Review: John Williams at Manchester

Subject: Review: John Williams at Manchester
From: Flash Company
Date: 27 May 04 - 10:38 AM

Saw John Williams at Bridgewater Hall on Tuesday night 25-05-04.
Opened with Mangore, Albeniz, Domeniconi, Sculthorpe and the well known composer Trad,then played all Venezualan music in second half. Magic!
I realised yet again why I never became a guitarist, my grasshopper mind just couldn't have coped with all the practice necessary to play like that.

FC

Subject: RE: Review: John Williams at Manchester
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 27 May 04 - 11:24 AM

is he on tour?

My favourite JW quote is "electric guitsr is about the way the note sustains, acoustic guitar is about the beauty of the note as it fades and decays"

so thoughtful

Subject: RE: Review: John Williams at Manchester
From: Flash Company
Date: 28 May 04 - 09:50 AM

The single sheet Bridgewater Hall handout does not mention other dates, but as his new CD 'El Diablo Suelto' is all Venezualan music, I rather suspect he will be promoting it elsewhere.
The only downside to the evening was the exercise by the BHMCB (Bridgewater Hall Militant Coughing Brigade) I really think some people only attend concerts to have a good cough during quiet performances.
As the immortal Victor Borge once said 'I have heard people cough during this number, people who never coughed in their lives before!'

FC