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alywin
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« on: 13:14:31, 04-09-2008 »
There are various pieces of music - I don't think any of them were in the programme this year - that make my heart leap at the prospect of listening to them in the RAH when I see them announced.  Are there any to you that sound really good in the space, perhaps because it's one of the few venues big enough to contain them, or alternatively because they somehow manage to sound really intimate in such a cavernous hall?

Off the top of my head, mine would include:

Bruckner 7
Daphnis and Chloe (full score)
Strauss' Alpine Symphony
Also Sprach Zarathustra
(what *is* it about musical sunrises?!)
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richard barrett
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« Reply #1 on: 13:17:26, 04-09-2008 »
I'm afraid I've never heard anything in the RAH which wouldn't sound better somewhere else!
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autoharp
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« Reply #2 on: 14:00:18, 04-09-2008 »
I'd tend to agree with Richard - but with one notable exception, at least as far as choral/orchestral music goes: Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. Yes, I've witnessed a performance in RAH.
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Lord Byron
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« Reply #3 on: 14:06:27, 04-09-2008 »
Quote from: richard barrett on 13:17:26, 04-09-2008
I'm afraid I've never heard anything in the RAH which wouldn't sound better somewhere else!

I completely agree 100%
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« Reply #4 on: 14:46:06, 04-09-2008 »
  I'm an RAH devotee.    Over the years, I've been a Prommer in the Arena or finding my favourite seating area, throughout the Hall - it takes a lot of time and is necessarily subjective.

  Several performances of the Verdi Requiem; Mahler 2, 3 and 8 instantly come to mind, together with Elgar's 'Gerontius' and the two symphonies.  Always a glorious experience.
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #5 on: 14:48:55, 04-09-2008 »
What I'd most like to hear in the RAH is:

"Grand Ceremonial Farewell Concert to Mark Tomorrow's Demolition of the Royal Albert Hall"
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« Reply #6 on: 00:04:21, 06-09-2008 »
Cosmic Pulses sounded great in the Gallery- -
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rauschwerk
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« Reply #7 on: 11:44:28, 06-09-2008 »
Gurrelieder, Berlioz Requiem, organ music. That's about it. The RAH is, IMHO, an acoustical disaster area. Almost nothing is loud enough for me unless heard from the very front of the arena (and no, I'm not deaf).
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alywin
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« Reply #8 on: 13:02:35, 08-09-2008 »
Oh well, perhaps it's a Gallery-related thing, then.  I never have problems with things being too quiet up there.  And perhaps the echo is less noticeable, too.
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