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The Music Room => General Classical Music Discussion => The Polling Station => Topic started by: kishnevi on August 24, 2014, 07:23:27 PM

Poll
Question: which program should I pick
Option 1: Friday night:  LvB 3 DSCH 6 votes: 6
Option 2: Saturday night:  LvB 5 DSCH 10 votes: 6
Option 3: Skip both:  Welser-Most is not that great a conductor votes: 0
Option 4: Skip both:  You will be going to hear the Mahler only a week later. votes: 1
Option 5: Toss a coin votes: 2
Title: choose a concert
Post by: kishnevi on August 24, 2014, 07:23:27 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra's  Miami residency includes a weekend in which they perform two different programs, albeit similar--one symphony each by Beethoven and Shostakovich.   Presuming I go to either, which is preferable?

Full schedule is here
http://www.clevelandorchestramiami.com/concert-listing/#
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: Brian on August 24, 2014, 08:37:15 PM
If forced to choose, I would choose both.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: Karl Henning on August 25, 2014, 02:44:29 AM
Brian having already played  that card . . . If you had to choose one, I'd go with the Shostakovich Tenth . . . which I first heard, live, played by the Clevelanders.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: Wanderer on August 25, 2014, 03:22:22 AM
The Tenth of course, no questions asked.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: Todd on August 25, 2014, 08:20:45 PM
The Eroica.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 25, 2014, 08:32:14 PM
Eroica + DSCH 6th

Eroica is a masterpiece. And you probably won't have many other chances to see Shostakovich's 6th live, the 10th seems to be programmed more often.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: North Star on August 25, 2014, 10:44:13 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 25, 2014, 08:32:14 PM
Eroica is a masterpiece.
Unlike the 5th?
Quote from: The GSMoellerAnd you probably won't have many other chances to see Shostakovich's 6th live, the 10th seems to be programmed more often.
That's a valid argument, for sure.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: amw on August 26, 2014, 01:00:20 AM
Friday night gives you a more favourable Beethoven:Shostakovich ratio.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: The new erato on August 26, 2014, 02:07:51 AM
I would go before the break on Friday night, and after the break on Saturday.
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 31, 2014, 08:11:38 AM
Friday

Sarge
Title: Re: choose a concert
Post by: North Star on August 31, 2014, 08:56:34 AM
The poll results sure must be helpful..
Title: Re: choose a concert JUST A FEW HOURS MORE! TIEBREAKERS NEEDED!
Post by: kishnevi on August 31, 2014, 11:15:08 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 31, 2014, 08:56:34 AM
The poll results sure must be helpful..

:laugh:

at least no one has voted for "not a great conductor" option.
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