John Williams' music to be featured during Inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden (Jan 20, 2021)

[TownerFan 3030]

The United State Marine Band (aka The President's Own) will perform selections of music by American composers, including John Williams, during the prelude of the Inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris tomorrow, January 20, at the US Capitol.

 

https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Presidential Inauguration 2021/2021 Inaugural Prelude Program.pdf

 

 

 

 

[Bespin 4235]

Broken link.

[Holko 5347]

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[Jay 18366]

I fixed the link

[SteveMc 2233]

It is a testament to the growing acceptance of John as preeminent composer that music made for that movie is being performed at this venue.

This is good.

[Bespin 4235]

The Patriot? An easy piece to play! 

[Richard Penna 1308]

That's a huge number of pieces for a 'prelude'.

 

Is this going to be some bit before inauguration (while all the news channels are wittering on), or during the actual ceremony?

[bruce marshall 490]

THE PHANTOM MENACE?

[mrbellamy 4348]

2 hours ago, SteveMc said:

It is a testament to the growing acceptance of John as preeminent composer that music made for that movie is being performed at this venue.

This is good.

 

It’s how Obama closed his 2008 victory speech! Dems love Emmerich and Mel Gibson!

[bruce marshall 490]

Mel Gibson?!

[Thor 3737]

16 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Mel Gibson?!

 

The star of THE PATRIOT.

 

As I said in the other thread that posted the playlist for the inauguration, impressive that they managed to sneak some Williams in there. I hadn't expected that this time around. And THE PATRIOT is fitting.

[King Mark 2642]

if were not all dead by noon tomorrow

[bruce marshall 490]

No, i meant Gibson's politics!

[Fabulin 2482]

Semper Fi to the composer whose music they have just so generously released. Outstanding, marines!  

[Edmilson 1717]

Maybe a renewed interest on The Patriot can lead to the score finally being expanded!

 

One can dream.

[igger6 369]

Dang, @bruce marshall, you had me hoping for "The Flag Parade" for a second there before I clicked the link.

[Disco Stu 10579]

It's also super cool that there are three fanfares on the program written especially for the ceremony!  Peter Boyer and James Stephenson are both very good contemporary composers.

 

I'm gonna try to find a livestream tomorrow that is without commentary or talking heads.

[bruckhorn 30]

C-SPAN (or C-SPAN 2) is probably the best bet for blather-free broadcast.

 

Off to set my DVR...

 

[crumbs 8380]

Great choice of music for the Inauguration. Best of luck to The President's Own on their performances today!

 

Shame that Williams didn't write something new to commemorate the occasion, but understandable given... well, everything. Hopefully 2025

 

4 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Maybe a renewed interest on The Patriot can lead to the score finally being expanded!

 

One can dream.

 

Bit surprised nothing happened for the 20th Anniversary. Figured it was a shoe-in considering all 3 of the Arnold/Emmerich scores have been expanded by LLL (but it seems the studio/licensing situation is more complex for The Patriot, not to mention COVID and whatever else Mike might be busy with).

[bruce marshall 490]

" I do so hate martial music"

     - Ernst Stavro Blofeld

[The Big Man 7217]

Thread topic not allowed.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6196]

Plaza Hotel? Air Force One?

[The Big Man 7217]

When will these people learn?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6196]

Williams music was also featured during the signing of the Abraham Accords for the Mideast peace deals at the White House weeks back, but that didn't get a topic.

[Ricard 1542]

13 minutes ago, The Big Man said:

Thread topic not allowed.

 

It is allowed because it's directly related to the music of John Williams. However, any political discussion derived from that post will be banned.

 

3 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Williams music was also featured during the signing of the Abraham Accords for the Mideast peace deals at the White House weeks back, but that didn't get a topic.

 

It could have.

[bruce marshall 490]

Gee....i.guess we missed that epochal, world shaking , history making 'event'.

😎

[The Big Man 7217]

24 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Williams music was also featured during the signing of the Abraham Accords for the Mideast peace deals at the White House weeks back, but that didn't get a topic.

 

Wasn't allowed. Wonder why, eh.

[Ricard 1542]

8 minutes ago, The Big Man said:

 

Wasn't allowed. Wonder why, eh.

 

It was.

[bruce marshall 490]

No comment.

9 hours ago, King Mark said:

if were not all dead by noon tomorrow

Don't worry, Jay's on vacation.😉

[The Big Man 7217]

17 minutes ago, Ricard said:

 

It was.

 

I suppose no-one else here but Justin and I watched it. But we're so compliant with the rules here, we were too scared to make a thread about it.

[Ricard 1542]

1 minute ago, The Big Man said:

But we're so compliant with the rules here

 

Now that was a good one

[crumbs 8380]

50 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Williams music was also featured during the signing of the Abraham Accords for the Mideast peace deals at the White House weeks back, but that didn't get a topic.

 

Why didn't you make a topic on it then, if it matters to you so much? 

[bruce marshall 490]

Do you really think Tin Man gives a damn about Middle East politics?

 

 

That's a rhetorical question.

😎

1 hour ago, The Big Man said:

 

I suppose no-one else here but Justin and I watched it...

That is so sad😞

[Disco Stu 10579]

FYI the Youtube livestream provided by PBS is a straight feed with no commentary or other BS

 

 

[Jay 18366]

What time will the marine band play?

[Disco Stu 10579]

Just now, Jay said:

What time will the marine band play?

 

I think 10am is the planned start time for the prelude program (the one that has Williams)

[Jay 18366]

Listening now.  I recognize the piece playing but forget the name!

[The Big Man 7217]

Maybe they'll play the Village People.

[King Mark 2642]

9 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Williams music was also featured during the signing of the Abraham Accords for the Mideast peace deals at the White House weeks back, but that didn't get a topic.

what did they play?

[Jay 18366]

2 minutes ago, King Mark said:

what did they play?

 

Liberty Fanfare

[Disco Stu 10579]

They cut away from the audio feed of the band!  Anyone have a better livestream that's just showing the band??

 

EDIT

OK they cut back to the band but it's a bad sign.... if they cut away in the middle of The Patriot I will be very annoyed

[Jay 18366]

They're showing the band now

 

Ooop they cut away again.  nevermind

[Disco Stu 10579]

Well this is very annoying.  I'll see if I can find a better stream of just the band

Here is the livestream that the band itself shared on their social media:

 

 

[Jay 18366]

Yea it really seems to just randomly show the band for a while, randomly cut to someone arriving with no music, randomly cut back to the band, etc.  

 

We need a better stream!

[Disco Stu 10579]

Just now, Jay said:

We need a better stream!

 

See the feed I edited into my post above yours

[Jay 18366]

Isn't this the exact same stream?

[Disco Stu 10579]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

Isn't this the exact same stream?

 

This non-PBS one (the account is Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies) is not cutting away randomly from the audio feed.  I haven't missed any of the performance since switching to it.

 

It might cut to different cameras but the audio feed has remained consistently the band.

[Jay 18366]

Gotcha

Eh, now they're talking over the music on this feed

[Disco Stu 10579]

Oh no now people are talking on this official government feed too!  I am so irritated.

[Jay 18366]

 

Switched back to that PBS one and there's no talking there