JW in RAH with LSO (JW CANCELLED)

Awfully tempting even for me here in Germany. I didn't think Williams would cross the pond ever again, this really might be a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Wish I had money.

Oh Lord.

It seems like everyone and their grandmother have a ticket already.

I also noticed the ticket price would be around £80 (from a Facebook post Dave Norris made).

I seriously doubt I'm going to get a ticket -- except maybe in the worst possible seats, if I'm lucky.

It has prompted me to reminisce about his last UK appearance, in 1998, when he did one concert of the traditional favourites in Birmingham, repeated it over the following two days in London, then did a completely different programme over the following two days which included far less common stuff (like his tuba concerto). Five days in a row! Those were glorious days for film music concerts in the UK. It's virtually all films-live-with-orchestra these days (which I have literally no interest in and honestly can't see the point of) - I really didn't think Mr Williams would ever come back.

Also in 1998 I saw Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry (and quite possibly Elmer Bernstein). Happy days.

I think the reason they keep doing them is that they're one of the best ways for orchestras to make money these days. That's the case around here anyway. All the live-to-picture concerts sell out. But our symphony is literally giving away seats to their Bernstein/Stravinsky concert in a couple weeks. As long as the live-to-picture concerts keep doing so well I think you can expect to see them for a long time yet.

I'm with James. Film concerts are nothing more than glorified cinema-going.

Definitely going to try and secure a ticket for this on Friday, but not holding out much hope. Would be a great opportunity for a meet-up if a decent number of us make it.

Through some terribly poor prioritisation I missed out on Poledouris.
This will not happen again.
I am there.

No ticket! Went from 2760 to 44 in line and then the "sold out" message appeared. I wonder what the odds are for a second concert? Probably not going to happen.

Crazy stuff!

Through some sheer luck, me and a friend (and his girlfriend) managed to secure three tickets. But when we entered the digital line a few minutes before 9 (10 local time), we were in the 600s. Just a few minutes later, I noticed people were 3000-something in line.

Bloody shame you didn't get tickets, James. As I said elsewhere, there's no WAY all the 5000 who have a ticket now, will be there on the day. So there's hope for cancelled tickets?

Also, I MIGHT sell mine, if I get press accreditation. But you probably need two.

I was unlucky too.

Kaat, my brother and Mario are joining me for the concert. We arrive on Friday 26th and leave on Sunday. We stay around Paddington, close to Hyde Park and the RAH. Ant was going to get us to Windsor perhaps on Saturday as a day out.

Who else will be there?

Will there be
- rooftop bar meetings?
- dinner before the concert?
- kazoo concertos?
- accidental meetings with John Williams after the concert?

Oh! Busy schedule. How will we meet!? :o