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Williams composing for the Vienna Philharmonic - "Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic Ball"


Miguel Andrade

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On 24/04/2023 at 5:50 PM, BB-8 said:

Next opportunity:

 

Wonder whether there is a chance that newly founded "The Philharmonic Brass" have something new in the pipeline...

Philharmonic Brass im Musikverein - Wien heute vom 19.04.2023 um 19:00 Uhr – ORF-TVthek

 

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I forgot to post that; I saw the poster at the Musikverein when I attended the Hisaishi concert. According to the programme on the website, the Williams pieces were only "film music" though (nothing more specific was listed).

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I think the following has some relevance in this thread, too:

 

Apparently, Richard Strauss' VPO Fanfare will be played directly after the "God save the King" exclamation!

 

Wow!

 

Small world...

 

Fanfare
Strauss: Wiener Philharmoniker

The Abbey bells ring for 2 minutes.

A fanfare is sounded followed by a Gun Salute which will be fired by
The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery stationed at Horse Guards Parade.
This will be accompanied by Gun Salutes at His Majesty’s Fortress the Tower of London
fired by the Honourable Artillery Company, and at all Saluting Stations
throughout the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and Ships at Sea.

 

Source:

https://www.churchofengland.org/coronation/liturgy

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It's a precedent. The next royal generation grew up on Williams-scored films, perhaps we'll get his fanfare for the next coronation.

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Patrick Doyle: "You need a better composer for this."

 

King Charles III: "I know, so let me ask my music consultant John Williams."

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Williams: "I can confirm that they are all dead, and Steven can concur"

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49 minutes ago, A Farewell to Kings said:

Williams: "I can confirm that they are all dead, and Steven can concur"

"And one more thing, its "Sir" John Williams.  Man, do I miss your mom."  

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10 minutes ago, Tom said:

"And one more thing, its "Sir" John Williams.  Man, do I miss your mom."  

"You are not a sir, you are an KBE"

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I was assuming the orchestra was playing the fanfare live as the people walked in. But if I look at the clips i don't see any orchestra playing so they must be playing a recording which could possibly be released.

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11 hours ago, King Mark said:

I was assuming the orchestra was playing the fanfare live as the people walked in. But if I look at the clips i don't see any orchestra playing so they must be playing a recording which could possibly be released.

I think the orchestra (brass/percussion) is up on the second tier, and it is a live performance.  

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Williams not recording it when he was there the March before (assuming that he did not) is one of the oddest lost opportunities of the orchestral music scene.

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