Opera and Choral?

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRingsEE

Kal, it sounds the exact same; visuals or no visuals. ...It's only a mind's perception, based on clues from one or more of our senses.

Of course.

BUT! Some people who are Classical Live music Hall-goers, like to close their eyes, and only listen.
Not me, I want to hear and see, equally, and get more of that 'essence' of which live performances give you. ...Assisting into more presence from more senses.

I just got home from Carnegie Hall where I didn't close my eyes once during the concert. OTOH, concert Bluray's are always the same. I cannot choose to to look somewhere else. Every time, it's the same oboist at the oboe cue and the same tympanist at just the right moment. Boring.

[LordoftheRingsEE]

-- You can have your eyes open, and look at your screen, but without directly looking at it;
more into a stance/trance of dreamlike contemplation. ...You know what I mean.

And if you're starting to get bored, time to change the program.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRingsEE

-- You can have your eyes open, and look at your screen, but without directly looking at it;
more into a stance/trance of dreamlike contemplation. ...You know what I mean.

I do but, for me, that requires some other factors. I am usually acutely attentive when listening to music.

And if you're starting to get bored, time to change the program.

Only the video is boring.

[LordoftheRingsEE]

-- When we go to a Classical music concert at a Hall, an Opera, a Ballet, a Symphony with full orchestra, Concertos, Chorales, Jazz concerts, Blues clubs, Folk coffee houses, ... the live event is always different; the musicians are, the Opera singers are, and our eyes are seeing not two of the same thing. ...And our ears are hearing not two of the same tune.

On a Blu-ray (music video concert); it is always the same (from the same BD), and the cameramen are showing us always the exact same thing; even the music is exactly the same. ...The musicians are the same, their positions on the stage are always the same, etc.

A live musical event is completely different than watching a Blu-ray concert music video at home, from that same Blu-ray disc. ...No wonder that one's getting bored after his own limited while, at home.
Perhaps what we really need and truly want is the direct audio and video feed of that live performance in our own homes, through fiber optic cables, and with holographic presence, from few very small projectors (four or six of them) right in our own living theater entertainment rooms.

To be creative is to never get bored by constantly changing our habits. ...Physically in space, in time, and from different performances. ...For some of us that means never twice the same show (Blu-ray experience).
Only when faced with the new that our senses can fully grasp those new musical emotions.
The second time around is never at the same intensity level than the first time.
But we have the power inside us to recreate, to renew the same performance from the power of our imagination and renewed creativity.

Nothing is truly boring, only our own perception's presence in that moment in time and space.
We are free to brake loose of our own slavery. ...By reinventing, and always reaching for newer horizons.

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Kal, what and who was playing at Carnegie Hall?

[LordoftheRingsEE]

---- The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble - A Benefit for the 9/11 Memorial

Program:

1. Mohammed Fairouz - In the Shadows of No Towers (World Premiere)
2. Philip Glass - Concerto Fantasy for Two Tympanists and Orchestra

- Paul Popiel, Conductor
- Gwendolyn Burgett and Ji Hye Jung, Timpani

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRingsEE

---- The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble - A Benefit for the 9/11 Memorial

Program:

1. Mohammed Fairouz - In the Shadows of No Towers (World Premiere)
2. Philip Glass - Concerto Fantasy for Two Tympanists and Orchestra

- Paul Popiel, Conductor
- Gwendolyn Burgett and Ji Hye Jung, Timpani

Right except that they played the two pieces in the reverse order which was a wise decision. The Glass was a poor arrangement for concert band which was overbalanced to the tympanis and the band was almost inaudible. The Fairouz was very interesting (except for the 2nd movement) and showed off the band quite well. Enthusiastic but small U.K. audience (except for a few of us).

[ChrisAZ]

So, to underline a point I raised earlier, I'm listening to a CD copy of Turandot that I downloaded to my Mac Mini music server. At the beginning of Act 1 it is riddled with drop outs that I can only assume are attributable to the software not handling gapless playback well. It's really annoying. That McIntosh MCD500 Mac Brown has for sale is looking good to me right now (I've got a PM in to him).
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