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

[bollemanneke 3,593]

As it should!

[BB-8 3,936]

On 01/06/2022 at 3:51 PM, BB-8 said:

Just ordered a copy of this (German only):

 

 

• Special zu John Williams

John Williams
8	John Williams Konzertwerke
12	Das Hedwig’s Theme
16	John Williams und Robert Altman
19	Catch Me If You Can
20	Der Patriot
23	„Ikonografie in John Williams’ Filmmusik“
28	Johnny’s Wild Side
34	John Williams in Berlin

 

 

Cinema Musica 47 (2022) | Cinema Musica

 

 

 

A battered physical copy of the above has eventually arrived in my letterbox.

 

It took as long as "The Secrets of Dumbledore" OST CD from Japan (over land).

[Amer 2,237]

My copy of the Japanese 2CD SACD arrives and joins the rest of the Berlin releases @lairdo

 

 

[lairdo 740]

55 minutes ago, Amer said:

My copy of the Japanese 2CD SACD aarives and joins the rest of the Berlin releases @lairdo

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful!!! Enjoy!

 

(I keep checking weekly if a SACD of VC#2 is added so we can have a full set. Maybe even Gathering of Friends too!)

[Amer 2,237]

Yes @lairdo. I'm anticipating V#2 should come as well. Although the video will have the blu ray sound as well. Hopefully with Dolby Atmos.

[BB-8 3,936]

16 hours ago, Amer said:

My copy of the Japanese 2CD SACD aarives and joins the rest of the Berlin releases @lairdo

 

 

Is this a hybrid?

[Amer 2,237]

3 hours ago, BB-8 said:

Is this a hybrid?

Yes but Stereo only.

[Amer 2,237]

On 16/07/2022 at 3:58 PM, Amer said:

Yes but Stereo only.

It's not multi channel. 

[Holko 10,231]

So, I bought a digital concert hall ticket back in the day to watch the concert live. Now I got a letter from Berlin containing a brochure for the 22/23 season, a free 7 day ticket for the digital concert hall/archive, and a 10% discount for a 12-month ticket for the same!

[michael_grig 473]

Me too!

I just checked out some pieces by Jörg Widmann, because you don't find much free stuff on the internet. This piece https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/work/51214-1 'Tanz auf dem Vulkan' (Dance on the volcano) is absolutely amazing! Anyone who has received free 7-day access should use it for watching this. But there are so many more good performances!

 

Like this amazing perfrmance of Tom and Jerry https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/work/20456-6 I love it!!

The timpani player from the JW concert, another percussionist and a viola player from the JW concert play a nice cat-and-mouse game there!

[BB-8 3,936]

The excellent flautist Yubeen Kim has won the first prize in his category at the prestigious ARD Music Competition - Munich, 07.09.2022:

 

Source: Flute: Schedule and Results | Flute | 2022 Competition | ard-music-competition (br.de)

 

Watch the finals here: Marc-André Dalbavie, Einar Englund: Finale Flöte - ARD-Musikwettbewerb 2022 | Videos | Medien | ARD Musikwettbewerb (br.de)

 

[bollemanneke 3,593]

1000% earned. Fantastic, fantastic orchestra.

[BB-8 3,936]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkEkWMeM8w5

[Jay 39,428]

I finally took the shrinkwrap off my physical CD edition today, and am listening to the concert in any form for the first time right now

 

The performance is really good.  The ending of the Raiders March was interesting, it felt extra "militaristic"

 

Oh man, just got to his introduction to Princess Leia's theme.  That story was so brief and funny the first time I heard it, but is so elongated for no good reason in this iteration.  Oofta.

[bollemanneke 3,593]

You've never heard the concert before? 

[Jay 39,428]

Nope

[BB-8 3,936]

Did the Grammy nomination prompt you to open the CD?

[Jay 39,428]

No.

[BB-8 3,936]

Just seen that DG are flogging the golden vinyls...30% off the doiuble LP and 35% off the single:

 

https://store.deutschegrammophon.com/p51-i0028948620647/john-williams-berliner-philharmoniker/the-berlin-concert/index.html

[bollemanneke 3,593]

Where's the DVD though? I want my dad to see this concert!

[BB-8 3,936]

Just now, bollemanneke said:

Where's the DVD though? I want my dad to see this concert!

You are meant to buy him a DG stage or BPO Digital Concert Hall voucher for Christmas...or a Blu-ray player.

[BB-8 3,936]

Interestingly, the regular black vinyls now cost more than the golden ones...

 

And the Musikvereinssaal Wien is still showing up inside ;-)

 

 

[Thor 8,353]

To my big surprise, this airs on Norwegian TV tonight. But already available to stream. Watching now, not sure there is much from the first day when I was there. The anecdotes are a little different from what I remember. Probably already explained earlier in the thread. Anyways, just a heads-up to Norwegians here.

[Tom 5,137]

It is best viewed with a side of lefse and lutefisk.  

[Marian Schedenig 9,042]

2 hours ago, Thor said:

To my big surprise, this airs on Norwegian TV tonight. But already available to stream. Watching now, not sure there is much from the first day when I was there. The anecdotes are a little different from what I remember.

 

Most of it is from the third day - I can see myself pretty much every time the camera view includes the middle of the 3rd (?) row.

