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John Williams: Live in Vienna

What is more exciting and challenging than standing next to the composerwho is also...

What is more exciting and challenging than standing next to the composer
who is also conducting?

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What is more exciting and challenging
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than standing next to the composer who is also conducting?
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
03:37:32
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
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music
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Explore the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut.
This is actually very intimidating - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:07
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 00:06
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 00:13
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 00:11
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 00:13
- 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 00:05
I'm conducting, you are there. I start to smile, almost...
But intimidation is always... - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:04
But intimidation is always...
If I conduct for any great artist, there's an intimidation: - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:09
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 00:07
I would say as a conductor there are some soloists that are ...
But I can change it, inaudible. - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:05
But I can change it, inaudible.
It just feels totally natural - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:10
It just feels totally natural
|'ve never encountered it in England or of course not in America, - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:13
|'ve never encountered it in England or of course not i...
And in the German-speaking countries - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:10
And in the German-speaking countries
There's the “serious music” and there is the “music for entertainment”. - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:09
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 00:08
Some people who think they are super intellectual have inven...
Probably a few music lovers - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:16
Probably a few music lovers
I could speak to it, it's a very difficult question. - John Williams: Live in Vienna 00:05
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 00:09
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 00:05
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 00:05
- “E” or or how do you say? - “Ernste Musik” and “Unterhaltu...