| Bricolo |
Hi all,
I'm not aware of any thread here, about the live performances we saw, so let's start one! :)
What have you guys recently seen? And the most important: how good was it?
I haven't seen many concerts recently, but this is going to change this summer since I already have my ticket for the eurockeennes festival (www.eurockeennes.fr) and I just learnt that Colmar's foire au vins "festival" has an awesome programm! (www.foire-colmar.com) I absolutely want to see Iggy Pop and Marilyn Manson. Too bad I'm away in hollydays until the 13th or august, I'll miss the Cure :( |
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| SY |
| The Tony Rice Unit in a small theater outside of Philadelphia about a month ago. All acoustic strings (two guitars, a mandolin, and a bass), played to perfection. Tony has lost his wonderful voice, but his playing is still absolute Class A Reference Standard. |
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| Bricolo |
Ok, since we're only 2 in this thread (for the moment, I hope ;)), I'll write about some pasts concerts
-my first festival, a small one here in strasbourg called the artefacts, in may 2002. There were only french rock bands so I don't think many of you know them.
I arrived when Tarmac was on scene, average music, average show. It was nice, but not more.
After that, another band called Dyonisos. I only knew one of theyr songs, that was played on the radios stations all day long, but didn't like the song that much. What a surprise! The guys (and one girl) came on the scene wearing tuxedos, not really looking like a rock band... They started to play, and then, jumped in the air, put theyr jackets off, and the music become louder :D those guys have energy, that's for sure! The music was really nice, and so was the show
Next band: Mass Hysteria, more neo metal than rock, that was heavy music, and I lost my friends in the crowd, I had to wait till the end of the concert to find them again, hehe...
And last band: Indochine, an "old" french band, this one was really nice. Really good show, and everybody in the public was singing, one of my best souvenirs ;)
-next festival: the eurockeennes at belfort, during 3 days, summer 2002
I can't detail every concert, but this weekend was really awesome. Camping 3 days, that was really "sun, beer, and rock n roll" :D
I saw: Pleymo (french band, neo metal), Sinclair (french pop), Noir Desir (a major french rock band), Archive (electronic music): really awesome! great music great ambiance, the singer was totally crazy at the end and threw a marshall amp away :hot: . Soulfly (OMG! the earth was shaking!) and since the brazilians won the soccer world cup a few days before, they were full up!
2nd day: Ska P: really really nice! a 10000 people fiesta :) A must see! Air (french electro music) nice one, cool concert. The chemical brothers: whao, that's a show! Sounds, light effects, strange/funny video animations on huge screens, everybody dancing, one of my best moments.
3rd day: Travis, very friendly guys, speaking with the crowd between 2 songs, telling what they saw all around the world, nice songs too. after that: Muse, even if I was a "fan", I'm not one anymore. Muse came on scene, barely said "hi", played, played, and leaved without saying "cya". Even if the music was nice, I was expecting more. But more came later, at the last concert: Rammstein. Oh my god, that's the best live show I've ever seen in my life! The technicians took a longer time to set up the stage, later I understood why. This band does some things on scene that I can't repeat here :eek: but it was literally awesome. A 2 hours long visual and auditive hallucination. If you're like me, and like to see a real show and not only a guy playing guitar and sitting on a chair, that's for you.
more to come ;) |
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| Bricolo |
September 2002, Strasbourg: Sinsemilia (french band). Everything starts the day of the concert, at 6PM. I take a look at the concerts planned in september, and what a surprise, I read "sinsemilia" today. Ok, I call a couple of friends, and we go to the concert.
Too bad, it's sold out :( We meet some friends outdoors, everyone has a ticket, but no spare. We were 4 friends without tickets. So we asked people around us, if they had some spare tickets. One or two had a spare ticket, but no way to find 4. And since we said "erevyone of no one" we were ready to leave :( We started to walk back to the car, when a friend told us to stop. We were aside the building where the concert was planned, and our friend saw the trompetist at a window, smoking a cigarette (yes, certainky a cigarette :D). Our friend started to speak with him, told him that he already saw the band one or two times, but that this time we had no ticked and that everything was sold out. Then, the trumpetist said "ok, now there are 4 tickets waiting for you at the main entrance"
Whao, not only we get tickets, but for free!!!
Everything was excellent, we enjoyed the concert a lot!
Lucky me :)
Next one: october 02, Nada Surf Nice music, nice show, nice band. everything was nice :) Very cool guys, like Travis. They talk witout the audience between songs, there's some "interactivity", that's what I like :)
Another one in october 02: Archive 2nd time I saw them, they didn't break electronics this time ;) very good music, an atmosphere specific to this band. Highly recommended!
Still october, the 31th, Dolly (french rock band). since it was halloween, Emanuelle, the singer, was wearing black and orange clothes. I really liked the music. The bassist, Micka, died less than a week ago in a car accident, RIP :bawling:
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| Bricolo |
For those who have a broadband connection, and would like to see the Rock am Ring festival, live
here's a streaming video here, real player format
http://www.rockpalast.de/livestream/ |
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| DSP_Geek |
Montreal, 1989 or thereabouts, Theatre St Denis (nice looking hall from the vaudeville era, with great acoustics) hosted UB40. The opening act did a competent job. The sound guy played the usual tapes during the intermission, then he put on a horn-heavy stomp. It got louder and louder, sounded more and more live, when suddenly the curtain rose and UB40 sailed into a song. Eveyone got up to dance; nobody sat down for a good two hours of a *smoking* set.
