John Williams & Berliner Philharmoniker 14th/15th/16th Oct 2021

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

20 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Could be any number of issues: bad sound, copyright, apathy, lack of interest from the public...

 

Probably due to timing issues and flubs...

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2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Probably due to timing issues and flubs...

And someone forgot to press the record button of the direct metal mastering setup.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,155]

3 hours ago, BB-8 said:

The local radio station said that the God of filmmusic had arrived.

That reminded me of the Vienna press-wording "Besuch vom lieben Gott".

You hear that, HZ? The God of film music.

The GOD of film music!

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,591]

3 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

You hear that? The God of music.

The GOD of music!

Fixed 

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3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Probably due to timing issues and flubs...

 

That major Jurassic Park BPO timp flub is even worse than the VPO timp coming too soon at the end of E.T..

22 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said:

Fixed 

 

For your reference:

 

Konzertkritik | Der Gott der Filmmusik ist in Berlin: John Williams dirigiert die Philharmoniker | rbb24

 

[Marian Schedenig 10,838]

[Maurizio 6,348]

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WATCH THIS SPACE !?

[bollemanneke 4,138]

This is so great! What an interview. As always, it's so amazing that Maurizio and Tim are doing this.

WATCH THIS SPACE! OH GOD! OH GOD! COULD IT BE? No DG?

So Berlin are no sight readers either. That's the VPO argument taken care of.

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2 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

This is so great! What an interview. As always, it's so amazing that Maurizio and Tim are doing this.

WATCH THIS SPACE! OH GOD! OH GOD! COULD IT BE? No DG?

So Berlin are no sight readers either. That's the VPO argument taken care of.

This excellent interview was possibly done before we other nerds contacted the BPO (Recordings) help desk re a physical release...?

 

Sarah's "fingers crossed" make me think...

 

Dear Santa...please!

[bollemanneke 4,138]

Yes, pity us, they're already denying us Hook.

[ChrisAfonso 226]

Thanks again Maurizio and Tim (and Sarah) for this very entertaining and enlightening interview!

 

I was a bit confused about her comment about the E.T. horn part not having the "Bells up!" in it, as I remember it being in the Signature edition score - turns out, while it's in the "Adventures on Earth" S.E., it's missing in the otherwise identical ending in the "Flying Theme" S.E. (which was performed in Berlin)...

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10 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Yes, pity us, they're already denying us Hook.

Who are they?

[Amer 2,643]

22 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

Who are they?

Top ..Men!

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1 hour ago, Amer said:

Top ..Men!

 

[ConorPower 187]

Thanks Maurizio and Tim for a really great interview! I loved Sarah saying "John's music would be nothing without the horn", it really is such a central element - or a literal hero - to so many of his scores. I hope there'll be more discussions with Sarah to come!

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Response to enquiry at DG whether there is a possibility for DG to publish "John Williams in Berlin":

 

"Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt können wir Ihnen da noch keine verbindliche Antwort geben."

 

"At the moment we cannot give you a binding answer."

 

So - watch this space and fingers crossed...

 

[bollemanneke 4,138]

Clearly you don't understand what's happening here. Do you realise how much planning it takes to produce 8 editions spread over a year?

[Henry Janislaus Feigensand 587]

while her story about Yuri Gagarin attending the Star Wars screening at the American embassy in Moscow is hilarious – it can't be true, since Gagarin died in 1968. :-/ 

[Amer 2,643]

7 hours ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

while her story about Yuri Gagarin attending the Star Wars screening at the American embassy in Moscow is hilarious – it can't be true, since Gagarin died in 1968. :-/ 

Exactly. I wondered the same. Must be some another cosmonaut. 

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6 hours ago, Amer said:

Exactly. I wondered the same. Must be some another cosmonaut. 

• Iwan Nikolajewitsch Anikejew (1933–1992)
• Waleri Fjodorowitsch Bykowski (1934–2019)
• Jewgeni Wassiljewitsch Chrunow (1933–2000)
• Walentin Ignatjewitsch Filatjew (1930–1990)
• Wiktor Wassiljewitsch Gorbatko (1934–2017)
• Anatoli Jakowlewitsch Kartaschow (1932–2005)
• Alexei Archipowitsch Leonow (1934–2019)
• Andrijan Grigorjewitsch Nikolajew (1929–2004)
• Pawel Romanowitsch Popowitsch (1930–2009)
• Mars Sakirowitsch Rafikow (1933–2000)
• Dmitri Alexejewitsch Saikin (1932–2013)
• Georgi Stepanowitsch Schonin (1935–1997)
• German Stepanowitsch Titow (1935–2000)
• Walentin Stepanowitsch Warlamow (1934–1980)
• Boris Walentinowitsch Wolynow (* 1934)

a list of cosmonauts who may have seen Star Wars / heard John Williams

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

14 hours ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

while her story about Yuri Gagarin attending the Star Wars screening at the American embassy in Moscow is hilarious – it can't be true, since Gagarin died in 1968. :-/ 

 

...or did he...