[Jurassic Shark 13,158]

On 29/11/2022 at 1:00 PM, BB-8 said:

And the Musikvereinssaal Wien is still showing up inside ;-)

 

🥔  🥔 

[bigjimwilson 268]

17 hours ago, Thor said:

To my big surprise, this airs on Norwegian TV tonight. But already available to stream. Watching now, not sure there is much from the first day when I was there. The anecdotes are a little different from what I remember. Probably already explained earlier in the thread. Anyways, just a heads-up to Norwegians here.

We know that Leia's Theme is from the Thursday when we were there, as they didn't perform it any other night. 

[Thor 8,353]

7 minutes ago, bigjimwilson said:

We know that Leia's Theme is from the Thursday when we were there, as they didn't perform it any other night. 

 

Yeah, but that wasn't part of the TV program. From STAR WARS, they played "The Adventures of Han", "Yoda's Theme" and "Throne Room & Finale" (and "The Imperial March" as an encore?). Perhaps the TV program is different from the Blu-ray (I don't own the Blu-ray yet).

[bigjimwilson 268]

8 hours ago, Thor said:

 

Yeah, but that wasn't part of the TV program. From STAR WARS, they played "The Adventures of Han", "Yoda's Theme" and "Throne Room & Finale" (and "The Imperial March" as an encore?). Perhaps the TV program is different from the Blu-ray (I don't own the Blu-ray yet).

ahh ok. Yeah, thinking about it, I’m fairly sure we had the same TV program of it on UK tv last Christmas. Fools! 😂 Leia definitely on the Blu-ray. 
 

I have no idea why, but I haven’t devoured and obsessed quite so much over the Berlin Blu-ray as much as the Vienna. But I watched it this Christmas Eve and it’s so good!!

[rough cut 1,742]

Question: John Williams performed three dates in Berlin - 14th/15th/16th Oct 2021 - which concert ended up on the blu ray?

[bollemanneke 3,593]

A mix of everything depending on best performance, mostly speeches from Saturday mistreated during editing.

[rough cut 1,742]

OK, thanks!

[Pawel P. 738]

I'm pretty sure it was Saturday only, with the exception of "Princess Leia Theme", which was performed only on Thursday.

[Steve 618]

45 minutes ago, Pawel P. said:

I'm pretty sure it was Saturday only, with the exception of "Princess Leia Theme", which was performed only on Thursday.

Yes, all saturday except for Leia. With some minor edits (very few were needed honestly).  I have both versions, Blueray and Livestream and have compared them in detail.

[bollemanneke 3,593]

Is it true the live stream capture has the video slightly out of sync?

[Steve 618]

1 minute ago, bollemanneke said:

Is it true the live stream capture has the video slightly out of sync?

No, at least not the version I have.

[BB-8 3,936]

Recent "Film Nights" with the Göttinger Symphonieorchester in Germany under the wand of Nicholas Milton included "Flying Theme" from E.T., among other well-known JW concert arrangements.

 

It is worth mentioning that the horn section raised their bells in the finale of E.T. - just like in The Berlin Concerts!

 

Nice to witness an "informed" performance practice being picked up by other musicians.

 

 

[Joni Wiljami 1,212]

I think it is also written in the horn parts, Bells up!!

 

 

[BB-8 3,936]

15 minutes ago, Joni Wiljami said:

I think it is also written in the horn parts, Bells up!!

 

 

This suggests (or rather confirms) that it was previously overlooked. VPO didn't raise their bells. But they must be able to do so since bell-raising was introduced by Mahler.

[BB-8 3,936]

Btw, the "all-dead" anecdote was included in the program notes of the GSO...

[bollemanneke 3,593]

Just to make sure I haven't overlooked something: at this point, we do NOT have a one or two-disc set with only Blu-Rays in it, right? I have that drive now so I want to buy more BR.

[BB-8 3,936]

4 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

Just to make sure I haven't overlooked something: at this point, we do NOT have a one or two-disc set with only Blu-Rays in it, right? I have that drive now so I want to buy more BR.

 

I'm not aware of a single Blu-Ray edition of The Berlin Concert. There's apparently only the 2-disc edition (1 Blu-ray Video, 1 Blu-ray Audio).

 

 

John Williams - The Berlin Concert (Blu-ray Video) (1 Blu-ray Disc und 1 Blu-ray Audio) – jpc

 

Deutsche Grammophon - der offizielle Shop - The Berlin Concert - John Williams - 2 BluRay

 

 

[bollemanneke 3,593]

Ooh, on it!

[bollemanneke 3,593]

Arrived today, but now it's in a big digipack, is what I suppose you call it, while the Vienna one was just regular BR case. I don't like inconsistency.

[BB-8 3,936]

40% off the golden Berlin LPs...hope they're creating space for Vienna 2...

 

 

Deutsche Grammophon - der offizielle Shop - The Berlin Concert - John Williams - Ltd Excl Gold 2LP

[bollemanneke 3,593]

I recently kindly asked them for Vienna 2.

[Chewy 2,510]

On 02/06/2023 at 3:24 PM, bollemanneke said:

I recently kindly asked them for Vienna 2.

Hopefully they don't kindly ignore you

[BB-8 3,936]

To put things into perspective...

BRSO and RCO should be the next on JW's bucket list.

 

[Steve 618]

10 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

To put things into perspective...

BRSO and RCO should be the next on JW's bucket list.

 

I think the BR Orchestra is a bit overrated. But lists are lists. Who cares 😄

[Tom Guernsey 2,681]

30 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

To put things into perspective...

BRSO and RCO should be the next on JW's bucket list.

 

Interesting (ish lol) although what is the x axis meant to represent?!