert died, who was 22 when Lincoln was assassinated and was at his deathbed in the Petersen House.  Incidentally, Robert was an eyewitness to President Garfield's assassination in 1881, and just outside the building where President McKinley was assassinated in 1901. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 10,098 Posted July 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 After that I assume he was banned from being near presidents. bigjimwilson, crumbs and mahler3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,160 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 6/30/2020 at 9:17 PM, Fabulin said: He also said that he has just finished working on the Violin Concerto! Â This is amazing news! More concert works by Williams! More recordings of concert works by Williams! crlbrg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I wonder if we will hear from that Liebknecht dude that Williams replaced Richard Strauss by ripping off Richard Strauss  Anyway, a collegial orchestra asking a guest to write them a new signature piece is just such a charming way to say thank you Falstaft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,569 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 They could have thanked him in other ways too, though, like... re-recording the Star Wars main title? Remco and Joni Wiljami 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted November 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2020 https://www.diepresse.com/5886209/wiener-philharmoniker-sagen-ball-2021-ab Quote Der nächste Ball wurde für den 20. Jänner 2022 angesetzt - samt einer eigens komponierten Fanfare von John Williams. (...) Am 20. Jänner 2022 soll nun der 80. Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker gefeiert werden - mit der eigens von Hollywoodkomponist John Williams für diesen Anlass komponierten Fanfare, die bereits 2021 hätte uraufgeführt werden sollen. Translation: The next ball has been re-scheduled for January 20, 2022 - including a specially composed fanfare by John Williams. (...) The 80th Ball of the Vienna Philharmonic is to be celebrated on January 20, 2022 - with the fanfare specially composed by Hollywood composer John Williams for the occasion, which should have premiered already in 2021. crlbrg, crumbs, Ludwig and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Ah. The regular ball was cancelled a while ago, but I was hoping they might to some alternative online thingy with the fanfare instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Mark 3,679 Posted November 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2020 So it's really happening! Â And it will be preserved in glorious cell phone recording quality! Â Norman Lebrecht must be having a heart attack right now mahler3, Remco, crlbrg and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, King Mark said: And it will be preserved in glorious cell phone recording quality! Â 2022Â mobile phones will be up to audiophile standards. mahler3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,186 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Quoting some relevant information from another thread, to get it into this thread  Earlier, this thread states:  On 6/30/2020 at 9:16 PM, Miguel Andrade said: In his conversation with Dudamel at KUSC, Williams just mentioned that he was asked to write a processional for the Vienna Philharmonic annual ball. He also confirmed that the idea is to premiere the new Violin Concerto at Tanglewood, Summer 21, covid allowing.  But the update from another thread is:  On 3/26/2021 at 10:49 AM, TownerFan said: The processional for the Vienna Philharmonic Ball was actually supposed to premiere in January 2021, but the ball was canceled because of the pandemic, so it's supposedly being premiered next year in Vienna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 The famous Wiener Opernball, which usually takes place in February, has recently been cancelled again for 2022 due to the pandemic. I expect chances are the same thing may happen to the Philharmoniker's ball. We might have to wait another year for the fanfare. Martinland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pawel P. 738 Posted November 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2022 80th Vienna Philharmonic Ball is on January 19th. So we have just over 2 months left to the premiere of the new Williams' composition.  I really hope that my theory that Maestro recorded it in Vienna in March this year in Musikverein, during rehearsals for concerts, will be confirmed and that composition will be included in the planned Vienna II album.  And if it doesn't, hopefully it'll be released in near future on another album.  https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/vienna-philharmonic-ball/2023 BB-8, blondheim, Once and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 12/11/2022 at 2:31 PM, Pawel P. said: 80th Vienna Philharmonic Ball is on January 19th. So we have just over 2 months left to the premiere of the new Williams' composition.  I really hope that my theory that Maestro recorded it in Vienna in March this year in Musikverein, during rehearsals for concerts, will be confirmed and that composition will be included in the planned Vienna II album.  And if it doesn't, hopefully it'll be released in near future on another album.  https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/vienna-philharmonic-ball/2023  2 x NN...?  Andris Nelsons will be with the VPO in January 2023 so a likely conductor at the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,742 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Im hoping it’ll be released with the unreleased waltz from Dracula! BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 80. Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker Feierliche Eröffnung: Wiener Philharmoniker Dirigent: Andris Nelsons 80. Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker - Wiener Philharmoniker   Longtime BSO Maestro Seiji Ozawa's Winding Road To Stardom In Japan | WBUR News Marian Schedenig and blondheim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Do we have any official confirmation that the new Williams's piece is premiering at the ball in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Tom said: Do we have any official confirmation that the new Williams's piece is premiering at the ball in January? Â None that I know of, but as far as I remember, the piece was expressly commissioned as an opening fanfare for the annual ball, and this is the first time the ball actually takes place since it was composed, so it seems quite certain that it should premiere there. