Quite a number of fluffs for JW. Maybe it was the first piece on the program and it took a bit to get into full flow. I'm always amazed at his sitting position; almost on the edge of the chair, leaning forward with the guitar pointing to the floor - looks rather uncomfortable. Lucky enough to have seen him in concert quite a number of times over the years, one could always just sit back and enjoy it as he was always in control. With JulianB I was always a nervous wreck as he continually seemed to be on the verge of collapse, exciting though!

aw the bouree and the gigue are gorgeous

Wait... this exists?!? Even with the last 2 movements missing this is still gold. Man I wish I could hear the Gigue from this performance though... all the same, thank you for uploading!

John Williams has nerves of steel too , the conductor knew as john walked out he would produce the good s cause can you imagine the pressure, !!!! but he is so incredibly well trained he can withstand it all with ease , just amazing

Bravo, John Williams! Oh, how far the BBC has sunk.

Williams= scumbag!

he approaches with great respect and seriousness the composer whose piece of music he performs. It's something he knew how to do in his own unique personal way. Something that many people may not have understood even after so many years. He always gave me the impression in his performances that he wanted to highlight the composer first (through the Guitar) and himself last. Certainly a great, well-rounded personality, not only in the guitar or music world but also more widely.

Well what to say? Williams isn't my favorite guitarist, but his artistry is beyond question. The notes are always pure and there, even in the least inspired performances. In this case it is more evident the technical precision of Williams, some moments a little mechanical, but in Bach that's more than enough ! So this is still a Prelude, so demanding, and three dances from Bach's Suite IV so clean that many other versions pale in comparison! Also, the sound pickup is that of the time and not so professional, (I guess only from the camera microphone?) but in any case not well mixed: normal cell phone today is likely more faithful. So this remains a professional and nice live Bach on the guitar without compromises ! A lesson after 50 years or so...

First : the Fleta John plays here, is the best guitar I've ever heard, although I am a great Smallman fan... Second: when John plays it, what do we want more ? He is the hero and will ever be...

Show!

Excuse me

Wow!

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How delightful! 😊♥️🌹

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Grande john sei stato tra i tre migliori chitarristi del 900/2000e forse di sempre, ti ascolto aempre con molto piacere, piacere dell'anima, Ignazio da Roma ❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮😮

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I think John Williams did not get enough attention during his career. He is one of my favorites

Perfect. Previn is the only conductor who doesn’t do the annoying pause before the orchestra comes in after the crescendo.

Джон Уильямс -Браво.

Is there a video of this that actually SURVIVED!?!

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Can someone help me find this: In 2003, I saw on the internet a video of a Spanish man playing Barrios' La Catedral, and using a pick instead of his fingers. He did a perfect job even though playing that piece with a pick is absurdly difficult. The guitar, if I remember, was very small, probably a lute. Lost the video during the next 20 years. Many thanks to anybody who can point me toward that video again.

Unbelievable, really.

When you hear that static hum of the 70s, you know it’s gonna be good. Well it’s John, of course it’s gonna be good

God knows why he is playing those hideous Oz guitars. If he bought a Yamaha everyone would follow suit.

When The BBC was real broadcaster and not the disgrace it is today.

He would be 21 here. I'm sure that's a Fleta. They were beautiful sounding guitars.

You can really hear where he got the inspiration to Imperial March from

When he played the Fleta guitar, a magnificent instrument.

A legend !

10:15 sonata k208 A major

Name of piece at 10:17?

Nobody sounds like John Williams, not even Segóvia or Brean. He is the guy!

Scarlatti’s sonatas are difficult enough for the piano, never mind the guitar!!

That sevilla at 1963 still so much better than %90 of the 2020+ years performance. John is best

3:50

Of course they aren’t all playable on guitar, but Scarlatti wrote some 800 of these for harpsichord. All the ones that I’ve heard are quite difficult to memorize due to the near similarity of the variations. They were rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th Century- missing for some 200 years.

Always great to see Andrew Preview in action. I think his greatest performance was with the fabulous maestro Les Dawson.

What an absolute rare gem of an upload. Williams at his interpretive and technical best, a combination that has yet to be equalled. Fantastic orchestra with maestro Previn at the helm. This, and Paco de Lucía's 'definitive', incredibly soulful version rank at the top...subjective yes, but I think reasonable. Thank you so much for uploading this!

Pure gold !

Aranjuez

Thank you so much for posting this!

I wonder how many young players look to play this wonderful music today? Of course their teachers should be revealing the beauty of this music to their youthful ears!

Does anybody name of 4. 5. and 8. piece ? They are unknown and not listed in Galilei/Chilesotti collection. 1. Prelude, 2. Bianco Fioré (Volta), 3. Danza, 4. ??, 5. ??, 6. Canzone, 7. Saltarello, 8. ??. I have sheet at all that I named. :-)

Nice music! Kind of the opposite of a pianist's fingernails.

I had no idea he was a guitarist too. Now I wanna jam with him.

Brilliant its so bjutiful i am crying

Yo no sé que es lo que aprendió del maestro Segovia, pero si toca muy mal nunca comprendió a la guitarra. 😔