Jerry Goldsmith is very ill and unable to travel to London to conduct the concert, but he will send a message to be read out to those attending. Dirk Brossé will replace him as conductor, and the programme remains the same.

I'd hope the turn out will be as strong and as gracious as it would be were he to be there himself.

The Barbican as usual is doing a great job in customer service. They’re ringing ticket holders to inform them of the change. I had a call from them moments ago.

Daniel

they even call international customers...

wauw!

I'm still going. It's his music.

NP: ANOTHER 48 HOURS (James Horner)

He has conducted Hans Zimmer's music in Gent, Belgium. He's actually always conducts at that film festival.

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Originally posted by CindyLover1969:
One question about the concert:

That piece between the two performances of [b]Supergirl in the encore... what was it? (Surely not Timeline, part of his unused score for?)[/B]

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STTMP used that crescendo thingy Goldsmith has given it over the last years, but not quite as extreme as he usually does it I thought...which apparently made it easier to play too, they pulled it off nearly flawlessly this time. (I still think it isn't a good idea to put this at the beginning of a concert, I have the feeling the LSO brass section has to warm up a bit before attempting something like this)

Looney Tunes was very good, though the electric bass in Car Trouble was really missing - it just wasn't there, no other instrument took over that part. Very weird suite overall, with a kind of no-ending. Fun though, it should be whacky I think.

Small Soldiers was good, but missed the humour a bit. Gremlins good as well, though not outstanding (it started out with the normal concert version of the rag, then went into the middle section from Gremlins 1, and ended with the last part of the credits from 2, complete with string counterpoint and Gizmo's theme).

Generals Suite - very good, but the percussion was so loud, it was at times difficult to hear the rest of the music.

TV Themes - very good as well, a wonderful Voyager, though Barnaby Jones wasn't quite as stunning as in 2001 or 2003.

The Agony and the Ecstasy prologue was left out for some reason (they didn't mention it in the programme, or during the opening speech). There were two encores instead, Supergirl ( ) and Wild Rovers. I'd never heard Wild Rovers before, but it sounded fine to me. Supergirl was excellent, particularly the second time they played it (yes). Not quite as amazing as the encore of it last year, but definitely better than the opening performance from last year.

At the beginning of the concert, they reported what Goldsmith had said during a one hour telephone talk the day before. He was very disappointed not to attend, but had been advised to stay at home by his doctor, a decision he had been fighting for a long time, until finally giving in. Well, he might not have been there, but at told us "I love you all" through the notes from that phone call.

The LSO certainly were happy with Brosse as well. They were all clapping at the end of the concert, and during the encores they seemed to really give everything they had (particularly after Brosse said that of course the most important thing of the evening was the great music of Jerry Goldsmith) - during the second Supergirl, I actually heard a brass counterpoint I'd never noticed before.

Brosse himself refused to step on the podium during most of the applause, he stood beneath it with the orchestra, perhaps to leave the applause to Goldsmith. At the end, he held up the conductor's score book, which of course caused a final uproar of applause.

I still hope Goldsmith gets well enough again to do another LSO concert himself, but even without him, this one was worth all the troubles of getting there.

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Originally posted by Pete M:
I'd just like to apologise for my non-appearance. I was there (honest!),

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Good to hear that. A shame we weren't able to find you, but at least you didn't miss the concert.

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And I think I may have to buy Wild Rovers now.

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Not just you.

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It is still currently available, isn't it?

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I hope so. Though...it was coupled with Great Train Robbery, and that disc certainly isn't easy to get (I only have a copy of the GTR part). Dunno if there's ever been another release on CD.