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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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How does that feel?
How is the acoustical sensation for you? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

How does that feel? How is the acoustical sensation for you?

I mean, obviously we all
have heard them on recordings - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I mean, obviously we all have heard them on recordings

But here in this hall, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But here in this hall,

Of course we have wonderful orchestras
in the States, we all know that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Of course we have wonderful orchestras in the States, we all...

But just the last day here in Vienna, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But just the last day here in Vienna,

They have accommodated
to this style of music, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

They have accommodated to this style of music,

However, the ambiance of the hall
and one's sense of history - John Williams: Live in Vienna

However, the ambiance of the hall and one's sense of hi...

But now they're grown up
with something that they share, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But now they're grown up with something that they share...

And if you think that instruments
pass hands over generations. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And if you think that instruments pass hands over generation...

- I was about to say, the instruments
themselves. - And the style of playing. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- I was about to say, the instruments themselves. - And the ...

How much pressure,
whatever, all of these things. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

How much pressure, whatever, all of these things.

And you really can sense
a difference. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And you really can sense a difference.

I actually thought originally
it would be old-fashioned. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I actually thought originally it would be old-fashioned.

It felt vital and alive
and contemporary in a way, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It felt vital and alive and contemporary in a way,

Even though |'m not Austrian,
I know the history enough to know - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Even though |'m not Austrian, I know the history enough...

- And now you are a part of that memory here
in Vienna, of the orchestra. - A tiny part. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- And now you are a part of that memory here in Vienna, of t...

I was so moved when the orchestra
was actually begging you — the brass — - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I was so moved when the orchestra was actually begging you —...

Because they just also wanted to have
the physical joy of playing that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because they just also wanted to have the physical joy of pl...

I was listening to it yesterday
in the rehearsal. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I was listening to it yesterday in the rehearsal.

It was just totally overwhelming
seeing this joy in making music together. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It was just totally overwhelming seeing this joy in making m...

It's something which I think
should not be underestimated. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It's something which I think should not be underestimat...

And sometimes I run across
living composers - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And sometimes I run across living composers

And your music is really
the synthesis of that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And your music is really the synthesis of that.

And seeing these seasoned professors
and young members of the orchestra alike - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And seeing these seasoned professors and young members of th...

What I can do is only put some notes
on the paper and then it's finished. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

What I can do is only put some notes on the paper and then i...

- That's already a lot!
- But someone has to play it. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- That's already a lot! - But someone has to play it.

And then in my mind someone
has to also listen to it - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And then in my mind someone has to also listen to it

The thing about music is
that it will present itself - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The thing about music is that it will present itself

- It will stay in our memory, hopefully.
- It stays in our memory. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- It will stay in our memory, hopefully. - It stays in our m...

It's fixed in time. You play the piece,
and now the time has gone. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It's fixed in time. You play the piece, and now the tim...

So when you are working on... - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So when you are working on...

Have you already started
to work on the violin concerto? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Have you already started to work on the violin concerto?

No, I only finished Star Wars
a few weeks ago. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

No, I only finished Star Wars a few weeks ago.

The schedule was such...
The film was almost in the theatre. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The schedule was such... The film was almost in the theatre.

We were almost selling seats,
and I was still writing the music. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We were almost selling seats, and I was still writing the mu...

So that was our production schedule.
Not unusual, by the way, for Hollywood. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So that was our production schedule. Not unusual, by the way...

|t's a human trait
to be having last-minute work. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

|t's a human trait to be having last-minute work.

But how do you usually
go about a concerto? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But how do you usually go about a concerto?

Do you use something
which is already existing? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Do you use something which is already existing?

I think maybe what I would do...
Every situation is different of course. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I think maybe what I would do... Every situation is differen...

The thing about writing concerti,
which I think |'ve written 11 or 12, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The thing about writing concerti, which I think |'ve wr...

And I think a part of
what |'m trying to do is - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And I think a part of what |'m trying to do is

That's one way to think about it. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

That's one way to think about it.

It's possible to write
two or three little themes - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It's possible to write two or three little themes

When I was a youngster,
we had all the people that you mentioned, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

When I was a youngster, we had all the people that you menti...

They established
a style of writing for film. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

They established a style of writing for film.

Because in the beginning of film,
in the 1930s, we didn't know what to do. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because in the beginning of film, in the 1930s, we didn'...

