Popular Post Quppa 117 Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is following up their free outdoor concert from earlier this year with two performances celebrating the maestro at the Hamer Hall together with the MSO Chorus this Wednesday and Thursday. The programme has mostly the usual greatest hits with a handful of rarer inclusions. I think I'm most excited about hearing Duel of the Fates live for the first time (still hoping we might see LTP concerts of the prequel trilogy one day - who cares about the quality of the movies themselves). The Music of John Williams A 90th Birthday Celebration 1 & 2 June / 7:30pm Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall Program Superman: March Fiddler on the Roof (excerpts) by Jerry Bock arr. Williams Call of the Champions (the Official Theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games)Jaws: The Shark ThemeRaiders of the Lost Ark: MarchStar Wars: A New Hope: Princess Leia’s ThemeHome Alone: Somewhere In My MemoryJurassic Park: Theme Interval Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the FatesSchindler’s List: ThemeSaving Private Ryan: Hymn to the FallenCatch Me If You Can: Closing InHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Knight BusHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Double TroubleHook: Flight to NeverlandStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Asteroid FieldStar Wars: A New Hope: Throne Room and Finale Artists Melbourne Symphony OrchestraNicholas Buc conductorArt of the Score hostsMSO ChorusWarren Trevelyan-Jones chorus director Bryant Burnette, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Jurassic Shark and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 That'd be worth going to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Well this is annoying, it's sold out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quppa 117 Posted June 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Last night's concert was wonderful - adroitly hosted by Andrew Pogson (@PoggoAOTS) and Dan Golding and conducted by Nicholas Buc (hosts of the Art of the Score podcast), I think it was the best standalone presentation of John Williams' music I've had the pleasure of attending thanks to the quality of playing and the varied repertoire. It was also great value, lasting almost 3 hours (including the interval). The hall was full - excellent turnout on a very cold first day of winter in Melbourne. It would have been great to include a performance of the new Obi-Wan suite or TROS, but I guess that would be hoping for too much. The full programme ended up being the following (additions in bold): Superman: March Peter Gunn (excerpt) Fiddler on the Roof (excerpts) by Jerry Bock arr. Williams The Mission (excerpt) DreamWorks logo theme (harp replacing guitar) Call of the Champions (the Official Theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games) (with chorus) The Cowboys overture (excerpt)Jaws: The Shark Theme Close Encounters of the Third Kind (various 5 note permutations on different instruments)Raiders of the Lost Ark: March Love theme medley (arr. Nicholas Buc): Marion's Theme (excerpt, solo tuba), Princess Leia's Theme (excerpt, solo viola), Han Solo and the Princess (excerpt, solo timpani), Across the Stars (excerpt), Stars Wars (Main Title) (excerpt, brass section), The Imperial March (excerpt, brass section), The Raiders March (excerpt, brass section), Theme from Superman (excerpt, brass section), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (excerpt)Star Wars: A New Hope: Princess Leia’s ThemeHome Alone: Somewhere In My Memory (with chorus)Jurassic Park: Theme (with chorus) Interval Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates (with chorus)Schindler’s List: Theme (the anecdote delivered by Nicholas Buc)Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen (with chorus)Catch Me If You Can: Closing In (solo saxophone, vibraphone, double bass)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Knight BusHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Double Trouble (with chorus) Flying themes medley: Hedwig's Theme (excerpt), Flying (E.T.) (excerpt), Buckbeak's Flight (excerpt)Hook: Flight to NeverlandStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Asteroid FieldStar Wars: A New Hope: Throne Room and Finale Encore: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March Encore: Star Wars: A New Hope: Cantina Band #1 Holko, crumbs, Tom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,651 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 How were the medleys? Cantina Band--particularly the over the top concert arrangment, is a perfect way to end a celebratory concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 117 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 The medleys were fun - half 'meet the orchestra' and half illustrating how the same musical features appear across the various love themes and flying themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Well I was on the standby list but never heard back, so guess I won't be attending this My own fault for forgetting to buy tickets when they went on sale. Sounds like it was a great concert! It was clearly successful, maybe they'll consider further concerts later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 117 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 It's very encouraging that they sold out 2 concerts and shows there's a market beyond the (also successful) LTP performances. As much as I'd personally enjoy seeing celebratory concerts for composers like Thomas Newman, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Clint Mansell or Alexandre Desplat, I suspect only Williams and Zimmer (and Joe Hisaishi, who has toured here twice) have the popularity to shift ~5,000 (not cheap) tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Especially after the last few years, must be great for the MSO to be back performing concerts in front of a capacity crowd. Our city is alive again! Here's hoping they can squeeze a few more performances in towards the end of the year. NGL, pretty gutted I missed this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 14 hours ago, Quppa said: Love theme medley cool! 14 hours ago, Quppa said: (arr. Nicholas Buc): Marion's Theme (excerpt, solo tuba), Princess Leia's Theme (excerpt, solo viola), Han Solo and the Princess (excerpt, solo timpani), Across the Stars (excerpt), Nice! 14 hours ago, Quppa said: Stars Wars (Main Title) (excerpt, brass section), The Imperial March (excerpt, brass section), The Raiders March (excerpt, brass section), Theme from Superman (excerpt, brass section), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (excerpt) .... what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 This sounds amazing! @PoggoAOTS, any chance we'll get a follow-up podcast, with or without excerpts? I've missed hearing you guys lately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PoggoAOTS 94 Posted June 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2022 36 minutes ago, igger6 said: This sounds amazing! @PoggoAOTS, any chance we'll get a follow-up podcast, with or without excerpts? I've missed hearing you guys lately! We’re really trying to get our schedules to line up. Stay tuned (and sorry!) igger6, Once and crumbs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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