John Williams conducts Filarmonica della Scala, Milan, Italy, 12 December 2022!

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1 hour ago, bollemanneke said:

This is film music, we've got to keep doing things illogically.

Are you saying: "There is no logic in an Italian opera house publishing film music."?

[Martinland 360]

...and just moments ago @SteTorino called me from Italy to commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime experience especially he had, but which we all who were there shared with him... <3

 

Oh my, it's been a year now...

[Amer 2,110]

So nothing coming on DG from this concert? Oh wait.. what about the Japan tour? I just remembered that!

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1 hour ago, Amer said:

So nothing coming on DG from this concert? Oh wait.. what about the Japan tour? I just remembered that!

Japan releases seem more likely as those concerts were properly recorded, while at La Scala, we saw only three mics and we learnt that the recording was for internal use and for the odd YouTube clip (where only Schindler's has been released so far).

[GlastoEls 563]

How much for a bowl of risotto?! 🤣

 

(JWFan meet-up joke!)

[JTGL 173]

I had such a great time last year and for the first time I met forum members in real. I felt like a celebrity when @Martinland  approached me in front of Scala because he recognised me from my profile picture. 

Hopefully Mr Williams comes back to Europe one more time. Wishful thinking perhaps but he surprised us many times. 

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On 14/12/2023 at 4:18 PM, JTGL said:

Hopefully Mr Williams comes back to Europe one more time. Wishful thinking perhaps but he surprised us many times. 

At this point I am absolutely sure that John Williams will outlive all of us, so a comeback to Vienna, Berlin or Milano is 99.9% a fact. Soon he will officially be called "Johnny Williams" again. Or "Giovanni", as Leslie Bricusse used to call him. Maybe even "Curly". 

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

But the only one left to see these concerts will be Keith Richards…

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And André Previn will be observing and sarcastically commenting from above.

[ciarlese 251]

With the upcoming release of the Tokyo concert this is the only left with no release of the recent intercontinental concerts Williams did across the world 😒

[Jay 37,369]

Yeah, really lame

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[Bespin 8,483]

One thing strikes me, despite the efforts of someone like Denève, for example, to program 'Three Million Light Years From Home-Stargazer-Flying' just to be different, we see that Williams persists in programming the perennial 'Adventures on Earth'. I guess at 92, he's set in his ways!

[Tom 4,664]

At this point, Williams programs what he thinks the audience most wants to hear from him, given the location. 

[AOP 259]

Hey guys,

 

Been a while since I posted here, but I just thought I’d drop by to let you know of a soundtrack concert report site that I started recently. I’ve actually just posted my report of John Williams in Milan! Here’s the link:

 

https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/concerto-straordinario-john-williams-2022/

 

You can also find these reviews (previously posted by me on JWFan):

 

JW in Tokyo

https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/deutsche-grammophon-125-years-special-gala-concert/
 

Boston pops tribute to JW (Tokyo)

https://soundtracks-in-concert.com/boston-pops-on-tour-2023-john-williams-tribute-2023/

 

Thanks for looking 😎