Entertainment for Tonight


Tonight my wife and I are headed to Seattle to hear Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony at Benaroya Hall.

I have this piece of music on two different CDs and know I'll finally hear it live for the first time.
mceljo
The performance was fantastic. I didn't really like the 2001 Space Oddyssey music or the other piece done in the first half. The second half had a piece of music debut to start it off that was excellent and then the main event.

I really enjoy the organ, but even without the organ the music is wonderful and absolutely my favorite performace that I've heard so far. If it was a little closer to home I'd happily go once a month for quite a while and still enjoy it. I may make it an annual event.

The applause at the end almost sounded out of place it was so exeburant. It was the first classical concert were I saw people nearly jump to their feet and we heard more than one person hooting and hollering in a sporting event fashion.

The organ just adds an emotional element that can't be done without it.

I was thinking how well my system did on the first half of the symphony, but once the organ cut loose in the 2nd half there's no system that can duplicate that instrument.

Plain and simple, a must hear.
Seattle audiences are renouned for their standing ovations, on almost everything!!! Not to say it wasn't deserved, but that's just the way it is around here. Perhaps it's associated with the extreme courtesyousnous of the Seattlites.

Where did you travel out from?
I live in Kitsap County.

I've been to several performances there and this ovation was far beyond the norm of what I've seen.