A year or so ago someone sent me an email with the most insane Christmas light display on a house and it was set to an amazing piece of music. After digging around a bit I finally found who it was and got the album. Trans Siberian Orchestra. I’d never heard of them before but what a great ….band?? I’m not sure what to call them. They are a rock orchestra, sort of hard rock music, sort of classical, and oddly they seem to appeal to a rather broad spectrum of listeners.
Jump forward a year and they announce a show in Vancouver. We picked up tickets and went to the show this evening, not totally sure what we were in for.
We should have brought sunglasses and suntan lotion! The music was amazing and the show was divided into what amounted to two shows in one. The first half was a narrated Christmas story…with rock Christmas music and an amazing light show. Absolutely fantastic.
The second half just got more insane. It started off with a piece of music, that after a few moments we realized was the theme for Inspector Gadget. Then came….Batman?? In the same set was Oh Fortuna! And the lights! There were fountains of fireworks, flames shooting up everywhere, snow falling inside GM Place….it was crazy and blinding! My eyes were actually starting to water at one point and I had to shade my eyes…many people were, at another. I have a bit of a headache behind my eyes from it all!
Two and a half hours of music and lights and I could do it all over again. What a show! Definitely buying tickets next year! I’d recommend it to anyone! There was the most amazing cross section of people. Kids as young as two or three, and as old as 70+. Tons of kids in the 18-25 range…really in every age range you could imagine.
If you haven’t seen them and you have the opportunity..don’t think twice, just buy the tickets! You won’t be sorry you did.