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pok3rplaya · 29-05-2012, 00:25

I am a beginner classical music enthusiast who would like to hear a symphony.

I watched parts of Beethoven's 9th Symphony tonight and was blown away.

What event should I go to this summer in order to hear something like this live?

zenno · 29-05-2012, 04:17

well you can watch one here... haunting, but some tune it would be to be able to master.... someone here will be able to give you a destination for one i'm sure.

Clinker · 29-05-2012, 09:51

This concert doesn't include a symphony, but it does include Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade which should blow you away in a different way! It's one of a series at the NCH in Dublin on Friday nights through the summer: check the calendar on the page I've linked to.

Dirigent · 29-05-2012, 15:41

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Originally Posted by Clinker

This concert doesn't include a symphony, but it does include Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade which should blow you away in a different way! It's one of a series at the NCH in Dublin on Friday nights through the summer: check the calendar on the page I've linked to.

I'd second that, and recommend as well the programme for the NCH on 13th July: Gershwin's wonderful "Rhapsody in Blue", a blend of classical and jazz music and after the interval Holst's "The Planets", nearly an hour of one of the great showpieces for large orchestra.

See https://www.nch.ie/online/default.as...5-A11EE6BD83A8

mambo · 30-05-2012, 16:16

Note, most symphonies do NOT have a chorus singing.

But if you can wait until Nov 19th...

Sean Clancy: Toile Brûlée (premiere, UCDSO commission)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

UCD Symphony Orchestra
UCD Choral Scholars
UCD Philharmonic Choir
Catherine Redding (soprano)
Victoria Massey (alto)
Eamonn Mulhall (tenor)
Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass)
Conductor: Ciarán Crilly

https://www.nch.ie/online/default.as...8-3C9BDE4A27A9

funky penguin · 01-06-2012, 06:04

That'd be well worth seeing. Beethoven's 9th is a completely different animal live.

OP, just look at Friday evenings in the concert hall:

www.nch.ie

The National Symphony Orchestra plays nearly every Friday, and more than often has a Symphony in the programme. Once you're hooked you'll never look Bach!

............sorry...... :0

bnt · 21-06-2012, 17:07

If you can get to London this summer, Daniel Barenboim is conducting a full Beethoven Symphony cycle at the Proms. I'm going to see if I can get there for 1 & 2, and queue for a £5 ticket.

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pok3rplaya Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Drogheda Posts: 2,078 Adverts \| Friends	I'd like to go to a Symphony. How? I am a beginner classical music enthusiast who would like to hear a symphony. I watched parts of Beethoven's 9th Symphony tonight and was blown away. What event should I go to this summer in order to hear something like this live?

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mambo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 612 Adverts \| Friends	Note, most symphonies do NOT have a chorus singing. But if you can wait until Nov 19th... Sean Clancy: Toile Brûlée (premiere, UCDSO commission) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 UCD Symphony Orchestra UCD Choral Scholars UCD Philharmonic Choir Catherine Redding (soprano) Victoria Massey (alto) Eamonn Mulhall (tenor) Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass) Conductor: Ciarán Crilly https://www.nch.ie/online/default.as...8-3C9BDE4A27A9 Last edited by mambo; 30-05-2012 at 16:19.

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29-05-2012, 04:17	#2
zenno Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Co. Dublin Posts: 3,651 Adverts \| Friends	well you can watch one here... haunting, but some tune it would be to be able to master.... someone here will be able to give you a destination for one i'm sure.

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Clinker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dun Laoghaire Posts: 258 Adverts \| Friends	This concert doesn't include a symphony, but it does include Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade which should blow you away in a different way! It's one of a series at the NCH in Dublin on Friday nights through the summer: check the calendar on the page I've linked to.

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funky penguin Closed Account Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,739 Adverts \| Friends	That'd be well worth seeing. Beethoven's 9th is a completely different animal live. OP, just look at Friday evenings in the concert hall: www.nch.ie The National Symphony Orchestra plays nearly every Friday, and more than often has a Symphony in the programme. Once you're hooked you'll never look Bach! ............sorry...... :0

21-06-2012, 17:07	#7
bnt Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6,425 Adverts \| Friends	If you can get to London this summer, Daniel Barenboim is conducting a full Beethoven Symphony cycle at the Proms. I'm going to see if I can get there for 1 & 2, and queue for a £5 ticket.