I lived in Philadelphia for a couple of decades and had seasons tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra - initially in the ampitheater when I was a student and eventually in the second tier. I still remember a live performance of Mahler's 1st with Carlo Maria Guilini conducting; this symphony remains one of my favorites to this day (I have a half a dozer versions). Or the complete cycle of Beethoven's Symphonies and Piano Concerti with Ormandy conducting and Rudolph Serkin playing the piano. Or the first time I heard Pearlman play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Or Yo Yo Ma sitting in the cello section after the interval. Or the time I sat in Mr Ormandy's private box to hear Verdi's Requiem. Or . . . There is no substitute for a live performance - not only the sound, but also the experience.
Live performance of Mahler's Symphony No.1
This was really something special.
Carnegie Hall, NDR Orchestra conducted by Cristoph von Dohnanyi, this was the best live classical music I have ever heard.
Program consisted of Georgy Ligeti's "Lontano", which was a really interesting piece, followed by Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No.2 performed by Vadim Repin who was simply great, and then Mahler's Symphony No.1 and this is where the orchestra really displayed what they're capable of.
Great acoustics of Carnegie Hall, great musicians and a brilliant conductor made the Mahler sound like I have never heard before. It was purely magic.
I attended the performance of the 5th Symphony last month at Carnegie and it was excellent, but these guys topped it all.
Just wanted to share this and see if anyone else had attended this concert.
Now the bad part....my system doesn't even come close and I don't even know if a system capable of it exists.
There is nothing like a good live performance.
Nothing comes remotely near this kind of sound.
Carnegie Hall, NDR Orchestra conducted by Cristoph von Dohnanyi, this was the best live classical music I have ever heard.
Program consisted of Georgy Ligeti's "Lontano", which was a really interesting piece, followed by Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No.2 performed by Vadim Repin who was simply great, and then Mahler's Symphony No.1 and this is where the orchestra really displayed what they're capable of.
Great acoustics of Carnegie Hall, great musicians and a brilliant conductor made the Mahler sound like I have never heard before. It was purely magic.
I attended the performance of the 5th Symphony last month at Carnegie and it was excellent, but these guys topped it all.
Just wanted to share this and see if anyone else had attended this concert.
Now the bad part....my system doesn't even come close and I don't even know if a system capable of it exists.
There is nothing like a good live performance.
Nothing comes remotely near this kind of sound.