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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:07 pm
...since I last heard an orchestral performance that I wasn't in.
I've been to smaller recitals, but I haven't been to a live large ensemble performance in a while. xp
Since I've posted this, I suppose this should contain a discussion topic. Um...live performances: what was the last one you went to/performed in, and what piece (or orchestra/band/group) would you like to hear live that you haven't already?
EDIT: I've been to operas in the past few years. I guess those count.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:55 pm
Hmm. I saw my dad (and a few other people either I knew or the friends I was with knew) play the New World Symphony with the New Hampshire Philharmonic. Not a huge deal, but it was fun, and I decided the majority of the symphony can be played on Asian instruments and sound awesome.
Oh, and before that, I went to one with said orchestra where they did the Grieg Piano Concerto (I dunno if it's the only one, but it's the famous one either way). And some other stuff. Including Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky). And my boyfriend found a thing in the program notes that said that one of Tchaikovsky's "friends" wrote to him saying that the melody was so exquisite that he couldn't help but picture him naked in a bathtub, being bathed by some woman (I'm guessing she was posing as his lover, or vice versa). That was a little disturbing. xd
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:18 pm
Wow.
Being a student and a musician, I never have the money to go to all the performances I would like to. In the western suburbs of Melbourne, there isn't much to see anyway. The last concert I attended was the melbourne symphony orchestra's production "romantic passion", which featured Rachmaninoff's Sympony no.2 above all.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:24 pm
I just remembered the operas I saw during my last two years of high school. Those count as orchestral performances, don't they? The last concert I was at (San Diego Symphony) featured Strauss's Four Last Songs, Stravinsky's Petrushka Suite, and a piece that I can't remember because I'd never heard of the composer before sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:27 pm
Seeing as my mom works for the Colorado Symphony, I attend a fair amount of Classical concerts. The most recent performance (other than my own, one of which was last night) I went to was a piano recital of Vladimir Feltzman at the Aspen Music Festival. Have any of you ever been there? It's gorgeous. The afternoon before the recital I was practicing my French Horn and went out on this balcony and played. It was amazing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:41 pm
Last thing I saw was the Huntsville Brass Band.
They played quite an assortment, including "The Carnival of Venice", "When Jesus Wept" (oh, my! I love that piece), Carmen Dragon's "America the Beautiful", and a bunch of other things. It was awesome.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:40 pm
Verbena Moonsong Hmm. I saw my dad (and a few other people either I knew or the friends I was with knew) play the New World Symphony with the New Hampshire Philharmonic. Not a huge deal, but it was fun, and I decided the majority of the symphony can be played on Asian instruments and sound awesome. Oh, and before that, I went to one with said orchestra where they did the Grieg Piano Concerto (I dunno if it's the only one, but it's the famous one either way). And some other stuff. Including Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky). And my boyfriend found a thing in the program notes that said that one of Tchaikovsky's "friends" wrote to him saying that the melody was so exquisite that he couldn't help but picture him naked in a bathtub, being bathed by some woman (I'm guessing she was posing as his lover, or vice versa). That was a little disturbing. xd i went with Verbena to that philharmonic concert. what an awesome concert. they did gershwin. gershwin does some crady things to your mind, and you can see that if you have empty space in the program and a pen. I.E. Larry the magic Muffin and his wisdomous phrases. and Bow Chik-a-Bow Wow
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:09 pm
Rehm Verbena Moonsong Hmm. I saw my dad (and a few other people either I knew or the friends I was with knew) play the New World Symphony with the New Hampshire Philharmonic. Not a huge deal, but it was fun, and I decided the majority of the symphony can be played on Asian instruments and sound awesome. Oh, and before that, I went to one with said orchestra where they did the Grieg Piano Concerto (I dunno if it's the only one, but it's the famous one either way). And some other stuff. Including Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky). And my boyfriend found a thing in the program notes that said that one of Tchaikovsky's "friends" wrote to him saying that the melody was so exquisite that he couldn't help but picture him naked in a bathtub, being bathed by some woman (I'm guessing she was posing as his lover, or vice versa). That was a little disturbing. xd i went with Verbena to that philharmonic concert. what an awesome concert. they did gershwin. gershwin does some crady things to your mind, and you can see that if you have empty space in the program and a pen. I.E. Larry the magic Muffin and his wisdomous phrases. and Bow Chik-a-Bow Wow How the HELL did I forget the Gershwin!??!?! gonk I think I'm putting Larry in my Randosig. xd
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:27 pm
Discounting our school orchestra performance at the end of the year (trust me, it doesn't count), the last concert I went to was Holst's Planets (and the Lollapalooza, by a modern composer I don't know, and the Symposium, by someone I knew of but can't dredge up at the moment) by the Cincinnati Symphony. It was absolutely magnificent- I have a recording of the BSO doing that piece, and I honestly preferred this performance. Of course, it -was- live..
