Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Voice your complaints!Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peio 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Maybe technical problems? The change from Star Wars to Shostakovic came without warning...SW and Shostakovich... it's all the samebut anyway, SHAME ON WGBH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebo 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 That Williams is such a hack! This sounds just like Shoshtakovich!Weebo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 That Williams is such a hack! This sounds just like Shoshtakovich!Weebo LOL LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawill 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 That Williams is such a hack! This sounds just like Shoshtakovich!WeeboHm, the composition is fine, but the hornist sounds like Gidon Kremer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Williams suddenly had a nervous breakdown in the last minutes before the concert as he heard his twenty-year old version of the Star Wars theme, but luckily Horner was in the neighbourhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowster 23 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 This ranks very high on my all time 'most sucking things' list. I mean come on. Why was there a link to the stream, if they knew they wont broadcast it to the internet. A cheap way to get more listeners to their stream - false advertising.-Snowster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I stopped listening to Goldsmith's Legend for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawill 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Williams suddenly had a nervous breakdown in the last minutes before the concert as he heard his twenty-year old version of the Star Wars theme, but luckily Horner was in the neighbourhood.And Horner did what? Wrote a "new" violin concerto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU Lou 1 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Voice your complaints!NeilIm too distraught too think of something right now... what are some of you guys saying and I will paraphrase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Someone change the title of this thread please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Voice your complaints!NeilIm too distraught too think of something right now... what are some of you guys saying and I will paraphraseVoice your distraughtness then.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 i told them they sucked,I'd never become a member or listen again,and urge everyone I know not to either.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Someone change the title of this thread please.Done.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I let them know I was disappointed, perhaps I was too nice. But who knows if it's a mistake or actually deception?Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Someone change the title of this thread please.Done.Neil Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 What the? Did that screeching sound stop, or is it my computer? You guys hear anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Now the guy is talking as if this is just a normal, everyday broadcast of "BSO Discography" or some crap. Jackass.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 it's like my day got cancelledK.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I've said things of a similar nature.Thank goodness the English language does not have the words to describe what I REALLY wanted to say. - Schumann....something transcribed...i dunno, not Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 At this point, we have entirely missed Soundings.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 The key word being missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 This burns me up! I still don't see how they could be cutting the Internet stream out of it, and not their local listeners as well. How could they have TWO broadcasts at once? Maybe the locals are getting cut out of it too. (Oddly that would make me feel somewhat better)I'll post what my comments were to them...if others of you do...they're not that nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawill 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Btw, does anyone have ANY recording of soundings or the horn concerto??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 This is what i got back.Dear WGBH viewer, listener or Web site visitor, Thank you for contacting WGBH. Please be assured that your comments will be carefully read, recorded, and shared with the appropriate staff at WGBH. In most instances, you can expect a response to any specific questions you may have had within approximately two to three business days. WGBH and your local public television and radio stations are community services that rely on the support of viewers, listeners, and Web site visitors. Thanks to folks just like you, we've remained true to public broadcasting's fundamental promise to inform, inspire, and entertain. If you would like to become a member of WGBH today, give securely online at https://www.wgbh.org/support/pledge. For information on how to locate your local PBS station, please visit http://www.pbs.org/aboutsite/faq.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hell hath no fury like a JW Fan gypped out of new JW music.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I'm not aware of any recordings of the Horn Concerto. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBL 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 My God I can't believe it.I'm at a friend's ( who's also really fan of JW), hoping to listen for this concert, and then Chostakovitch and Schumann....I wrote to the radio.... I guess they at last will have like a hundred message concerning this false advertising...Philippe BL banghead Ps: Nice thread-title change, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I just got a response from WGBH. It seems they have also cancelled Christmas.