Yeah I went twice, so ha! But this time I was sitting front row centre.
I thought the Thursday night was impressive, until I went on Friday night. All the technical problems had been tweaked out of the system the night before, so no issues there at all. Biggest highlight was when Ben jumped straight into “One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces”, slightly catching the orchestra off guard. Ben played it with such pace, that I think the orchestra had trouble keeping up in parts, but the cellists added a bit of their own class, by giving the crowd not one but two twirls of their cellos, mid song.
I also thought the part where Ben freestyles (and “Misirlou”) towards the end of “Philosophy”, was impressive on Thursday night. Well, that was nothing compared to Friday night. Ben was teasing the Orchestra, pretending to be ready for the big finish, and then continuing with more freestyle piano, which I think contributed to the orchestra enthusiasm in big finish to “Philosophy”.
The Queensland Orchestra seemed to be a lot more relaxed, than the previous night, I think that’s because they knew what kind of crowd to expect.
Because this was the first concert to go on sale the atmosphere was far better, as the Concert Hall was packed with all the die hard Ben Folds fans.
Performance 10
Technical 10
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