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 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:29 am
The Roanoke Opera is performing "La Traviata" this Friday, and I can get free tickets through my college, but I can't go because I have a performance that evening. xp Dangit.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:30 am
The last live performance I've ever been to was something by the Gustavus orchestra last year. domokun It sounded so cool...
o_O I just necroed a thread.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:46 am
Fai_the_airheaded_genius The last live performance I've ever been to was something by the Gustavus orchestra last year. domokun It sounded so cool... o_O I just necroed a thread. S'OK. We don't have many threads anyway X3
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:21 pm
Silver Gryphon Fai_the_airheaded_genius The last live performance I've ever been to was something by the Gustavus orchestra last year. domokun It sounded so cool... o_O I just necroed a thread. S'OK. We don't have many threads anyway X3
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:43 pm
I went to the symphony here on Sunday -- the cellist was Alisa Welterstien (sp? that's not right). She was amazing. I think that someone had posted here saying that they'd seen a concert by her... Anyone remember?
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:13 am
There's a balalaika ensemble coming to my college on the 30th. eek
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:47 pm
Balalala...wha...? confused
I went to a Glen Miller Orchestra concert on Tuesday. domokun It was awesome. One of the trumpet players let me play his Flugel horn (sp? He didn't know how to spell it either. gonk ). whee I made lots of noise and people were like, "Whoah...what is that thing, H******?" ninja
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:33 pm
Weilerstein.
She's awesome.
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the isle of the dead Crew
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:30 pm
cet42 I went to the symphony here on Sunday -- the cellist was Alisa Welterstien (sp? that's not right). She was amazing. I think that someone had posted here saying that they'd seen a concert by her... Anyone remember? That was me. Clearly, I didn't lie! xp (about her being an excellent cellist)
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:05 am
The month of October was a concert laden month for me, when I attended three concerts just for the heck of it.
I heard Olga Kern (tied for 1st at the 2001 Van Cliburn competition) perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, and although it was technically brilliant I find the whole thing emotionally cold. Although I am aware Chopin wrote the concerto as a showpiece for his talents, I doubt he wanted executed like a machine like she did. The rest of the concert consisted of Weber's overture to "Der Freischutz" before the concerto and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony after it. What's interesting is that the conductor at the time seemed to like to perform the pieces much faster than I am accustomed to, so all three works were played at somewhat breakneck speeds. It was an okay concert.
Then I heard Philip Glass and his ensemble perform his latest work "Orion" at my college and I have to say it was breathtaking. I came in expecting a somewhat clinical performance and instead I was exposed to a vibrant soundworld (okay that sounded a bit like a magazine review . . .). The entire premise was a unity of world cultures using instruments from all over the world. I might have to get a recording of this later, but I'm afraid it won't live up to the sound of the live performance.
I also attended a concert by the Canadian Brass a couple days later and it was whimsical and fun to say the least. It was much enjoyable.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:37 am
I'm going to go to a concert on Monday. It's a navy Bluegrass band. o.o I hear that they're supposed to be really good. **forgot the name of the group** gonk
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:44 am
Fai_the_airheaded_genius Balalala...wha...? confused I went to a Glen Miller Orchestra concert on Tuesday. domokun It was awesome. One of the trumpet players let me play his Flugel horn (sp? He didn't know how to spell it either. gonk ). whee I made lots of noise and people were like, "Whoah...what is that thing, H******?" ninja BALALAIKAS! domokun There were also domras, and a gusli, and a bayan, plus two flutes, an accordion, and some timpani. Contrabass balalaikas are frikkin' HUGE. O___O Even more unwieldy than a cello. 
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:07 pm
o_O Whoah. I've never seen one of those before. That thing is probably annoying to carry around.
What are domras, guslis, and bayans? confused
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:56 pm
I THINK I've seen those balalaikas before....only, in a more standard size.
Is that the Eastern instrument that was used in Ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern music? If so, I know what it is...if not, I'm wrong. >_>
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:39 pm
Harvested Sorrow I THINK I've seen those balalaikas before....only, in a more standard size. Is that the Eastern instrument that was used in Ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern music? If so, I know what it is...if not, I'm wrong. >_> I think you're speaking of the Oud, which does not look like a Balalaika. I think balalaikas are primarily a Slavic thing, meaning wherever the former USSR used to be, including Russia where it is most prominent I believe. Interesting tidbit, the Oud was the predecessor to the Lute, which came about prominently in the early Renaissance when the expansion of Islam into Europe brought the instrument to the continent. This is also why Lute and Oud sound quite similar because they are essentially the same instrument.
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