Winnipeg, a few years earlier, Jimmy Cliff opened for Peter Tosh. The first few rows wanted to dance for Cliff, but the theatre manager told the bouncers to sit the kids down, which, for a bunch of huge bikers, they did surprisingly gently. Tosh came on post-break, the front rows boiled up to dance, and the bouncers looked, shrugged, and gave up. The theatre manager came screaming down the aisle and with his flunky started slamming kids in their chests to push them down into their chairs. Tosh was on stage grooving, saw this, leaned way over and whacked the guy's back with his cane. TM looked up, ****ed; Tosh glared back behind his glasses and intoned bass profundo with all the power of the sound system: "LET THEM DAAANCE, MON". TM looked over at the bouncers, who at that point didn't care about this jerk, looked up at Tosh, muttered something and split followed by flunky. The crowd gave Tosh a standing ovation. A good time was had by all.
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| squalor |
I saw Led Zeppelin once. 1977 Song Remains the Same tour in Birmingham, Al. I saw Pat Metheny in Miami. I saw Van Halen open for Ozzy.
I wish I could see Eric Johnson or Allison Krauss. I'd like to see Rammstein too. |
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| DigitalJunkie |
| quote: | | after that: Muse, even if I was a "fan", I'm not one anymore. Muse came on scene, barely said "hi", played, played, and leaved without saying "cya". Even if the music was nice, I was expecting more. |
Humm,Anti-social huh?
I kinda like Muse..but then I'm kinda anti-social myself. :rolleyes:
Ohh yea,concerts..
Uhm,
Went to the Portland Blues Festival with my dad a few times..Not much of a Blues-type myself,but it was good!
I saw many famous blues groups/singers,but I can't remember them all at the moment..infact I can only remember one; Bobby Blue Bland (IIRC) Which,I might say...Rocked!
There were a couple other groups that got me out of my seat,but I've forgotten thier names. :( (sorry guys!)
It was definatly fun,even though I'm not a fan of the Blues. Seeing the Leslie cabinets on stage whirling about with the organs was great! First time I'd seen a Leslie up-close...
Just the sheer amount of SOUND coming from the stage,was..AMAZING..
The ground was throbbing from the bass-beat!
(This was a big outdoor event-very loud!)
The poor guy at the mixing console must have had his head spinning.. Holy mother of GOD,I've never seen a mixer with so many knobs and buttons. :bigeyes: |
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| phase_accurate |
Not actually a concert but live music as well:
My latest live experiences were last Thursday and Friday at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
Thursday night was Verdi's Rigoletto with Paolo Gavanelli as Rigoletto and Anna Netrebko as Gilda. Both of them were absolutely stunning. Gavanelli's singing and acting were first rate.
Netrebko's voice has to be heard live to be believed with it's purity and sheer dynamics ! Both of her CDs don't even come close to the real thing.
Friday night was Puccini's La Boheme with Angela Gheorghiu as Mimi. She was divine (as expected) but IMO she was topped by Netrebko's performance the night before. I have to admit that it isn't a fair comparison since both roles are very different.
But Gheorghiu has a lot of fans in the UK so she got definitely more applause than Netrebko the day before. But as already mentioned, comparison is difficult and can never be fair. It would be interesting however to see/hear both of them in the same role.
Apart from that: Both divas not only own voices that are amongst today's most beautiful soprano voices they also look drop-dead gorgeous (to say the least). Not that that improves their vocal abilities but it definitely increases the enjoyment of a live performance.
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Charles |
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| jackinnj |
Every Saturday night at 6:00 pm Eastern time Garrison Keilor does his "Prairie Home Companion" on National Public Radio -- you can hear it on www.wnyc.org -- this past weekend the Mila Vocal Ensemble sang (along with the Ditty Bops) and it was just an incredible. The show was broadcast from Ravinia Illinois -- the prior week Keilor's show was broadcast from the Blossom Music Center where the Cleveland Orchestra has its summer home.
Non-USr's would get a nice taste of what the middle of America is about by listening -- at least in our 1950-ish idealized Minnesotan version -- always entertaining. |
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| Circlotron |
| In >1976< I went and saw Deep Purple, Chuck Berry, Leo Sayer (got dragged along with others), Wings (Friday Feb 27th), ACDC (had been listening to them as early as 1974 but *no way* now) and various other local bands. My impression at the time was that from a hi-fi point of view it was all loud and sounded pretty ordinary. I can't think of any I have been to after that. Besides, they are waaaaaay to expensive. I'd rather stay home and play computers or hi-fi's or read a good book or something. Maybe even complain about the fact that the younger generation doesn't know what real music is. ;) |
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| kvholio |
This is where i went to last night :)
The third concert of 'Pink Floyd Project', a group of Dutch (mostly Frisian) musicians who play over two hours of PF songs,
Including the entire album 'Dark side of the moon'.
Of course they started with 'Shine on you crazy diamond' as a tribute to Syd Barrett.
All in all a great performance, especially the guitar-player played almost like David Gilmour :cool:
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| Derekva |
I've seen a lot of concerts over the last 37 years, but the most recent one I've been to was the ante-penultimate concert of Sleater-Kinney in Portland Oregon (my home town...or at least my home town until I was 18) on 8/11. Very loud, very good, and very sad (they are going on 'indefinite hiatus'). Once again (I've seen them 5 or 6 times) they proved why they are the best rock band in America (per Time Magazine and Rolling Stone).
The opening band, The Thermals was quite good as well. All songs under 4 minutes, with a straight-ahead punk sound (albeit with some Hendrix-inspired feedback 'playing' by the guitarist).
Quite a 180-degree turn from the other concert I've seen this summer: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. :D
-Derek |
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| jackinnj |
Went to hear the Tallis Scholars perform the Hassler "Missa VIII for Double Choir", Allegri "Miserere" at Rose Hall in NYC this past week -- it was incredible, even for me, a Tallis Scholar Groupie.