-K
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:18 pm
The last two concerts I went to were The Planets and the Star Wars themes suite...and a performance with a lead celloist who had all of parts down by memory. eek They played The Flying Dutchman Overture and some Cello concertos. (I can't find the program and can't recall what it was >_<) It was the San Antonio symphony, by the way.
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:36 pm
Quote: The last two concerts I went to were The Planets and the Star Wars themes suite... ..ah, The Planets.. While Star Wars is fun music, I can't say I admire it particularly. Too much cheesy bombast. That said, the Jedi theme and the Imperial March -are- annoyingly catchy. Quote: ..a lead celloist who had all of parts down by memory... I saw Stephen Isserliss perform the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor once.. it was incredible. Everything was memorized, including the fantastic pizzacato movement. I was a very happy audience member. *smile* -K
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:45 pm
katealaurel ..ah, The Planets.. While Star Wars is fun music, I can't say I admire it particularly. Too much cheesy bombast. That said, the Jedi theme and the Imperial March -are- annoyingly catchy. I have had something similar [but, completely original] stuck in my head for years. It comes at odd moments and has a rather nostalgic feel. I somehow think I could write hours of that music, because it is also very catchy. The Imperial March is catchy without any doubt- sometimes the unisons at the beginning of rachmaninoff's first piano concierto get the march stuck in my head.
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the isle of the dead Crew
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:55 pm
Quote: The Imperial March is catchy without any doubt- sometimes the unisons at the beginning of rachmaninoff's first piano concierto get the march stuck in my head. Regrettably, the only Rachmaninov I'm solidly familiar with is the Variations on a Theme of Paganini (that, however, I can hum the whole way through..). Any recommendations to start with?
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:14 pm
katealaurel Quote: The last two concerts I went to were The Planets and the Star Wars themes suite... ..ah, The Planets.. While Star Wars is fun music, I can't say I admire it particularly. Too much cheesy bombast. That said, the Jedi theme and the Imperial March -are- annoyingly catchy. Quote: ..a lead celloist who had all of parts down by memory... I saw Stephen Isserliss perform the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor once.. it was incredible. Everything was memorized, including the fantastic pizzacato movement. I was a very happy audience member. *smile* -K I really like John Williams. Even though the main themes of Star Wars are not my favorite, the best was the love theme he wrote for Episode II. It's absolutely beautiful, and it really represents musically the plot of the film, which is what the music should do. I also like his theme for Jurassic Park 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:46 pm
katealaurel Quote: The last two concerts I went to were The Planets and the Star Wars themes suite... ..ah, The Planets.. While Star Wars is fun music, I can't say I admire it particularly. Too much cheesy bombast. That said, the Jedi theme and the Imperial March -are- annoyingly catchy. Quote: ..a lead celloist who had all of parts down by memory... I saw Stephen Isserliss perform the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor once.. it was incredible. Everything was memorized, including the fantastic pizzacato movement. I was a very happy audience member. *smile* -K If I can find the damn program, I'll name the pieces they played and the cellist. She's apparently considered to be something of a young prodigy, as she's only in her early 20s. And the Star Wars suite was fun music to go along with the The Planets suite and fill up time....and the San Antonio symphony played it well, so it was great. My aunt was with us, she's a choir vocalist and she's been into classical music (umbrella term, sorry) for years; she was extremely impressed by their playing of all the pieces, including the Star Wars suite. To put things into perspective she's very religious, so she's not someone you'll hear say "Oh my god!" or "My god!" often....she's also very strict about speaking during the time in whic a piece is being performed, naturally; yet right in the middle of one of the pieces of the Star Wars suite I heard her whisper "My God, they're good!". 3nodding Sorry for the rant.
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