If there is a better live musical experience than The Rite of Spring performed by a great orchestra, please let me know.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim conducting. Box seats. Hooray for well-off step-grandfathers!

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

Just the music? No dancing?

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

Man, has emo come a LONG way!

― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:40 (nineteen years ago)

Rite of Spring is bad as fuck.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:42 (nineteen years ago)

Bad like Michael Jackson?

― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:54 (nineteen years ago)

sorry, ILM, but I'm gonna be all 'earnest' and answer the question:
100 guitars playing Branca must be overwhelming and inescapable [though i've never seen it]
Tony Conrad playing 4 Violins is pretty rad in person (esp. if the hall has good acoustics)

― davelus (davelus), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

Seeing Charlemagne Palestine play the piano live was pretty awesome: the sound just seemed to take over the whole room.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

Hermeto Pascoal live is intense. I had to wait something like 25 years to see him play live. It changed my life.

― So Ho La (So Ho La), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Carmina Burana is a pretty good live experience.

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

ELP DOING PICTURE AT A EXHIBITION, GUYS.

― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

weird.

― lord pooperton (ex machina), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

AC/DC circa early '80s doing "For Those About To Rock, We Salute You" live with the cannons, I'd say that tops it.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

That sounds pretty sweet. But I'd venture that a good performance of Beethoven's 9th symphony would be superior. I've never witnessed one though. Which is to say I've never seen it performed, not that I've only seen bad performances of it.

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

The Art Ensemble at UC's Mandel Hall in January 1972.

Mahavishnu Orchestra at Northwestern Uni in 1971. Or at Ravinia in 1972.

Notwithstanding the awesomeness of Barenboim with the CSO--that must have been great.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

so jealous

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

I don't see how anything conducted by Daniel Barenboim could be any good.

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

100 guitars playing Branca must be overwhelming and inescapable

it is. like watching two planets slowly collide.

― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

I just saw The Rite performed at Tanglewood in the Berkshire. Freaking epic!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 4 August 2013 21:57 (twelve years ago)

No doubt much more epic than me playing Boulez' '78 recording of "Rite" in a crappy boombox on my balcony last night w/no visual accompaniment other than a big candle! (true story)

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:47 (twelve years ago)

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