The Miserere was the opening piece after the intermission. Patrick Craig (tenor) was stationed in the second tier boxes on stage right and, a second choir in the boxes stage left. The effect was incredible.
I think that I was the only one to notice that the contra-tenor struck his bald scalp with a tuning fork before intonation. I was amused.
The acoustics in Rose Hall aren't right for this kind of music, however -- there is no reverberation time at all unlike Riverside Church, Allice Tully Hall, St. Paul's or even the Medieval Sculpture Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum. |
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| mrshow4u |
| I don't know if this is the right audience, but the Unholy Alliance Tour with Slayer, Mastodon, Lamb of God. is a seriously good metal tour. Slayer has Dave Lombardo back on drums and he's, ....well he's just the man. The PA is a Line array. I don't know if it's EAW or what, but very loud AND very clean. Every sound is clearly kicking your *** with Authouritaaaay. |
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| Scottmoose |
Rick Wakeman back in 2002. Best concert I've ever seen. The energy and quality of the performances were staggering.
Closely following: Patti Smith at the London Forum, same year. As close to a voodoo rite as a rock-concert can get.
And Polly Harvey, 2001, London Hammersmith Apollo. She had most of us on our knees at the end -bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride, her shows, even if she's a bit too shy to connect with the audience well, except in the songs. The picture was taken at that concert (about 5 feet away from where I was) |
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| jackinnj |
| What's that thing on her arm ? -- in the YMCA the young ladies wear their IPOD's in that fashion as they dance the "ellipitical fanatastic" -- who would want to date a girl with a sweaty IPOD holder. |
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| SY |
| A sphygmomanometer, no doubt. |
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| mrshow4u |
| I'm kinda liking the idea of a sweaty sphygmomanometer:D |
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| Brian Beck |
I believe that Webster defines sphygmomanometer as a "Telecaster transmitter for slender young ladies with no belt".
As to concerts:
Tied for best concert experience: The Grateful Dead, circa 1974 or 1975 at the Indy Coliseum. The band was in peak form playing through their giant "Wall of Sound". Enough blue-glowing McIntosh amplifiers to have given Mac a sizeable boost in annual sales.
Other best concert experience: Frank Zappa with a great Mothers band, mid-seventies again. FZ managed to gather some great musicians around him.
Loudest concert: Weather Report around that same time frame. Excruciatingly loud. All the more irritating after a two-hour delayed start. Rumor was that Miroslav stayed back stage demanding more chemical sustenance.
Spine tingling: Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Rite of Spring at Concert Hall, late seventies.
Another memorable one: Jeff Beck (no relation) at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, mid-nineties. Dazzling.
Worst concert: I hate to admit this, but my wife forced me to sit through Wayne Newton in Las Vegas on the same trip. Even she admitted it sucked. |
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| 5992 |
My first concert was Ozzy back in '81 when I was a sophomore in high school. After that I saw Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Saxon, among other metal bands.
When in college, I got to attend a Robin Trower concert for free, it was good but *loud*.
I got to see RL Burnside in a small dive in Wichita, KS in the late 80s.
My brother and I went to see Pink Floyd in St. Louis, later I was able to catch them again in Kansas City.
I also saw Steve Morse and Eric Johnson at the end of the '80s
I saw BB King and Stanley Jordan at a jazz festival.
I went to see 10,000 Maniacs in Kansas City in the early '90s and got to meet Natalie Merchant. She was very nice and signed my CD.
Throughout the '90s I saw David Lindley 6 or 7 times, he always puts on a great show. I saw Lyle Lovett a few times as well as the Califronia Guitar Trio.
I saw King Crimson w/Adrian Belew once.
I've had the good luck to be able to see Neil Haverstick a few times. He plays microtonal guitar music.
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| Mike Gergen |
The best I've seen I think was Bruce Springsteen in the late 70s. The most fun would be Jimmy Buffet. I've lost count of how many JB shows I've been to. If you can't have a good time at a JB concert odds are you're dead.
Not sure if this qualifies but right up there would be Miss Saigon, performed in Mpls a couple years ago. Granted, it's an off-Broadway play but it's all music. |
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| pred |
Last month I saw The Strokes at Montreux jazz festival (not jazz any more in my opinion). It was really good. More then I expected. The athmosfere was crazy since the halls in Montreux do not accept a lot of people, so we were squashed but in a kinda nice way :)
Last three good ones that I remember were Eric Truffaz on Walk of the Giant Turtle tour. Like Miles is alive, if you like the trumpet, the modern sorounding this guy you have to check out. Then Red Hot Chilli Peppers 2003 Zurich Hallenstadion), maybe because I was waiting for long to see them live (acctually both my wife and I are huge fans) but it was something I will remeber for a long time and the Hendrix song at the end, delicious. I was jumping like I was 18 again trough the whole concert (bought the t-shirt too :)) The last one was the choice of a freind. I have never listened to the Eels before that day (I think was january this year Fri-Son Fribourg). All acoustic band, one guy that knows how to play everuthing that moves :) and poetry that is Dilan like style. I had a great time but I saw that regular fans were not that happy, I guess they are much harder on the CD-s. And what I liked the most is you now when the lights go on and all people rush to get out first. Well I am one of the guys that waits that everybody crushes their bones and teeth to go out and drinks beer in the corner. Then I go out slowly. Just a half hour after the finished and almoust everybody was left the Eels went out dresed in pygamas and played a couple of songs more. Thats great stuff!
I was again this spring invited to join one frined who had a ticket more for Yann Tiersen, the guy that wrote wonderfull music for the move Amelie Poulain, at Fri-Son Fribourg. I was so badly dissapointed. It was a mixure of rock, his music, metal, psycodelic stuff that this was the firs time in my life I went out before the concert. I mean no concept at all and you can find a lot of bands that do music in their own genre much beter than hi was trying to do. Until he sorts what he wants to be, a rock star or a composer for movies and an author of great music inspired by roots from western France, in my opinion stay away.
