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In Reply to: What's given you the most musical pleasure: live or recorded? posted by tinear on February 4, 2021 at 11:16:09:
Some greats I've been lucky enough to attend:
Osmo Vanska conducting Minneapolis in Mahler's Sym. #1 at Avery Fisher some years ago. Absolutely shattering. Afterward, about a third of the audience just milled around outside, saying nothing, just recovering.
Pink Floyd in the Meadowlands, summer 1982. For my 30th birthday, friends bought me a ticket, a tab of acid, and took care of me. Vivid memories of that one. (I still have those friends.)
Van Cliburn, Eugene Ormandy, and the Phili Orchestra opening the Garden State Arts Center in 1968.
Rufus Wainwright in Toms River a couple years ago. Charming, lots of personal stories from his amazing family, kinda goofy (didn't expect that) and musical chops for days.
Springsteen "surprise" gigs in Asbury Park. Been to several of those, mostly docu films on Asbury. At the end, the curtains part and there they are.
Artur Rubinstein recital in Milwaukee around 1971. A boyfriend who was an usher at Uilein Hall got me a ticket on stage right next to maestro's left hand, and I got to meet him back stage.
Great perfs at the Met, 1965-ish to 2018. Nothing comes close to a great opera performance in a great hall.
Great perfs at Carnegie - too many to list, though Garrick Ohlsson playing Chopin comes to mind.
Rock concerts at the Beacon, maybe the best pop/rock venue on the planet. Big enough for the sound to bloom, small enough for the audience to rock the place (the balcony can be scary, but it hasn't fallen down yet.)
Anything at the Apollo - another scary balcony.
Opera in Central Park - nothing like being part of an audience of 50,000 picnicking on a summer's eve with the Met's orchestra, chorus, and the best singers on the planet.
Live gigs of singer/songwriters at the great little New York joints, like Cafe Vivaldi, Sugar Bar, Webster Hall, Arlene's Grocery, Drom Bar, Living Room, and Rockwood Music Hall.
The Martina Arroyo Foundation's perf of La Bohème a the Kaye Playhouse some years back. Stunning performance that had me crying in Act 3, which never happens. Bonus: Sonia Sotomayor was in the house.
Joey Defrancesco, the king of the Hammond B3, at the gorgeous oh-so-civilized Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club, looking out over the snowy Central Park and city through its enormous glass wall. Great acoustics there, btw.
All the great shows in the crampt jazz joints, including Les Paul's Monday shows that ran for years and years, Joey Defrancesco (I'm a fan), and meeting Celia Cruz several times. She may have been the warmest, most open-hearted person to ever walk the planet.
Darlene Love, Lisa Fischer, and Mary Clayton in the studio rehearsing the national anthem for the Rose Bowl. It was a Saturday morning during a blizzard, and I had no idea who they were, as "50 Feet" hadn't been released yet. I was assisting for Bob Power, so we were an audience of two, completely bowled over by all that talent.
So many other greats in the studio, like Eric Andersen, Bobby McFerrin, Buskin and Batteau, Duduka Da Fonseca, and... Leslie Gore! She was a tiny wisp of a thing, as warm and open as Celia, and a great voice with stunning technique.
It's all good.
WW
"Put on your high heeled sneakers. Baby, we''re goin'' out tonight.
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