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Old 09 May 2006, 20:27   #181
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Originally Posted by Justus
Yeah, it's been a quite nice one...
Can't say it better....


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Old 10 May 2006, 08:50   #182
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*wow* Sad i donīt saw that concert...


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Old 13 May 2006, 17:11   #183
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Just came back from vacation, how was the concert in Halle ? Any pics ?
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Old 14 May 2006, 13:03   #184
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pics you can find at: http://gallery.alphaville.nu/v/2006/Halle/


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Old 14 May 2006, 17:03   #185
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Marian looks like he's putting weight back on around the middle...and he's looking old, but happy


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Old 17 May 2006, 16:54   #186
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I noticed several people here being curious to know how Halle had been.
So I will tell you a few of my own words about it.
First of all we have to mention the outstanding location the show was presented in:
The Georg Friedrich Händel Halle, a music hall in the center of the city, named after the composer and mainly conceived for classical concerts, which primarily means: Excellent acoustic conditions.
You even could say it’s a little smaller variant of the Gewandhaus in the about 30km distant „rival“ city Leipzig.
Still this gives us reason to explain two critical aspects: The light-brown-beige wood panelling all around the floor and the walls and stuff reflects all the beams of the lighting set-up, especially moving lights, inside the entire audience.
That means it often felt a bit different to the usual audience dark – stage illuminated – cliché, to be euphemistic...
The second is the natural wood-caused massive bass boost you don’t mind when you listen to a Symphony Orchestra there, but partly gets you in trouble by Wishful Thinking for example when you stand more in the middle of the crowds.
As for me I mostly and generally prefered the position as the watcher of the scene standing near the FOH, the place where the sound and light and video engineers did their job.
Apropos: The point this time goes to the sound guy. I really have never heard a better sound at an AV date!
But what is the point about the projection of pictures to a silver screen optically disturbed by those silver sparkling trusses carrying lights?
Anyway, right at 8.15 pm our darlings enter the stage and the first tone gives you one comfortable thing to learn: It all sounds much more elaborated and tasteful than before.
The synth sounds have been polished once more, a good reason to get very curious for the new album. Congrats, Mr. Lister!
Another change might be specially liked by some of you: David Goodes‘ playing has turned to a more powerful chord style, the slightly noisy fill-in-orgies seem to have become past.
But did he really give up climbing up the guitar-hero olymp?
Let’s have a look at the menue. Or maybe not. It’s just simply been a great gig!
And, yes, we all enjoy this string quartet conducted by Rainer Bloss as a special piece of candy at every opportunity! Should they keep it as such a rare event? I think yes.
Another significant gimmick has been established by that lady playing the viola (as far as I remember) wearing a Moongirl shirt: You easily can stay forever young, it’s a state of mind.
And that’s what we can assume when looking around watching people between 12 and 62.
A nice surprise to me was to realize that among the male part of the audience Marian’s beard couldn’t make it to an allembracing fashion thing.
Would you have expected that?
Let me finally tell you a little episode of the climax of the concert at the last encore, DWM, piano version:
Mr Gold at the second time of the chorus keeps silent instead of tenderly aspirating „Do...you...want.......to...dancewithme...?“ in time.
And the audience steps into this trap.
Oh, he successfully keeps them on tenterhooks even a second time with this. And gets huge applause for it.
But he shows even another special bright stone from the entertainer‘s treasure chest:
At the end of the song he starts telling something like:
"Well, you all may know this: Loneliness..., lonely nights.... When you cannot sleep. And you keep on turning around again and again....
When I was a child I was sent to bed by my parents quite early in summer. So it was still daylight. And I couldn’t find sleep. So...
Don’t send your children to bed too early!!!“
*Huge applause*
Yes! That’s the perfect finale!
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Old 17 May 2006, 17:03   #187
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Nice review, Justus, thank you for sharing!

*is envious*


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Old 17 May 2006, 18:30   #188
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Gracias, Malila!
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Old 17 May 2006, 19:01   #189
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Nice review Justus, more is always welcome!!!!

To be honnest I am also a bit envious.....


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Old 17 May 2006, 21:00   #190
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Justus, what a wonderful review! Made me feel as if I was there as well. But wait... I was there... in my astral state!

Now only to get my physical state to the concert... wouldn't mind some more dates to think about...


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