When was the last concert you went in 2017
Posted by: kuma on 05 January 2017
Ok, my scheduled next concert isn't till Feb but I'll start a new thread for 2017!
She is sooooo nice, isn't she? 
She comes around quite a lot at the Orchestra Hall but usually she plays more unusual pieces.
Did you get her autograph?
For Slatkin, I agree he can be so middle of the road, but I love his Ravel Le Tombeau De Couperin.
kuma posted:She is sooooo nice, isn't she?
She comes around quite a lot at the Orchestra Hall but usually she plays more unusual pieces.
Did you get her autograph?
For Slatkin, I agree he can be so middle of the road, but I love his Ravel Le Tombeau De Couperin.
No I didn't get her autograph, and didn't also have a cd to sign of. I am ok with that as I am not so in this thing of oh this is signed by the artist. I was indeed happy that she played a regular piece like the Tchaikovsky violin concerto.....
Muti/CSO: Brahms Symphony No.1 & 2
Old Muti is back! What a spectacular performance!
Muti has recorded all 4 symphonies with Philly but so far he only played the Second with the CSO. Now this season, CSO/Muti is going to play all four Brahms symphonies.
He was unusually energetic and tight leashed the band especially the No.1. Granite like control yet so lyrical, he kept a brisk pacing throughout. A big applaud to Chicago Brass accenting the music with beautiful colours.
This is a performance from last night. Too bad they did not record the set from No.1 which was even better.
They are going to be playing the No.3 & 4 next week.
Muti Conducts Brahms Symphonies 1 & 2
Muti
Went to see Kandace Springs last night at the Sage, Gateshead.
It was in Hall Two, which was perfect as it's very small (only holds c300 at a guess). Her voice was tremendous and well supported by just bass and drums. Her piano playing was very good, and she was gorgeous. She did a lot of the tracks from Soul Eyes and a brilliant cover of Rag n Bone Man's 'Human'.
She also said that she has a new album out in the fall, so looking forward to that.
Nigel
Nigel 66 posted:Went to see Kandace Springs last night at the Sage, Gateshead.
It was in Hall Two, which was perfect as it's very small (only holds c300 at a guess). Her voice was tremendous and well supported by just bass and drums. Her piano playing was very good, and she was gorgeous. She did a lot of the tracks from Soul Eyes and a brilliant cover of Rag n Bone Man's 'Human'.
She also said that she has a new album out in the fall, so looking forward to that.
Nigel
I like Hall Two, it has a nice intimate atmosphere and I imagine it would (as you say) have suited her perfectly. Good to know she has a new album in the offing.
Hmack posted:Excellent performance, and some dry humour, from Al Stewart in Glasgow on 1st May.
He played a pretty good mix of songs, including many from his early albums that I listened to when I was a student.
Very enjoyable, and some spellbinding acoustic guitar accompaniment from David Nachmanoff and the amazing Tim Renwick. I knew of Tim Renwick's appearances with Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton, but I've only just discovered that he was the lead guitarist with Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. If Stewart's tour takes him anywhere near to your location, I would thoroughly recommend that you go to see him.
Saw Al Stewart on Friday at The Barbican in York but there's no point in me reviewing it as Hmack has done the job for me!
steve
Yesterday I had my first concert of the weekend with Dream Theater. It was a brilliant concert. The guys concentrated the concert around the album Images and Words and it was going down the memory lane..... Before the break they played some songs which related more to the years after images and Words - more or less the last 24 years. The sound was first a great issue. But already in the 2nd song it improved and it improved further to a good sound. After the break it was the full album and then as encore A Change of Seasons. It's such a pleasure to listen to some of the most accomplished rock musicians in the world........happy I visited this concert. Now tomorrow a complete different concert with Joshua Bell.....
Bert Schurink posted:Yesterday I had my first concert of the weekend with Dream Theater. It was a brilliant concert. The guys concentrated the concert around the album Images and Words and it was going down the memory lane..... Before the break they played some songs which related more to the years after images and Words - more or less the last 24 years. The sound was first a great issue. But already in the 2nd song it improved and it improved further to a good sound. After the break it was the full album and then as encore A Change of Seasons. It's such a pleasure to listen to some of the most accomplished rock musicians in the world........happy I visited this concert. Now tomorrow a complete different concert with Joshua Bell.....
Nice one Bert.
Bert Schurink posted:Yesterday I had my first concert of the weekend with Dream Theater. It was a brilliant concert. The guys concentrated the concert around the album Images and Words and it was going down the memory lane..... Before the break they played some songs which related more to the years after images and Words - more or less the last 24 years. The sound was first a great issue. But already in the 2nd song it improved and it improved further to a good sound. After the break it was the full album and then as encore A Change of Seasons. It's such a pleasure to listen to some of the most accomplished rock musicians in the world........happy I visited this concert. Now tomorrow a complete different concert with Joshua Bell.....
Well done Bert!
I need to catch up!
Thursday, 30th March: Ese & The Vooduu People at the famous Dublin Castle in Camden, London. Despite a slightly depleted audience it was a great, high energy show. One of the problems playing this part of London is that certain promoters have the scene sewn up and they're all graspers and snakes... 
Friday, 31st March. Back to Camden, this time to the Jazz Café, to see Shabaka Hutchings & The Ancestors.
I've got a lot of time for Big Shab, especially his work in Melt Yourself Down and Sons of Kemet, but I thought this gig and this band were merely OK.
Nothing wrong with them, just, for me, too much repetitive blowing, too many long pieces that never went asnywhere and a rhythm section that didn't really swing. I quite like the album but for me this gig didn't quite live up to the hype. But everyone else seemed to love it, so maybe I'm just deaf. 
I preferred the support band (can't remember their name) who mixed funk, Sufi mysticism, jazz and hypnotic Tinawiren-style grooves.
Anyway, you can see the Ancestors for yourself in this video clip from the night I found on YouTube:
Muti/CSO: Brahms Symphonies No. 3 & 4
They concluded Brahms Symphony series with yet another outstanding performance.
It is hard to imagine how Brahms's 3rd was first thought as dry and intellectual by listening to Muti's reading.
Particularly his No.3 had an opera like narrative quality which brings out the most humanistic aspect of Brahms' score. Throughout, there was a beautiful flow, the music flows like a river yet, I can hear all the instrumental textures and layering clearly.
Altho, my friend claimed that horn missed a que slightly in the opening ( I certainly didn't notice! ), Muti brought out opulent colours and textures out of CSO horn and brass sections. Tempo throughout was just about perfect. Not too slow not too fast. Perhaps he took waaaay too slow in the 3rd mvt. for my taste, but the contrast to the robust 4th movement was very effective. And the transition to the home key, the way he brings back the original F-A-F theme, was so beautiful and gentle, down to the last pluck of the strings, it had me in tears. ( yes music can do that! )
I was surprised that the house was absolutely full! There are 5 CSO recordings of Brahms' 3rd, but I hope the house makes this performance onto a CD release.
Personally, I think they should have taken down Wagner and replace it with Brahms.
Bert Schurink posted:This evenings concert...
Joshua Bell | Violine
Daniel Harding | DirigentSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ravel, Tzigane. Konzertrhapsodie für Violine und Orchester
Chausson, Poème für Violine und Orchester op. 25
Mahler, Symphonie Nr. 5 cis-Moll
The concert was solid. A good performance of Joshua Bell, no encore however. The Mahler 5 was also solid. Enjoyable, nothing to remark in the extreme positive or extreme negative direction.
