Re: Trans-siberian Orchestra Concerts- How Good?

I saw TSO in Charlotte on 12/1. It's my first TSO concert and it won't be my
last. It was a fantastic show in a great venue with awesome sound and
lighting.

Oliva is not on the East Coast tour but Robert Kinkel is. He's a really good
keyboardist (he rocked on the "NutRocker").

I highly recommend them to all DT fans...you'll really appreciate them.

"The Silent Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Toni Ritado) wrote in
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> > They just played The Rose Garden here in Portland OR, for 6402 people
> > (they kept making a big deal about it being the largest audience ever
> > for them) and, though
> > the classical quotes were watered down, the overall sound was very
> > good IMO.
> > I especially liked the use of dynamics and the range of musical genres
> > visited.  It kept the 2.5 hour show with no intermission interesting.
> >
> > My favorites were the classical tunes, though I felt they were a bit
> > too simplified to do justice.  They played simplified arrangements of
> > Mozart, Flight of the Bumblebee and others, and though like I said
> > before, the overall sound of a string section with the two electric
> > guitars, bass, two keys and drums was great, the quotes were so
> > simplified that in some cases they were almost unrecognizable (some
> > Beethoven, for example).  Maybe next time they're here they'll get
> > Portland's Kevin Ferguson to play with them since he doesn't simplify
> > or take little phrases but rather plays the entire composition as
> > written, as one can here from his CD "Strad To Strat" (clips at
> > http://www.debone.com/strdstrt.html) or local shows here.
> >
> > And when the music was weakest, the extensive lazer/light show, fog
> > machine, flames, etc. helped to keep things interesting.  Overall, not
> > a bad show.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:10:40 -0400, Fred Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >|  This will be my third year seeing the show.  I really like the East
> > Coast
> >|  touring group.  Very good show each time.  They have become much
> > more
> >|  popular, tickets are getting tougher to get.  They did 2 shows last
> > year 3PM
> >|  and 8PM, and they're moving from the original venue which is the
> > home of the
> >|  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to the 1st Mariner Arena, think hockey
> > rink.  I
> >|  hope they can recreate the same atmosphere in the larger arena.
> >
> > i think they usually play at DAR Consitution Hall in DC. if'n you
> > think the
> > acoustics of a hockey rink will be less-than-favorable. i've never
> > seem
> > them; are they really worth it?
> >
>
> I just saw them in Seattle on Sunday night, and they played a completely
> awesome show.  This is my fourth year in a row seeing them; they're my
> Christmas tradition at this point, and I always eagerly await this time
> of year just for the chance to hear them.  Of course, they keep
> promising a Beethoven's Last Night tour, and it hasn't happened yet, but
> I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll happen this Spring.  The
> pyrotechnics they had as a "taste" of the show, the way Tommy put it,
> was a nice teaser for what could be.  They've been saying on the website
> that the show would blow us all away and would be worth the wait.
>
> I'm always very pleased with the show, and I'm also very pleased that
> for the last three years, we've had Al Pitrelli on the West Coast Tour
> Group.  His guitar work is nothing short of amazing; I keep wondering if
> they actually have Jon Oliva on the East Coast Tour Group.  We had
> Johnny Lee Middleton this year, which we also had two years ago, so
> between him and Al, there was a nice Savatage presence in the concert.
>
> I can't really complain about the show at all; I wish they'd play the
> song they contributed to the Grinch soundtrack, though; they played it
> once two years ago, and that's the only time I've heard it (I can't find
> the song online, and I can't bring myself to purchase a CD for just one
> song; the set list for the CD doesn't strike me as something I'd want to
> drop $13 on).
>
> Overall, if you haven't yet had the chance to see Trans-Siberian
> Orchestra in concert, you should take that chance, and even take a
> little road trip into a neighboring state if they've already come
> through your area.  It'll be worth the trip.  The show is amazing.  The
> new material they're playing is really cool too; one of them is some
> Vatican-sounding piece with lots of high-pitched Latin choral
> arrangements in it, and the other is a remake of the Emerson, Lake and
> Palmer song "The Nutrocker Suite", a takeoff of "The Nutcracker Suite".
> I hope it manages to make its way onto TSO's third Christmas album,
> which is due out next Christmas (2004).  Then again, I keep hoping we'll
> get to hear another non-Christmas album from them, because "Beethoven's
> Last Night" is nothing short of awesome.