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3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

...or did he...

You mean like Elvis?

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

Elvis Gagarin?

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[Luke Skywalker 2,262]

7 hours ago, Amer said:

Exactly. I wondered the same. Must be some another cosmonaut. 

Or, the film was 2001 space oddisey.

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17 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Clearly you don't understand what's happening here. Do you realise how much planning it takes to produce 8 editions spread over a year?

I count 11 editions of the Vienna concert.

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

They could have done more.

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31 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Or, the film was 2001 space oddisey.

Or Flash Gordon?

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 10,838]

1 hour ago, Luke Skywalker said:

Or, the film was 2001 space oddisey.

 

That's what I thought at first, but the anecdote doesn't make sense with 2001, because there's no war in space in that story.

 

Anyway, brilliant interview (as usual). Sarah Willis' excitement is palpable, and it's always fun to see the professionals geeking out just as much as we fans do.

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2 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

That's what I thought at first, but the anecdote doesn't make sense with 2001, because there's no war in space in that.

2001 contains some music by Richard Strauss whose father was a French horn player.

 

So there's a link.

 

It all goes back to Beethoven, anyway. ;-)

[Marian Schedenig 10,838]

Yes, but the anecdote specifically mentions war.

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

Perhaps she was referring to the original Star Trek series.

[BB-8 5,561]

It's 2G in the Berlin Phil from Monday onwards.

 

And the prospects look grim.

 

Phew, we were really lucky in October!

[ChrisAfonso 226]

8 hours ago, BB-8 said:

• Alexei Archipowitsch Leonow (1934–2019)

 

I'd guess it's this one - I remembered her telling the story in the 2020 "May the Fourth" Hangout, and it sounds close:

So she just got her Astronauts mixed up

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Lady Gagarin

[Marian Schedenig 10,838]

5 hours ago, ChrisAfonso said:

So she just got her Astronauts mixed up

 

Perhaps nobody knew who Leonow was whenever she told the story, and she simplified it so she wouldn't have to explain over and over again. :-p

[Sunshine Reger 3,697]

30 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Perhaps nobody knew who Leonow was whenever she told the story, and she simplified it so she wouldn't have to explain over and over again. :-p

I had a hunch that guy was Leonov, because of his associations with space art

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Princess Leonova

[bollemanneke 4,138]

Has anyone figured out the best way to join all the digital concert hall videos? I've found one instance where the applause at the end of one track is clearly the first five seconds of the opening of the next track, but this doesn't seem to be a recurring pattern. Every time I try to do crossfades, it never sounds smooth either.

[Steve 676]

What is that?

Says 4th February 2022. Deutsche Grammophone. 4 Discs. Not sure what it is.

 

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09KN2QCP4/

 

 

[bollemanneke 4,138]

Oooooh.

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2 hours ago, Steve said:

What is that?

Says 4th February 2022. Deutsche Grammophone. 4 Discs. Not sure what it is.

 

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09KN2QCP4/

A title as vague as "The Berlin Concert, duuuh" looks like a JWFan description 

 

Nice to see them aiming for JW's 90th birthsday!

[bollemanneke 4,138]

What's the 4th disc though? I'm thinking 2 CDs, one blu-ray and one digital? It doesn't fit on two vinyls either. And God, I hope they won't remove antyhing this time.

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It'll be broadcast on TV on November 28:

https://www.rbb-online.de/fernsehen/beitrag/ganz-grosses-kino.html?fbclid=IwAR346fIoJBAzg3bC73qREFsZQfd3A20uodrH6Rzayn0gma9rys9GmflpHg4

 

[Marian Schedenig 10,838]

10 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

It'll be broadcast on TV on November 28:

 

Incompletely, according to the track list.

[JohnnyD 1,652]

3 hours ago, Steve said:

What is that?

Says 4th February 2022. Deutsche Grammophone. 4 Discs. Not sure what it is.

 

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09KN2QCP4/

 

 

YES!! I figure the concert on 4K Blu-Ray, regular Blu-Ray with possible bonus interviews included, and two CDs for the concert in audio form.

 

2 hours ago, Fabulin said:

Nice to see them aiming for JW's 90th birthsday!

Perfect timing.

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8 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Incompletely, according to the track list.

Like Servus did with the Vienna Concert.

[Amer 2,643]

This set and the Philips Boston Pops Complete Box set would be the perfect way to celeberate his Birthday.

[rough cut 1,783]

It’ll be four versions of the album:

> standard version

> deluxe version

> standard version “live edition”

> deluxe version “live edition”

 

Bonus features: collectible postcards and good embossed packaging!