Inexplicably, what major works have you not seen in concert?

[Alison]

Bruckner 1 and 2

[teamsaint]

Certain things seem to keep eluding me, EG Mahler 3, due to daft things like work, holidays.

All explicable though.


And since we are on the subject,performances of Schumann symphonies ought to be more frequent.

[Alison]

Certain things seem to keep eluding me, EG Mahler 3, due to daft things like work, holidays.

All explicable though.


And since we are on the subject,performances of Schumann symphonies ought to be more frequent.

Heard Mahler 3 many times but struggling to think of a single Schumann

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Heard Mahler 3 many times but struggling to think of a single Schumann

Interesting - I heard 1, 2, & 4 in the mid-late '70s, but have not seen them programmed recently.

[Nick Armstrong]

struggling to think of a single Schumann

Yes, never heard one live . Played in No. 3, but never heard anyone else...!

[Petrushka]

Heard Mahler 3 many times but struggling to think of a single Schumann

Funny you should mention that as I can't recall hearing any live Schumann (except the Piano and Cello Concertos). No symphonies though.

Actually remember that I have heard the Dvorak New World now (LSO/Karl Böhm, 1980) but just the once.

[Alison]

A bit shocked by your LvB revelation, Cali.

Didn't you go to a LPO/Eschenbach Seventh a few Decembers ago??

I easily have the whole lot in my kit bag!

[Nick Armstrong]

A bit shocked by your LvB revelation, Cali.

Didn't you go to a LPO/Eschenbach Seventh a few Decembers ago??

Oh crikey, you're right... I posted here about it (December 2011)....

Can't remember a thing about it

Amazing you can, Alison!

I'm worried now.....

[pastoralguy]

I've been mulling over this question since it was posed and I can't think of a single major work I've not heard live. I have played in works that I've not sat in the audience for but this is mainly opera.

I suppose the question presupposes that one actually WANTS to hear the work in the first place. I know there have been performances of, say, Bruckner Symphonies at the Edinburgh Festival that I COULD have gone to but since it's not really my cup of tea then I'm not that bothered.

Beethoven 8 did elude me in my younger years but I know I've heard it played by the LPO under Dohnanyi who was standing in for an indisposed Tennstedt. I also know I heard Mackerras play it with the SCO at a cycle of the Symphonies that was released on Hyperion.

[Alison]

Oh crikey, you're right... I posted here about it (December 2011)....

Can't remember a thing about it

Amazing you can, Alison!

I'm worried now.....

Just one of those evenings I happen to remember. I used to have a friend with whom I went to RFH concerts quite regularly but she went abroad and I didn't much fancy going on my own. We always used to go a December something and 2011 was probably the first year we didn't. I noted this concert as the one we would probably have attended.

(There was something quite special about a December concert on the South Bank and the journey home. And orchestral concerts offered such a welcome breather from carols and stuff.)

[Petrushka]

I can't be 100% positive but I'm sure I've never heard the Beethoven Violin Concerto live. Ditto the Bruch, but I did hear the much rarer Scottish Fantasia in my very first classical concert. I love the Beethoven so it really is an inexplicable omission.

[Dave2002]

I'm aware this may well get me drummed out of the Forum!

Absolutely! Out you go!

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Can't recall ever having heard a Mozart symphony live either, for that matter.

Write out 100 times "I must go and hear at least three Beethoven symphonies this year" and a further 100
"I must go and hear at least two Mozart symphonies this year".

Have you heard Beethoven's piano concertos, or the violin concerto? If possible go for period style performances, though they may not happen often. Otherwise chamber orchestras, though Beethoven is so good that his music will stand a full orchestra.

How's Haydn doing? I've only heard a subset live, and I've almost certainly missed out quite a number in recordings too.

For me I don't recall Bruckner 1 and 2 or the very early symphonies. Also Dvorak 1-4 (current numbering) - though I feel that 1 might find the first somewhat tedious, and the others not much better.

Schubert Possibly missed out symphonies 1,2.

Mendelssohn Can't recall symphonies 1,2

Prokofiev - now there's one symphony I can't remember, which I'd like to hear - Number 5. Also 6 and 7.
I'm less bothered about 2-4. 5 is performed occasionally, but I just haven't got it togeher to hear it live.

I will write out my lines "I must hear Prokofiev 5 (and/or 6,7) this year, if possible" 100 times.

[BBMmk2]

Not been to any Bruckner work at all!

[DoctorT]

Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osborne. Gunter Wand,

For a moment I thought that there was a comma between 'Ozzy Osborne' and 'Gunter Wand.'

[rauschwerk]

The explanation here is clear, too - my own fecklessness - but I don't think I have ever heard a single Beethoven symphony in concert....

I'm aware this may well get me drummed out of the Forum!

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Can't recall ever having heard a Mozart symphony live either, for that matter.

Of the LvB symphonies, I recall having heard only 1,2,6,7 and 9 (sang in that last one as well).

Of Mozart symphonies, I recall having heard only Nos. 25 & 29.

None of this bothers me when so many superb recordings are available.. I have (particularly in my youth) pursued repertoire which isn't done much: Moses & Aaron, The Fiery Angel, The Love of 3 Oranges, The Miraculous Mandarin ballet (to name but a few).