There were much much more but I think it is enough from me. Oh yes sine we are on diy audio just to add one concert and that is Nick Cave at Lausanne theater. It was a good one but I was soo put down by the guy at the mixing table how crancked the bass all the way up in this nice acoustic environment that was wery hard to be concentrated on the music that was very very good.
Pred
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| jackinnj |
| quote: | Originally posted by SY
A sphygmomanometer, no doubt. |
maybe it's just a "mamo-meter".
Well, the best concert I ever went to was the Beach Boys at Jones Beach.
I was at a Cleveland Orchestra concert in the 1960's where George Szell stopped the entire affair since so many people were coughing.
In college, the "Concert Bureau" was the most profitable student-run regime -- the guys who ran it all had MG's (and this was in the 1960's) Every major rock group came through the place, and the acoustics in the gym were incredible -- |
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| kvholio |
This was a small gig, about 1300 people in the audience (sold out).
Sound was nothing to rave about for a spoiled audiophile, but it didn't spoil the fun. No chest-pounding bass though :(
Picture of the stage:
Talking about chest-pounding bass: i remember a Prince-concert once, held in a large skating-stadium, where bass was not chest-pounding, but gut-wrenching.
The kind that also moves your spine, not just your chest.
Performance was great, this guy really knows how to please a crowd.It was in the early nineties, he played a lot of 'sign 'o' the times ' songs, which is my favourite prince-album.
With kind regards,
Klaas |
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| Scottmoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by jackinnj
What's that thing on her arm ? -- in the YMCA the young ladies wear their IPOD's in that fashion as they dance the "ellipitical fanatastic" -- who would want to date a girl with a sweaty IPOD holder. |
Radio mike / link I think. Me, I like her music. Not that I object to her appearance either... |
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| Derekva |
I'd love to catch PJ in concert. I've been a fan ever since 4-Track Demos / Rid of Me.
Other concerts in recent years:
Sleater-Kinney (about 6 times total)
The Thermals (w/ Sleater-Kinney)
Shannon Wright (w/ Sleater-Kinney)
Mary Timony (w/ Sleater-Kinney)
Cat Power (w/ Sleater-Kinney)
They Might Be Giants
Lyle Lovett (about 5 times since the early '90s)
The Joe Jackson Band (on the Volume 4 reunion tour)
Shane MacGowan & the Popes
Madeleine Peyroux
and, of course, lots and lots of classical (symphonic or chamber music)
Going back further in history:
Greatful Dead
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Heart
The Eurythmics
Soundgarden
The Moody Blues
The Crazy 8's
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
PDQ Bach
etc..
I'm sure I'm forgetting some...that's what two kids under 5 will do to you - worse than marijuana when it comes to short-term memory loss! |
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| poobah |
There was a tour group put together called "A trip down Abbey Road"... about 2003
Mark Farnham from Grand Funk.
Alan Parsons
Jack Bruce
Christopher Cross
Todd Rundgren
et al (I forgot)
They also had 2 keyboard and percussion pro's that were white hot.
Each did some of their own favorites. Lots of other stuff as well. They finished up with the backside of Abbey road... seemless.
A very small round venue with a rotating stage. Not the "biggest" concert by any means but certainly one that I won't forget. The performance of Abbey side 2 was just awesome... might of had something to do with Parsons being there?
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| dangus |
Captain Beefheart at the Commodore Ballroom.
Einsturzende Neubaten at Expo 86
I got there too late to get a seat, but halfway into the first song there were PLENTY of seats available. And not because people were dancing.
Test Department at Expo 86
David Lindley at the PNE Aquastage.
Particularly memorable because of the guy who slipped past security, climbed up one of the high-dive towers next to the stage (hence, Aquastage), jumped, survived, scrambled out of the tank and escaped the clutches of the security critters again.
Psychick Warriours of Gaia
memorable for being the most expensive concert ever, as I'd loaned money to the promoter to help him with what was supposed to be a festival but which deteriorated into one Sunday night in a nightclub. Still, they did autograph a CD for me.
That Subhumans concert where Wimpy was singing with a toilet seat around his neck
Bands with two drummers:
Los Microwaves (various halls)
The Braineaters (Smilin' Buddah"
Orbital live at the Langley Drive-in
Young Marble Giants at the Western Front
Husker Du at the Victoria OAP Hall
Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics
that unidentified band (might have been called Madstone?) that played at Burning Man 1995 off a trailer with a mix of middle-east and techno sort of sound.
Couple of bands I saw early in their careers:
54:40 at the Smilin' Buddah Cabaret
Grapes of Wrath at that dockworkers bar in East Van.
MOEV at a bar I'd never been to before that appeared to be the home turf of goth girls who liked girls.
Skinny Puppy at the Emily Carr College auditorium
And the first real rock show I saw:
Prism and Stonebolt at the Victoria Memorial Arena
Concert I most regret not going to: Slow at Expo 86
Certain uh antics resulted in the cancellation remainder of that concert series featuring local bands. |
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| Derekva |
OK. I'm jealous WRT the Husker Du concert (sorry, don't know how to do umlauts in this post).
-Derek |
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| rabidlistener |
biggest disappointment was having a ticket to see The Fab Four at my local cinema (1964) in my grubby little hand but my mum would not let me go - Iwas only 11 at the time!!!
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| philpoole |
I'm very jealous about Husker Dû as well. However, I was fortunate enough to see Bob Mould in London in '98 (and I can {sort of} do the umlaut ;) ).