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,700 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Is it possible Williams could make a surprise appearance at the ball in January to conduct the piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,892 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Dirk will do his best impersonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Dirk will do his best impersonation. Dirk is many things...but certainly not a man you can say "yes" to. Martinland and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,896 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 12 hours ago, crumbs said: Is it possible Williams could make a surprise appearance at the ball in January to conduct the piece? Â Possible? Certainly. I estimate the likelihood to be about 0.001%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,892 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: Â Possible? Certainly. I estimate the likelihood to be about 0.001%. Â He'll open the ball with Anne-Sophie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Â He'll open the ball with Anne-Sophie. German Christmas cookies are many things... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Miguel Andrade 1,343 Posted January 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2023 The Musikverein's newsletter confirms that a new Williams fanfare for the ball will premiere this January.  Quote Schon der Ballbeginn hat diesmal alles, um in die Ge- schichte einzugehen. Für den Einzug der Gäste halten die Wiener Philharmoniker 2023 eine Überraschung parat, die man ohne Übertreibung als Sensation verbuchen kann. John Williams hat dafür eine Fanfare geschrieben. Fast hundert Jahre nach der ersten Aufführung der Philhar- moniker-Fanfare von Richard Strauss, 1924, beim ersten Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker, erhält das klangpräch- tige Signet ein Pendant, geschrieben vom berühmtesten Komponisten der zeitgenössischen Musik. Nach den Konzerten, die John Williams gemeinsam mit den Phil- harmonikern gab, lancierte der Orchestervorstand die Idee. Und der Vielbegehrte sagte gerne zu. Schon im Juni 2020 schickte Williams seinen, wie er sich sinngemäß ausdrückte, „kleinen Versuch“. Denn wer, so der Kompo- nist bescheiden im Begleitbrief an die Wiener Philharmo- niker, könne einem Richard Strauss schon die Hand rei- chen? Beim 80. Philharmonikerball werden beide Fanfaren zu hören sein: die von Richard Strauss, ohne die der Ball schlichtweg nicht denkbar wäre, und die neue von John Williams.  Tom, ChrisAfonso, Sandor and 12 others 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 8,200 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 So it's been ready since June last year. That's nice. Hopefully, we'll be able to hear it somehow, so that it doesn't become another "A Toast!", which was unheard for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,700 Posted January 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, Miguel Andrade said: The Musikverein's newsletter confirms that a new Williams fanfare for the ball will premiere this January. Â And for those who can't read German: Â Even the start of the ball has everything this time to go down in history. For the arrival of the guests, the Vienna Philharmonic 2023 have a surprise ready, which can without exaggeration be booked as a sensation. John Williams wrote a fanfare for it. Â Almost a hundred years after the first performance of Richard Strauss' Philharmonic Fanfare in 1924, at the first ball of the Vienna Philharmonic, the sonorous signet has a pendant, written by the most famous composer of contemporary music. Â After the concerts that John Williams gave together with the Philharmoniker, the orchestra board launched the idea. And the much sought-after gladly accepted. As early as June 2020, Williams sent his, as he put it, "little experiment". After all, according to the composer modestly in the accompanying letter to the Vienna Philharmonic, who could shake hands with Richard Strauss? Â Both fanfares will be heard at the 80th Philharmonic Ball: that of Richard Strauss, without which the ball would simply be unthinkable, and the new one by John Williams. crlbrg, Sandor, Cerebral Cortex and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel P. 738 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 So the piece is ready from June 2020.  Hopefully it's already been recorded. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,886 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 hours ago, crumbs said: Â And for those who can't read German: Â Even the start of the ball has everything this time to go down in history. For the arrival of the guests, the Vienna Philharmonic 2023 have a surprise ready, which can without exaggeration be booked as a sensation. John Williams wrote a fanfare for it. Â Almost a hundred years after the first performance of Richard Strauss' Philharmonic Fanfare in 1924, at the first ball of the Vienna Philharmonic, the sonorous signet has a pendant, written by the most famous composer of contemporary music. Â After the concerts that John Williams gave together with the Philharmoniker, the orchestra board launched the idea. And the much sought-after gladly accepted. As early as June 2020, Williams sent his, as he put it, "little experiment". After all, according to the composer modestly in the accompanying letter to the Vienna Philharmonic, who could shake hands with Richard Strauss? Â Both fanfares will be heard at the 80th Philharmonic Ball: that of Richard Strauss, without which the ball would simply be unthinkable, and the new one by John Williams. Â I was just reading this in the hard copy of the Musikfreunde mag that arrived today! Â Â Does anyone know whether the show will be broadcast or streamed? Pawel P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 3,886 Posted January 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Pawel P. said: So the piece is ready from June 2020.  Hopefully it's already been recorded. Recorded...without the distraction of the ball. Joni Wiljami, crlbrg and Martinland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post artguy360 1,889 Posted January 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2023 I'm unreasonably hyped for this fanfare but also a little wary it's going to sound like that trumpet "A Toast!" piece JW wrote somewhat recently that sounds like some the scribbled on a napkin during lunch. Sunshine Reger, BB-8 and MaxTheHouseelf 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,679 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Yeah I hope it's a classic Williams celebratory fanfare and not something more abstract like A Toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,892 Posted January 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2023 crlbrg, GerateWohl, Martinland and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,977 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 This is the Strauss piece, that they play every year, I guess. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,892 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Nice, but kind of uninteresting. I wonder what Korngold would have written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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