We have sound now, we have to confront
the question of how to do this. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

We have sound now, we have to confront the question of how t...

And the Europeans,
especially those from Vienna, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And the Europeans, especially those from Vienna,

So it's something that early on
I began to understand - John Williams: Live in Vienna

So it's something that early on I began to understand

Because we already saw that - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because we already saw that

- Think of Seahawk, with Errol Flynn.
- Seahawk, amazing! - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- Think of Seahawk, with Errol Flynn. - Seahawk, amazing!

And people used to say: the music doesn't
sound very English, it sounds Austrian. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And people used to say: the music doesn't sound very En...

But it seems to go very well
with Errol Flynn! - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But it seems to go very well with Errol Flynn!

But of course there's a great debt
in our industry of film - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But of course there's a great debt in our industry of f...

At the beginning at least, what little bit
I've learned about any of it, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

At the beginning at least, what little bit I've learned...

- How long were you with Tedesco?
- Not long, two summers, very briefly. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- How long were you with Tedesco? - Not long, two summers, v...

And who was your main influence
in terms of composing? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And who was your main influence in terms of composing?

- Who was your main teacher?
- I don't really know. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- Who was your main teacher? - I don't really know.

I have written in such a kind of
chameleon-like way if you can say that. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I have written in such a kind of chameleon-like way if you c...

I used to do comedies
when I was very young - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I used to do comedies when I was very young

Star Wars required something else
that was more military. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Star Wars required something else that was more military.

What is more exciting and challenging - John Williams: Live in Vienna

What is more exciting and challenging

This is actually very intimidating - John Williams: Live in Vienna

This is actually very intimidating

Because you're standing next to the man
who obviously knows the music inside out. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Because you're standing next to the man who obviously k...

I admire the way you rehearse
in a very gentle manner, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I admire the way you rehearse in a very gentle manner,

The idea has been suggested
that it might be a unique experience, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The idea has been suggested that it might be a unique experi...

- No, just a half concert in Tanglewood.
- But I have to confess - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- No, just a half concert in Tanglewood. - But I have to con...

I'm conducting, you are there.
I start to smile, almost laughing! - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I'm conducting, you are there. I start to smile, almost...

But intimidation is always... - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But intimidation is always...

If I conduct for any great artist,
there's an intimidation: - John Williams: Live in Vienna

If I conduct for any great artist, there's an intimidat...

I would say as a conductor there are some
soloists that are a nightmare to follow. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I would say as a conductor there are some soloists that are ...

But I can change it, inaudible. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But I can change it, inaudible.

It just feels totally natural - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It just feels totally natural

|'ve never encountered it in England
or of course not in America, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

|'ve never encountered it in England or of course not i...

And in the German-speaking countries - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And in the German-speaking countries

There's the “serious music” and
there is the “music for entertainment”. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

There's the “serious music” and there is the “music for...

Some people who think they are super
intellectual have invented these labels. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Some people who think they are super intellectual have inven...

Probably a few music lovers - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Probably a few music lovers

I could speak to it,
it's a very difficult question. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

I could speak to it, it's a very difficult question.

And it becomes a kind of
a cultural question, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And it becomes a kind of a cultural question,

But if you think about serious music,
is that the word you would use? - John Williams: Live in Vienna

But if you think about serious music, is that the word you w...

- “E” or or how do you say?
- “Ernste Musik” and “Unterhaltung”. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

- “E” or or how do you say? - “Ernste Musik” and “Unterhaltu...

Even it has its roots in the
idiomatic cultures of various places. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

Even it has its roots in the idiomatic cultures of various p...

You can't have Dvoiék without
the country music of his country. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

You can't have Dvoiék without the country music of his ...

You don't have Brahms without
the dances and so on and so forth, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

You don't have Brahms without the dances and so on and ...

The source of all of this
seriousness and braininess... - John Williams: Live in Vienna

The source of all of this seriousness and braininess...

It actually comes from the people,
it comes from the breathing. - John Williams: Live in Vienna

It actually comes from the people, it comes from the breathi...

And it may be becoming over-refined in
people's minds and over-intellectualized, - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And it may be becoming over-refined in people's minds a...

And people can become prejudiced
— I guess this is the word you could use — - John Williams: Live in Vienna

And people can become prejudiced — I guess this is the word ...

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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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ImdbRating: 8.9

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Released: 02 Oct 2020

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