Probably one of my best weekends was the Reading festival in '95. Headlining was my all time fave Smashing Pumpkins, as well as Paul Weller, Neil Young, Foo Fighters (they'd just released their first single at the time, so they were very interesting), Beck etc.
I was also introduced properly to Green Day that weekend. I was familiar (but not bothered) with their stuff before hand, but became converted after seeing them live. They really knew how to entertain the crowd, and did this peculiar rendition of eye of the tiger.
Other than that festival, I saw Radiohead in a tiny venue in Bristol in '93 when they were just starting out. That was really cool.
Another top evening (well three actually, I saw them a few time as they were so good) was the Ozric Tentacles. Very bizarre, but incredible to watch. Really good.
Seen Orbital a few times, they were also quite cool.
I saw the levellers once, and they were ace!
There were a few gigs I am ashamed to miss. I've missed the chance to see Grant Lee Buffalo - and I will never forgive myself for that, Tori Amos, Sonic Youth (supported by Pavement! D'oh!), James and Senser. And I've never seen REM, and probably won't now (kids don't just ruin your memory, they'll ruin your social life). However, I'm quite pleased with the bands I have seen.
However, I've made my wife promise I can go out this Peel night and see some bands ;) so all is not lost.
I've seen loads of other bands, but I can't remember to hand. |
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| philpoole |
Oh no!
The umlaut came out wrong!
I shouldn't try to be so clever :whazzat:
It doesn't suit me ;) |
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| Derekva |
Here you go for a live Husker Du fix (and check out the related links); Live at Camden Palace 1985:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHCS3Zowkws
-Derek
p.s. I forgot one concert, I was able to see U2 during their Popmart tour (the one with the giant lemon). Sound was horrible (it was in the all-cement Kingdome), but we were pretty close to the stage. |
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| Richard Ellis |
Latest one was Van Halen in Portland OR. last year with the return of Sammy....I learned of the exquisite(sp?) skill of Eddies' guitar....the acoustics of Oregons premier venue, the 'Rose Garden' was terrible....the reflections of sound bouncing around hurt the finely tuned ears.
By far the best was Grateful Dead at the racetrack in Portland in the late seventies with the aformentioned wall of sound....these massive arrays would have a mic on each drum driving its' own driver and as a drum 'set' played you could follow the sound of each drum beat as it moved across each giant array, side to side & up and down.....extremely impressive.
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| davidlzimmer |
The last concert I went to was the Stones 40 licks. I just could not believe how good they sounded!
The BEST I ever heard live is a toss up between Jackson Brown and the Dave Brubeck quartet. (1962)
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| stefan5000 |
my last one I saw "Steve lukhater Mean Fiddler london,nice venue few hundred people capacity with the balcony.And must say the performance and sound quality was superb I saw few other artists in that place and it was always very good despite beverage prices but hey!what wouldn't we do for a good gig
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| head_spaz |
Woodstock
Just kiddin'.
Been to plenty of Black Sabbath concerts though. Circa '70-'78.
Also Joe Cocker in Mannheim Germany in '72.
Drank beer with Ian Anderson and band members of Jethro Tull in Insbruuk Austria in '72 as well. They were playing Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath etc... in the streets as they passed the hats for brewskis. Ian could balance on one leg and play that flute no matter how sh!t_faced he got. We had a lot of brews that night. Pretty cool memory for me. |
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| head_spaz |
5992,
You saw Steve Morse and Eric Johnson at the end of the '80s ???
These two of my favorite guitar players. Add Jeff Beck and you've got a trifecta!
Would have love to have seen Robin Trower!
Sounds like we have similar tastes in music.
Are you a Dixie Dreg's fan like me??? |
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| sbrads |
All of mine are a loooong time ago. Stones in Hyde Park July 1969, Family were there as well and were miles better, incredible band that everyone has forgotten about, fantastic sound up in the hi-fi league. On the SAME day I saw The Who in the Royal Albert Hall, fantastic, unbelievably fantastic but echoey sound, the flying saucers had just been installed but weren't good enough for LOUD music. This was just before they went over to Woodstock. Saw The Who again at the University of Kent at Canterbury 1970 around the time 'Live at Leeds' was recorded, again fantastic, chaotic, dynamic and so together at the same time, really stretching what live rock was all about IMHO.
Led Zeppelin at Canterbury 1970 or 71, not as good as The Who but still so very good and just everyone seemed to like them at that time. Strawbs were good in 72 I think again in Canterbury.
I saw quite a few bands in the 70's but blowed if I can remember most of them, they weren't that memorable then.
AC/DC and The Who in '79 at Wembley, sound was awful but great atmosphere, both bands were obviously good but it was just the wrong place, Stranglers were there but were really boring, Neils Lofgren was OK but kept bouncing on a trampoline for some reason.
I feel like I've been to lots more concerts, but it's just the live albums and a good hi-fi system at work! |
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| croat47 |
Been a long time between concerts. But, Summer '94 saw (in no certain order other than first and last):
Rolling Stones (Cleveland)
Bob Dylan (Ohio State Fair)
Blues Traveler (Cleveland)
Grateful Dead (Buckeye Lake)
Allman Brothers (Cleveland)
Jimmy Buffet (Buckeye Lake, no comments)
Taj Mahal (Cleveland)
Black Crowes (?)
Pink Floyd (Ohio State Stadium)...left thinking I was exiting a space ship that had just taken off and landed in 3.5 hours.
Others of note (1995-Present):
Eric Clapton (Rochester)
George Clinton (Newport Hall, Columbus)...rivals Pink Floyd for entertainment factor.
