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John Williams: Live in Vienna

Explore the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut.

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Guten Tag — ladies and gentlemen —
meine Damen und Herren. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Guten Tag — ladies and gentlemen — meine Damen und Herren....

Sie erlauben mir, in English fortzufahren? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Sie erlauben mir, in English fortzufahren?

I will be very happy to tell you then
how happy I am and honoured - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I will be very happy to tell you then how happy I am and hon...

Any musician accorded the privilege - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Any musician accorded the privilege

Also joining us today is Anne-Sophie Mutter,
who you all know. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Also joining us today is Anne-Sophie Mutter, who you all kno...

You certainly know that Anne-Sophie Mutter
is many things. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

You certainly know that Anne-Sophie Mutter is many things.

She's one of the world's
greatest violinists, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

She's one of the world's greatest violinists,

And it's again an honour also
and a privilege - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And it's again an honour also and a privilege

What is coming now is the end of
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” — - John Williams: Live in Vienna

What is coming now is the end of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial...

He and I have been working together for,
I think, 44 years, something like that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

He and I have been working together for, I think, 44 years, ...

And it has been like
a very good marriage. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And it has been like a very good marriage.

We don't have to talk
to each other every day. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We don't have to talk to each other every day.

So far it's working
very, very well, I hope! - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So far it's working very, very well, I hope!

This end of “E.T.”,
you'll hear the music, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This end of “E.T.”, you'll hear the music,

And they are pursued by the police
and they go quickly on their bicycles, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And they are pursued by the police and they go quickly on th...

Maybe a physicist here will tell us, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Maybe a physicist here will tell us,

And they've escaped the gravity speed
and fly over the moon — - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And they've escaped the gravity speed and fly over the ...

They land very gracefully on the ground,
you remember, and set E.T. down. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

They land very gracefully on the ground, you remember, and s...

And then there's some sentimental music
coming at the end, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And then there's some sentimental music coming at the e...

And then at the end of the music, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And then at the end of the music,

What I love about
these kinds of concerts is that - John Williams: Live in Vienna

What I love about these kinds of concerts is that

We go to the theatre and
we don't notice the virtuosity - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We go to the theatre and we don't notice the virtuosity

And now we have one of the greatest
orchestras in the world doing it for us. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And now we have one of the greatest orchestras in the world ...

You can imagine a composer's
delicate vanity, being able and satisfied - John Williams: Live in Vienna

You can imagine a composer's delicate vanity, being abl...

All the notes aren't covered up
by spaceships, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

All the notes aren't covered up by spaceships,

This is the end of, the orchestra's
contribution to the end of the film “E.T.”. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This is the end of, the orchestra's contribution to the...

Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
A word or two about “Star Wars”, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. A word or two about “Star Wa...

When we first began this project in 1977, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

When we first began this project in 1977,

So, I watched the film, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So, I watched the film,

And they were doing their comedy scenes
and their action scenes. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And they were doing their comedy scenes and their action sce...

So I made the assumption that
at the end of the film and in their future, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So I made the assumption that at the end of the film and in ...

And two years later, the second film,
George Lucas says to me, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And two years later, the second film, George Lucas says to m...

So I was off by a little bit,
but nevertheless we play the love theme. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So I was off by a little bit, but nevertheless we play the l...

This is one of the themes from the
second film, “The Empire Strikes Back”, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This is one of the themes from the second film, “The Empire ...

And then finally the “March”
from the very first episode. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And then finally the “March” from the very first episode....

We've just completed the ninth one
— I think it's in the theatres here now — - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We've just completed the ninth one — I think it's ...

So here are three little pieces
from “Star Wars”. Thank you. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So here are three little pieces from “Star Wars”. Thank you....

This little piece is from a film,
“Cinderella Liberty”, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This little piece is from a film, “Cinderella Liberty”,

And it was the story of a girl,
a very simple, straight line in her life, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And it was the story of a girl, a very simple, straight line...

This little piece is from “Tintin”
and it's a sword fight. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This little piece is from “Tintin” and it's a sword fig...

In the cartoon they tease the feathers
with the tip of their swords, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

In the cartoon they tease the feathers with the tip of their...

And you will hear these little feather
twists in this little piece, “The Duel”. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And you will hear these little feather twists in this little...

I have been so pleased to visit
with the Vienna Philharmonic. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I have been so pleased to visit with the Vienna Philharmonic...

|t's a dream for me — one of
the great orchestras in the world - John Williams: Live in Vienna

|t's a dream for me — one of the great orchestras in th...

