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Best Orchestra Concert that You’ve Ever Attended

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Please include the performer(s)/group(s) names, the pieces on the program, and why you picked this particular concert. For me it is the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's performance of Carmina Burana, absolutely marvelous. I am hoping and praying to God that I can attend the Berliner Philharmoniker's possible tour this November, where they are performing Charles Ives' Central Park in the Dark, Andrew Norman's Unstuck, and Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel and Ein Heldenleben. I chose the DSO concert because I remember being blown away by the size and power of the orchestra and choir performing, such a magical experience.
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That's a seldom scene for me. In February a saw Mahler's 9th with the Oslo Phil./Vasily Petrenko and I and man in seat beside me were the first to stand up. I always love to see a big orchestra concert! I remember seeing SF Symphony playing Peter Maxwell Davies in mid 90's, which made him my favorite contemporary composer, but which piece was that? Since I'm a guitar guy, I love a concert I saw with Pepe Romero playing the Aranjuez and a really cool concerto by Lorenzo Palomo. Oh! And Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud playing Carl Nielsen concerto was really something.
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