Ratdog (Connecticut festival of some kind)
U2 (Popmart (?), Ohio State Stadium)
Genesis (First stadium show)
Matthew Sweet (16 at a Biker Bar in Columbus...alone)
Ben Harper (opening for Dave somebody)
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Phish (The Great Wendt)
Randy Brecker Trio (Alfred University...actually got to play One O'clock Jump on bass for them.)
Irshad Khan (Alfred University)
Recently checked out Jars of Clay and Need to Breathe: fantastic performers and lyrics. I have to say that show was the most edifying of them all. "Pop", "rock", whatever they classify as, they were all there and with the crowd. |
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| john65b |
Seen Clapton a million times, and always enjoyable. Rod Stewart (Old stuff), U2, Stevie Ray Vaugn...list goes on forever
But my favorite two concerts happened within days of each other in mid eighties at University Of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana.
Peter Gabriel - Still brings chills thinking about it. Levin's Stick Bass, the gospel-ish vocal ensemble, lightshow, everything.
Los Lobos - Small Venue (Mabels), and I was right up front... most underappreciated live band I have ever experienced. |
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| OzMikeH |
Not been to many but the most memorable was seeing The Prodigy and Quench in a warehouse somewhere in Perth in 1994.
That first note of Quench's set I understood exactly why they had an enormous diesel genset in the carpark.
I stood right in the sweet spot for about 5 hours not moving, just listening. I think I was upsetting the pill-heads by not dancing but I couldn't hear them. |
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| Bricolo |
| quote: | Originally posted by OzMikeH
Not been to many but the most memorable was seeing The Prodigy and Quench in a warehouse somewhere in Perth in 1994.
That first note of Quench's set I understood exactly why they had an enormous diesel genset in the carpark.
I stood right in the sweet spot for about 5 hours not moving, just listening. I think I was upsetting the pill-heads by not dancing but I couldn't hear them. |
How big is Quench in Australia? In France we only heard one single (Dreams) more than 10 years ago and that was it |
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| OzMikeH |
It's all I saw as well. Sequenchial (spelling?) is a good album though. Big bells and that chunky synth bass.
I guess they moved onto other things. (I think there was 2 of them.) |
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| RAndyB |
BBC Philharmonic in Bridgewater Hall last weekend.
Programme was: Holst - Planets; Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending and Symphony 6
It's easy to forget just how loud a big orchestra is, even in a modern concert hall.
The programme was being recorded for later broadcast. The microphone set-up was as mind boggling as all BBC recordings are. The percussion and tympani had 4 to themselves, there were 4 suspended above the front of the stage presumably to pick up the strings, plus about 6 more floor standers dotted amongst the brass and woodwind. Just on the audience side of the stage was suspended a device that looked like a crossed pair.
For English composer nerds like me, the pre-concert talk was by Steve Martland, who puts VW forward as a Great Composer. Good to know that someone agrees with me.
Andy |
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| squirtacious |
| starting in '75, I was 14 The Outlaws, Doobie Brothers,Aerosmith,Edger Winter,Montrose,Foghat,Black Oak Arkansas,Skyhooks,Uriah Heep, Ted Nugent,Foreigner,UFO,Blue Oyster Cult,Ten Years After,Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton,Styx,Rush,The Who,Grateful Dead,The Rossington Collins Band,Al Stewart,Yes,Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe,Robert Fripp and the league of crafty guitars,Stevie Ray Vaughn,Robin Trower,Rick and Adam Wakeman,Dream Theater,Mr Big,Rail,Steve Howe,Robert Plant,Jeff Beck,Santana,Rod Stewart,Steeleye Dan,ELP,Jethro Tull,Jimmy Page and Robert Plant,John Paul Jones,Alan Parsons Project,Crosby Stills and Nash, Little Feet,BB King,David Lindley and YES several more times. I know I've forgotten a few, what can I say, I played hard |
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| psychocow21 |
I've noticed the average age here. No offence.
Concerts I have seen this year:
Weird Al Yankovic - Awesome live, even with the 90min delay because they broke the sever that had the video and light timings etc. Very enjoyable.
Wolfmother - This was at Kryal Castle, a local medieval-themed place. The concert was great, although I have cooled off them in the last few months. Some of the supporting acts were very good too. After seeing Wolf & Cub I went out in search of their cd, seeing two drummers (at once) with such great timing was spectacular.
DragonForce - I saw them purely because a friend said they were good, I hadnt heard more that 20 seconds of them but decided to get tix anyway. I enjoyed it quite a lot, good fun and i was close to the front (the keyboard solo was classic) It was at the HiFi Bar in Melbourne, bloody loud too - ears were ringing for days.
Upcoming gigs:
Big Day Out in January - I'm really going for RATM (missed Festival Hall tix) I'll defintely check out the other artists there - friends have said good things about Arcade Fire and Bjork should be interesting.
