bollemanneke 3,349 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 This is really random and will probably never happen, but just wanted to see what you guys thought. Because I’m currently listening to classical music again, I suddenly wondered what it would sound like if an orchestra playing on baroque instruments would play John Williams music. I, personally, would love to hear, say, Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music do the Home Alone carols (because then there would be no vibrato) or Jane Eyre. And in an ideal world, I would like to hear what an unconventional conductor like Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien would have done with Harry’s Wondrous World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 It would be good fun to have a baroque JW album. As for Harnoncourt, I think his conducting is on the stiff side nowadays... Rather than Academy of Ancient Music, I'd choose the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields or The English Concert. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,507 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Sure, I'd love to hear that. In a similar vein, someone on Youtube posted a series of JW tracks in medieval style fairly recently. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I've watched some of that, as well. Very entertaining. How would I feel? Baroque 'n' roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 It would sound out of tune, because ancient instruments are not tuned to the same frequency as modern orchestras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thor 7,507 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Albus Percival Wulfric said: Or the lack of the piano necessitating a substitution in Jaws, The Black Sunday, March of the Resistance, and the Johnny Williams jazz scores. What about those? Harpsicord for the win! bollemanneke and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, Albus Percival Wulfric said: On a serious note, the baroque idea sounds nice when dealing with music for keyboard and strings, but modern, wind-heavy music is not easily translatable. Imagine the passion of players of natural horns and other pre-valve brass instruments who would have to deal with Williams' music as it is. Everything would have to be heavily rewritten. Or the lack of the piano and some other instruments necessitating awkward substitutions in Jaws, The Black Sunday, March of the Resistance, or the Johnny Williams jazz scores, to name a few. There's plenty of JW compositions that translate well to smaller ensembles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Bespin said: It would sound out of tune, because ancient instruments are not tuned to the same frequency as modern orchestras. It would just sound a semi-tone lower, not out of tune, which I would love. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Well, the way things are going, all performing Arts groups willl soon be ' baroque'.😰 bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pete 907 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 There's are "medievil style" arrangements on this YouTube channel... Sounds like he had fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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