John Williams returning to Vienna for two concerts, December 7 and 8, 2024 [UPDATE: CANCELLED]

[Jay 39,172]

#maythe4thbewithyou 💫

 

We are excited to announce that John Williams, together with Thomas Adès, returns to our podium for two concerts on Saturday, December 7, 2024, and Sunday, December 8, 2024, at the Musikverein Wien!

https://bit.ly/johnwilliams2024

 

#savethedate

 

The start of the ticket sale as well as the exact program will be announced at a later date – stay tuned!

 

Happy International Star Wars Day!

 

📸: Dieter Nagl

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/PXcuCFP3mV8DbhDi/

 

 

 

https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/konzerte/the-music-of-john-williams/10598/

[bigjimwilson 268]

Well holy sheep poo. This is so amazing 

[bollemanneke 3,568]

Jesus.

[MaxTheHouseelf 331]

Yes!

[mrbellamy 6,679]

John Williams really turned 90 and decided he wasn't fucking around anymore. 

[Sunshine Reger 3,581]

I often see Thomas Ades mentioned as one of the leading contemporary classical composers. Like... a rather uncontroversial top 10 or so.

 

Interesting to see him be listed on a Williams Vienna concert as a conductor.

 

Are they going to be conducting at the same time, like that one time JW shared the podium with Dudamel? 

 

Now that I think of it, I would not mind hearing a piece or two by Ades himself on the programme. A good diversion from the usual thunder and blazes...

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

Adès has conducted the Philharmoniker before. I do wonder if he's going to conduct Williams pieces or if it might be a shared programme (but the title suggests the former). Also curious if this will be focused on Williams's concert music or exclusively on film pieces. 

 

And Adès isn't just a composer/conductor, but also a pianist… But the current announcement does specifically list him as conductor.

[BB-8 3,881]

So no need for that 7 LP box set if the show is not over yet?

[Jurassic Shark 12,889]

They're finally doing the patch up sessions. 

[crlbrg 382]

Also find the Williams/Ades combo very random, but definitely not complaining...I wonder how that came about!

[mrbellamy 6,679]

Well it reminded me of this post:

 

 

So Williams has cited him before as one of his favorites and they have apparently been friendly at Tanglewood. I guess mutual respect lead to an opportunity to perform together. Maybe Williams started writing letters to Tommy Baby. 

[JohnnyD 1,305]

Wow, that is awesome!

[Jurassic Shark 12,889]

7 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

they have apparently been friendly at Tanglewood.

 

Too much info!

[JW collector 66]

 wouauwwww

 

I would love to hear the Wiener Philhamoniker  - together with the famous  Wiener Sängerknaben - perform Exultate Justi  ( from "Empire of the sun " ) and Dry your tears Afrika ( from Amistad ) - THAT would FANTASTIC  !!!! 

 

the mentioned  (boy)choir have performed several times with the Philharmoniker.....

 

But   I am "affraid"  that we will  get the  "usual"  stuff.... 

 

 

 

 

[Davis 2,769]

He just wants some more Imperial Torte.

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

4 hours ago, JW collector said:

 wouauwwww

 

I would love to hear the Wiener Philhamoniker  - together with the famous  Wiener Sängerknaben - perform Exultate Justi  ( from "Empire of the sun " ) and Dry your tears Afrika ( from Amistad ) - THAT would FANTASTIC  !!!!

 

Or they could get the Wiener Singverein for some things, the adult choir of the Musikverein who handles most of the big orchestra/choir with the Philharmoniker and many other world class orchestras and conductors at the Musikverein (they're financed out of the membership fees for the Musikfreunde, so if you get a Musikfreunde subscription to get early access to the JW tickets, you're more or less directly paying them, among others).

 

I'd be even more jealous of that friend of mine who's a member of that choir than I already am…

[Nemesis 254]

Advance booking for members begins on 11/09/2024 at 9.00 am.

The general advance sale starts on 18/09/2024 at 9.00 am.

 

https://www.musikverein.at/en/archive/?scope=all&q=john+williams&sdate=2024-12-01&edate=2024-12-29&sorting=ASC

[BB-8 3,881]

9/11

[crumbs 14,698]

34 minutes ago, Nemesis said:

Advance booking for members begins on 11/09/2024 at 9.00 am.

The general advance sale starts on 18/09/2024 at 9.00 am.

 

https://www.musikverein.at/en/archive/?scope=all&q=john+williams&sdate=2024-12-01&edate=2024-12-29&sorting=ASC

 

What's involved in becoming a member?

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

2 minutes ago, crumbs said:

What's involved in becoming a member?

 

90 Euros:

https://www.musikverein.at/en/become-a-member-of-the-musikverein-wien/

[mrbellamy 6,679]

6 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Too much info!