But also, with the privilege of coming,
I had the concern about - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But also, with the privilege of coming, I had the concern ab...

And I couldn't have been
more happily surprised. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And I couldn't have been more happily surprised.

They understood the phrasing in a way - John Williams: Live in Vienna

They understood the phrasing in a way

So I have to compliment the orchestra
on their great virtuosity - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So I have to compliment the orchestra on their great virtuos...

Their virtuosity and ability to adjust
is an amazing part of their art. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Their virtuosity and ability to adjust is an amazing part of...

And for me, as a guest, a surprising one
and a very happy surprise. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And for me, as a guest, a surprising one and a very happy su...

The reason why I started to play
the violin is Beethoven. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The reason why I started to play the violin is Beethoven.

Actually it was the Beethoven Concerto
which I performed at a very early stage - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Actually it was the Beethoven Concerto which I performed at ...

Vienna used to be — it still is —
such a breeding ground - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Vienna used to be — it still is — such a breeding ground

Alban Berg is another great hero, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Alban Berg is another great hero,

But for me being here now in Vienna after
having done most of the big repertoire - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But for me being here now in Vienna after having done most o...

It's a dream come true. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It's a dream come true.

Somehow knowing
that you in your studies - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Somehow knowing that you in your studies

I think you shared the same
composition teacher with Andre Previn? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I think you shared the same composition teacher with Andre P...

- Yes.
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- Yes. - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

So, I mean, Europe travelled
to your country - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So, I mean, Europe travelled to your country

Because many of Europe's
and Austria's great composers - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because many of Europe's and Austria's great compo...

Then in California there was this seed
of European music replanted. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Then in California there was this seed of European music rep...

And, as it happens,
you also write for film. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And, as it happens, you also write for film.

André once, I thought, beautifully said
that Korngold didn't sound like Hollywood, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

André once, I thought, beautifully said that Korngold didn&#...

The level of composition,
which probably always was very high - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The level of composition, which probably always was very hig...

So where do you see
the relationship between - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So where do you see the relationship between

In a way we all know that music is
of course a global language. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

In a way we all know that music is of course a global langua...

Anne-Sophie, probably
I wouldn't be in Vienna now - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Anne-Sophie, probably I wouldn't be in Vienna now

- Because I met you through André.
- That's true. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- Because I met you through André. - That's true.

Here in Wien, I look around
this incredible city - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Here in Wien, I look around this incredible city

I wish the Viennese people
could borrow my eye for one minute - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I wish the Viennese people could borrow my eye for one minut...

|t's the most incredible monument
to a history that we know. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

|t's the most incredible monument to a history that we ...

But it is a physical evidence
of this centuries-old history - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But it is a physical evidence of this centuries-old history

We just were in the National Library
to see a few Beethoven scores. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We just were in the National Library to see a few Beethoven ...

Of course, coming from the United States,
which is a very young country, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Of course, coming from the United States, which is a very yo...

But seeing the city is an affirmation
of the history that we have studied. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But seeing the city is an affirmation of the history that we...

And we can realize
that three or four or five hundred years - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And we can realize that three or four or five hundred years

We cannot go back to an imperial system,
and we don't want to do that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We cannot go back to an imperial system, and we don't w...

But this is a physical manifestation,
evidence of a certain kind of cooperation - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But this is a physical manifestation, evidence of a certain ...

I think the impression that
you can get here, you study it a little bit, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I think the impression that you can get here, you study it a...

I ask myself, why, Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg... - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I ask myself, why, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Schoenb...

Everybody coming to this one place.
It's like the heart of... - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Everybody coming to this one place. It's like the heart...

|t's a difficult question to answer,
why it happened. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

|t's a difficult question to answer, why it happened.

Because of the wealth of Vienna to invite
composers to write for them, you see that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because of the wealth of Vienna to invite composers to write...

And how does it feel for you
to be here with all that history? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And how does it feel for you to be here with all that histor...

For me it's almost unreal.
What I wanted to do, Anne-Sophie, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

For me it's almost unreal. What I wanted to do, Anne-So...

Maybe it will help me and give me
some idea of how to write music. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Maybe it will help me and give me some idea of how to write ...

- Finally your line of symphonies
is coming! - Yeah, maybe! - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- Finally your line of symphonies is coming! - Yeah, maybe!

It is enormously profound
for anyone interested in music. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It is enormously profound for anyone interested in music.

And for you to conduct
the Vienna Philharmonic, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And for you to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic,

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Explore the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut.

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Director: Michael Beyer

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Genre: music

Year: 2020

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Released: 02 Oct 2020

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