Dream Theater - They have said that theyre almost definitely coming to Australia this time round, probably the most excited I've been in anticipation of a concert. And it would be great if they brought Symphony X with them. |
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| squirtacious |
| Ok yer a dream theater fan, I'll tell you my favorite concert story...In a minute. I've seen dt twice, once in '93 for the images and words tour. They still had something to proove so the show ROCKED!!! The second time was in'04 I think, with Queensryche and a 3rd I cant remember but it was a classic monster rock show. But what sucked was dt did a medly of alot of their stuff, I haate medlys. Petrucci the guitar player seemed like he'd been there too many times and just shredded with no soul. but the finally was cool cuz they had both bands on stage with both drummers and all doing "wont be fooled again" by the who. Anyway on to my story. After the first dt concert we were walking out and there was a guy handing out two for one coupons for the Rick wakeman and son show the next weekend. I'm a huge YES fan and didn't even know he was in town. So we get to the show and are told theywont let us in until this seeminly huge croud with tickets went first. I thought we were so screwed. So they let us in and SSWWEEEEETTT!!!!!!!! They left the floor open, I bought a pitcher of beer and set it on the stage. I was front row center! I actually got hit by wakey swet. Killer show. After that we went next door to the pub for a beer. When who walks by but Rick Waeman and Alan White (yes drummer) they went back in so we followed. We found Rick behind the bar with his son Adam serving beers and being social. He told me a story of when YES did the union tour in '91 Rick had bought a conversion van to use in the states with his family. Seattle was the last show of the U.S. so he left it at Alans house. So in '93 Alan came to the show driving Ricks van, I saw that earlier. So Rick tells me Alan said "you know , I still have your van" Rick says Oh yeah!... my van! how is it?....Alan says ...It's dirty......I hope that was worth reading |
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| Delphaure |
| quote: | | who puts VW forward as a Great Composer. Good to know that someone agrees with me. |
Hi RAndyB,
Did you have any doubt about that before :D ? You probably don't want people thinks that you are a kind of chauvinistic music lover. But just let tell me that, IMO, VW is one of the best symphonist since Beethoven, if not the best. Unfortunately, I cannot ear his works live very often, here in QC. So, a concert with BBC...gosh. I'm a bit jealous;-) With Holst...not bad!
And, as a lot of english composers from this particularly rich period, all his vocal works are simply beautiful.
VW is certainly one of my favorite english musician...and you have an impressive bunch of, from your country, from William Byrd to Peter Gabriel, with Elgar, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, David Byrne, and so and so...
Best |
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| RAndyB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Delphaure
Hi RAndyB,
So, a concert with BBC...gosh. I'm a bit jealous;-)
And, as a lot of english composers from this particularly rich period, all his vocal works are simply beautiful.
Best |
What a coincidence!
The second of the "English Journey" concerts was last night. Bax, Tintagel; Walton, Violin Concerto; Elgar, Symphony 2. Soloist was Tasmin Little (whom I met many years ago at the start of her career; I talked to her about English composers, and now she is a Delius evangelist). The fiddle she played was almost as big as a viola; the top end was much like any other fiddle played well, but the bottom end was far more powerful than you expect. The organ joins in the Elgar briefly, the huge pedal notes make such a difference, makes the discussion bottom couple of octaves of your loudspeakers irrelevant - you need them.
The pre-concert "talk" this time was an excellent performance of Britten, 'Phantasy' Quartet by members of the Orchestra.
Sitting toward the back of the stalls, the volume of the four instruments was not a far away whisper in a huge space. It revises my view of re-playing recordings of chamber music.
Regards,
Andy |
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| jackinnj |
Is opera a "concert" ? -- yesterday my wife and I saw "Iphigenie en Tauride" at the Met -- it hadn't been sung there since 1916 -- Susan Graham carries the day, as Iphigenia, Placido Domingo sings the part of Orestes.
The music, setting and choreography were among the best I had ever witnessed.
If you're in the NY vicinity there are 4 more performances.
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metop...on.aspx?id=9440
Here's Jay Nordlinger's review in the NY Sun:
http://www.nysun.com/article/67211
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| Delphaure |
Hi jackinnj,
yes, I think so. Opera was probably the first «multimedia» show ever. We should talk about it as «concert»
I dream each saturday that I'm at the Met...
I will, one day, go take another chunk of the BA. And, this time, the Met will be on my list. :)
Best |
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| Delphaure |
Hi RAndyB,
I checked the website of the BBC Philharmonic and saw that you will have another concert «an english journey» (08 april 18).
Britten, Bridge, Tippett, Walton... WOW !!!
Please, after this concert (if you intend to go, evidently), just write us a little review, particularly for Michael Tippett (I assume it is him). I love this composer but I have only few recordings of his works.
I'm curious about this work (Ritual Dances from Midsummer Marriage)
Best and happy holidays
rt |
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| squirtacious |
| Anybody lucky enough to see these guys last Monday? |
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| myglaren |
Leonard Cohen in Stockholm, 1972/2, fabulous. Far exceeded my expectations.
Lill Lindfors in Göteborg in '75-ish. Not so much.
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Heather Nova in Birmingham around 2002, astounding!
Athena Andreadis at The Sage in Gateshead. Beautiful, first song (in Greek) brought tears to my eyes.
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, same venue. Waited thirty years to see these two (Martha & Rufus Wainrights' mother & aunt) and it was well worth the wait.
Carina Round. Georgian Theater in Stockton on Tees. An exhilarating performance despite her being quite ill. Lovely girl too. Almost didn't see her as James Blunt was the support. That was an ordeal.
Kathryn Williams, St Peters Church, Newcastle. Hhmmmm.
Thomasz Stanko Quartet, The Sage. Sublime.
John Cale - Black Acetate tour, 2005, The Sage - bloody awful.
Athena Andreadis, same venue. Great but less of the Greek stuff than previously and not quite as engaging.
Tinariwen - The Sage again - Non-stop brilliance from start to finish, almost three hours without a break.
Melanie - again at The Sage, Far better than I had imagined she could be. Didn't sing the songs I went to hear though.
Supported by Kathryn Williams, again Hhhmmmm but a bit better. My youngest daughter, who has accompanied me to many of these concerts from Heather Nova onwards, thought Kathryn was pretty good.
Patti Smith - The Sage once more - An amazing performance for a thirty year old, never mind someone twice that age! It's a given that Lenny Kaye would be faultless but a young musician there particularly caught my attention, turned out to be Jackson Smith, Patti's son. Very talented, like his parents.
