Thread: Help me choose between two conservative concerts programs

I'd like to attend a concert three weeks from now (the weekend right after block exam). There are two concerts that take place on the same day, one starting 30 minutes later from the other.

The first concert has
Ravel's Pavane
Debussy's Clair De Lune and Prelude blablabla Faune
with
Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem

The second is simply
a semi-staged version of Verdi's Il Trovatore

The second concert's hall has poor accoustics (probably will be mic'd) and is farther from where I live, but the first one has no cheap seats left.

Which one would you attend if you were me?
Please vote!

I'd skip both.

Easily the first.

Trovatore. Even if you switched Ravel's Pavane for La Valse I still couldn't sit through the Brahms.

The first one.

Braham's Requiem is an excellent choice.

Go for the first one. It really depends on how good the performers are, but the first concert has a great program (I would especially look forward to the Brahms, ). If the Verdi's acoustics are bad, pay a little extra for some nice seats at the first concert. It'll be worth it.

What is the function of "conservative" in your title?

There's no context for it. (Meaning that it is possibly intended to establish a context all on its own. It really can't.)

The concerts are different from each other. I'd chose the first one, largely because the second one is only semi-staged. But nothing to do with conservative or liberal or avant garde or whatever else.

Originally Posted by eorrific

The first concert has
Ravel's Pavane
Debussy's Clair De Lune and Prelude blablabla Faune
with
Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem

^
I wish I was going to this...

I'd be very interested to hear Ravel and Debussy myself. The Brahms Requiem is a great bonus.

First one. Great music.

That's an easy one for me as I love the Verdi. If the singers are decent.
Il Trovatore.

I would usually go for the Trovatore, but since the acoustics will be worse and will probably be mic'd, easily the first.

Definitely the first. We have decided for you. Now do it!

The first. And I would leave after the break. Brahms is not so much to my liking. If there must be a requiem, it´s Mozart´s.

I love Verdi, so I'd go to the second. For those less biased, the first would be the better choice.