 

Nothing wrong with a friendly tanglewood

[crumbs 14,698]

11 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

90 Euros:

https://www.musikverein.at/en/become-a-member-of-the-musikverein-wien/

 

Probably not a bad deal if you want to (presumably) guarantee yourself tickets.

 

How many members would they have?

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

Plenty I suppose. It's their standard source of income (along with ticket sales and plenty of official grants, I'm sure), and that pays for the house, the organisation, and the choir, among other things.

 

I've been a member for the previous two Williams concerts. Wouldn't have been necessary the first time (because those two concerts took a long time to sell out), but the initial tickets for Vienna II were gone within a few hours. More opened up later, but if you want to make sure you get a good seat, you should probably pay the fee and have two separate browsers open when tickets go on sale.

 

I'll probably queue at the ticket office. First time I was there hours before, and it wasn't until 7 some more people showed up. Second time I got there around 7 and found a few people already queueing.

[Muad'Dib 1,852]

9 minutes ago, crumbs said:

How many members would they have?

 

One each.

[Jurassic Shark 12,889]

One on every floor.

[leeallen01 2,169]

I know London has fallen, but man please.

[Davis 2,769]

I don’t think JW had a pleasant experience in London in 2018. Probably why he doesn’t want to return. 

[GlastoEls 565]

Well, we in London - not five miles from the Albert Hall! - are waiting with hope!

[Miszka 27]

Wonderful news! I haven't had the time to write anything in the Berlin concerts thread and now this... It's hard to keep up with the Maestro these days 

[Mr. Hooper 3,138]

5 hours ago, JTN said:

I don’t think JW had a pleasant experience in London in 2018. Probably why he doesn’t want to return. 

Do tell. Aggressive fans/autograph hounds?

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

36 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

Do tell. Aggressive fans/autograph hounds?

 

?

[Davis 2,769]

37 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

Do tell. Aggressive fans/autograph hounds?

Uh, he fell ill and wasn’t able to conduct?

[Mr. Hooper 3,138]

4 hours ago, JTN said:

Uh, he fell ill and wasn’t able to conduct?

Right. Brain fart.

 

Speaking of which, there was a guy next to me at Carnegie Hall who flew in from London, or thereabouts, who was going to attend that concert.

 

For anyone who went to CH, and wondered who that guy was that kept yelling "WOOOO!!" and "YEAAAAH!!," it was this guy. 

 

It was infectious, so I joined in a little.

[victorrt 21]

Well, then I guess I will have to try again and see him both in Berlin AND Vienna 

[Miz 144]

And I'm guessing his connection to Vienna has something to do with Anne-Sophie Mutter?

 

I am also a disappointed Brit who was in the Albert Hall in 2018.

[BB-8 3,881]

But TA is a Brit.

Perhaps he is the chosen one?

[Badzeee 112]

I think a trip to Vienna in December is required... 

 

 

[Dr. Know 349]

Hoping for at least one performance of a recent concert work rather than the standard repertoire... but good for him to be going strong!

[Tom 5,025]

I am sure they would have already included this in the announcement if it were the case, but how cool would it be for JW to premiere the piano concerto in Vienna?  Talk about a musical career capper.  

[BB-8 3,881]

Ax urgently needs to send some cookies.

[Jurassic Shark 12,889]

It's a concerto for piano, not for flubs and timing issues.

[BB-8 3,881]

Concerto for cookies and orchestra. 

[MovieMusicMaestro 33]

https://slippedisc.com/2024/08/john-williams-cancels-vienna-on-health-grounds/

[Steve 608]

Just saw this on Facebook.... so it must be more serious? I mean we are in August... and talking about December. But at least he looks forward to rescheduling the concerts 😀

[bollemanneke 3,568]

Oh well. He has to take care of himself at this point. Anything else is just completely unimportant. He's given us more than we could ever have hoped for.

[Jurassic Shark 12,889]

I guess it's a nicer way to put it than because of lack of rehearsal time.

[BB-8 3,881]

 

The cancellation trauma is back.

[Marian Schedenig 8,893]

29 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

The cancellation trauma is back.

 

Not quite. At least we got an update/an official cancellation before tickets went on sale this time. I was afraid September would come and we'd all scramble for tickets without having any info at all whether he'd be here for the concerts, or whether they would be cancelled, or whether they would happen without him.

 

At least now we know. And hopefully it's not due to any new complications, but just a natural part of his recovery (that from what we've heard is supposedly going well). In that case, hopefully he'll be fit again in time for Berlin, and hopefully they'll manage to come up with replacement dates.

[BB-8 3,881]

At any rate, it puts Adès' role into perspective.

[BB-8 3,881]

It's spreading through the local press...

 

 

Concern for John Williams: Vienna concerts cancelled (rollingstone.de)