Most recent: The Cowboy Junkies, once again at The Sage (it is only three miles from my home)
They did "The Trinity Sessions" album from start to finish, then a few requests. "Bea's Song" alone was worth the ticket price. They were magnificent and my daughter fell in love with Margo, even more so when we talked to her afterwards and Margo complimented my daughter on her dress, which I will agree looked very classy but she had bought it in a sale that day, for £2.
I regret not taking at least one of my CDs for her to sign.
Still to see: Polly Harvey, been waiting years but will make it one day.
Mylène Farmer: not a hope in hell.
Orianthi Very slim chance of that one too. |
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| jackinnj |
| quote: | Originally posted by Delphaure
Hi jackinnj,
yes, I think so. Opera was probably the first «multimedia» show ever. We should talk about it as «concert»
I dream each saturday that I'm at the Met...
I will, one day, go take another chunk of the BA. And, this time, the Met will be on my list. :)
Best |
NYC is over-run with Canadians, Germans and lots and lots of folks from Eastern Europe. This is a very good thing. At the Met Opera house, German seems to be the second language, followed by Japanese.
Perhaps the Met Opera is simulcast in HD-Video in Quebec or Toronto -- my folks in the Midwest go to every production. Last year's "Eugene Onegin" was one of the best simulcast productions anyone can recall. |
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| Delphaure |
Yes, you're right !
Last year, there was a simulcast presented here in Quebec City, at our IMAX theatre. But I was unable to have a ticket.
I hope they will do it again. As I know, they did it only one time.
Best and happy new year
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| tsmith1315 |
head_spaz wrote:| quote: | | Are you a Dixie Dreg's fan like me??? |
Well I dunno about 5992, but I am. Looks like we're about the only ones here.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to see them before they split. Saw them several times over the years from late 80's to late 90's. Typically with Jerry Goodman on violin, but I did get to see Dr. Sloan once or twice. Dave LaRue's very good, but I still hanker for Andy West on bass.
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| head_spaz |
Tim,
Another Dregs fan! I love it!!!
The dregs do tour about once a year, after peep durple finishes their annual world tour.
I read that Dr. Sloan toured with them last year on the west coast, though unfortunately, some of their scheduled performances were cancelled when Steve Morse's father passed away unexpectedly.
I think I'm more like you, I prefer Andy West, Alan Sloan and Mark Parrish the best. I like Ron Goodman too, but his violin is a bit too synthetic for me. Can sometimes sound like suffering cats, but played very well.
T. Lavitz is great too, but Mark Parrish is still my favorite KB player for dregs.
I would have loved to have been at their Montreux concert in the 70's. I now live in Arkansas, so it's unlikely I'll ever get to see them live. Life was so much better back then...
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| myglaren |
May not appeal to many of you but Leonard Cohen will be doing a tour this summer. He is appearing at Glastonbury, Manchester Opera House and Edinburgh Castle, more venues may follow.
Tour schedule
Cohen's website
Mylene Farmer is also on tour but I have no details at all on that. |
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| tsmith1315 |
David:| quote: | | I would have loved to have been at their Montreux concert in the 70's. |
Yeah, I was a couple of years too young to catch them then. Both of my brothers were able to see them and brought back reports for me. That just made it worse. I *almost* got to see them in 1980 in Tallahassee, but my parents re-thunk it at the last minute. It was a school night... That was my last opportunity to see the original Dregs.
Well played suffering cats... I'll have to think about that. Absolutely agreed about Mark Parrish. I can't bring myself to fault T Lavitz, but Parrish has the technical skills and soul to boot.
I've seen Steve Morse a few times sans Dregs, too. With the original Steve Morse Band of Jerry Peek and Morgenstein, as well as the later iteration with LaRue and Romaine.
Also saw him with Kansas. He played violin on Dust in the Wind, which was cool to see. The musicians of Kansas are very capable, but when you see Steve play along with other skilled guitarists, it showcases just how amazing he really is.
One of the most incredible sights was a small show with Rod Morgenstein and Aquarium Rescue Unit drummer Jeff Sipe (aka apt.Q258) as headlines. Dual drummers as the headline? They set up face to face, with their sides to the audience so they could read each other. It was unforgettable. A drum clinic on steroids.
IMHO, Jeff is one of very few drummers who could hold their own against Rod. I watched him eat a sandwich once while playing a show at the Variety Playhouse in ATL.
| quote: | | I now live in Arkansas, so it's unlikely I'll ever get to see them live. |
I assume you keep track of shows on one of their websites?
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| RAndyB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Delphaure
Please, after this concert (if you intend to go, evidently), just write us a little review, particularly for Michael Tippett (I assume it is him). |
Not sure how worthwhile my opinions are, however...
The Bridgewater Hall is a very good place to hear what music should sound like.
The BBC - Philharmonic seemed in particularly good form - intonation good and ensemble near faultless. Well rehearsed, I guess.
Concert overture Rebus by Frank Bridge I have never heard before. Good programme note helped make sense of it. Light and pleasant - fit for purpose.
Never seen or heard the whole of the opera Peter Grimes byBenjamin Britten but the Four Sea Interludes are well known. Quite accessible for Britten - programmatic, evocative stuff.
The opera The Midsummer Marriage by Sir Michael Tippett I have seen on TV. It is a fantastical work, from which Four Ritual Dances have been arranged for concert performance. At 24 minutes it is a substantial work. There are occasional longeurs when you wish that he would come to the point a couple of bars sooner. Not sure if this is because they are dances or whether it is just Tippett. The orchestra played this complex music very well indeed - better than the CD I have.
Walton's First Symphony I have on disc also. Vassily Sinaisky (the conductor) seemed to draw an excellent performance from the orchestra. The music is frequently loud and declamatory, but always moving structurally or harmonically. A work of this size and complexity really needs the precision with which the BBC Phil. played it.
An enjoyable concert, very well received by the audience. |
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