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawill 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 This burns me up! I still don't see how they could be cutting the Internet stream out of it, and not their local listeners as well. How could they have TWO broadcasts at once? Maybe the locals are getting cut out of it too. For me, it would make no sense to cut out everbody except the locals... As a local, I would not need this f***ing stream, I would be there, LIVE!But, technically, I guess, it´s no problem to split the stream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Okay this is what I posted to them....I don't mind putting it. I know we all feel the same way. When they read all these, their ears should be flaming.to WGBH:A lot of very dedicated fans of John Williams are sitting at their computers now all over the world wanting to hear his concert music that many have never heard before. We have been tuning in to WGBH, getting excited for ths concert. At the last minute, all our streams go to Shostakovich instead of the concert we have been EAGERLY anticipating. This is WRONG on your part as a station. It gains you a bevy of important listeners from all over the world for us to be able to listen to concert webcasts. This is a travesty, and I won't be listening to the station anymore, if this is an example of what happens when you have a SymphonyCast "live concert broadcast"! Terrible.If there were technical problems, then please rebroadcast the John Wiliams Tanglewood concert so everyone around the world (who can't live in Boston or be there)CAN HEAR his music. This was going to be a BIG event for his fans to be able to hear Soundings and the Horn Concerto, and there was a crowd of listeners tuning in special to WGBH for it. You ruined it, what a shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawill 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I just got a response from WGBH. It seems they have also cancelled Christmas.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Very good.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowster 23 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 The only right thing to do now, is to start planning how to steal the tape from WGBH. They cancelled the internet stream, but they still recorded it. Propably it will be the first and only recording of the horn concerto. How do we do it?-SnowsterP.S. Of course it would be easier if someone recorded it from the radio, IF it was broadcasted at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari 279 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 This is what I sent:I tuned in this afternoon strictly for the opportunity of hearing the John Williams Tanglewood concert (which was advertised as being broadcast live with the listen live @89.7 option at the bottom of the screen) and instead a different program is airing right now. I heard the Horn Concerto last November in Chicago and was really looking forward to hearing it again. Needless to say, I'm very disappointed that the web site didn't mention that the program was not going to be broadcast over the internet.Is the program being recorded for possible airing at a later date? An answer would be greatly appreciated.Thank you for reading.Kathy AllenI also received the standard automated reply, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam 1 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I thought there was some hope that they archived stuff. But the archive only lets you know what you missed, whatever good that does.Adam, thankful to have heard Imperial March for the 380,394th time before catastrophe struck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 it's all planned.Some guy at the station flipped a switch so we only hear Stokacovich,and then sell the Horn Concerto recording on e-bay.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Yeah, but it was a poor performance of it, in horrible sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I was looking forward to hearing the Williams concert...Arghhh...i'm listening to classical music!...but THIS is nearly worth it.Marian - LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I think I'm going to give up and go do something else (like maybe go exercise my frustrations away...haha) ANYONE live in the WGBH area? Just curious. Well, good afternoon all (NOT!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Has anyone considered the possibility that WGBH may have been asked not to go ahead with the broadcast at the last minute? Soundings was commissioned for the opening of the new Disney Hall - perhaps someone at Disney got twitchy about the likelihood of people recording bootleg copies of the work.Or it could be a technical problem and I'm talking b*****.Enquire with WGBH by all means, but let's not bite the hand that feeds us!Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 What a shame... I was waiting for this very eagerly... Well, btw I'm listening to fine music. Maurizio -- very disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 I don't find anything funny right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Well, btw I'm listening to fine music. You stop listening to the stream and reached for POA, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 (Actually, all the misspellings of "Shostakovich" here are nearly worse than the actual cancellation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLW 0 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Omen II,I believe that is exactly what happened, or, it was cancelled by the company planning to release a recording of the Horn Concerto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 Has anyone considered the possibility that WGBH may have been asked not to go ahead with the broadcast at the last minute? Soundings was commissioned for the opening of the new Disney Hall - perhaps someone at Disney got twitchy about the likelihood of people recording bootleg copies of the work.:Why are corporations so concerned about substandard bootleg copies of music they don't plan to release on c.d. anyways?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hm. I already have a recording of Soundings... :? - Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 We all have one, dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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