December 4, 20169 yr Last year, the BKK Symphony's Concert in the Park (Lumpini) ran from mid December to mid January. It's a great way to enjoy some free music outdoors with lots of other people. I can't find any indication whether it's been postponed, cancelled or otherwise this year. http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/Concert in the Park/concertinthepark.html Anyone have any info?
January 8, 20179 yr Author FYI, no guarantees on my part, but it looks like it's on... http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/home.html A pleasant way to spend a free evening in Bangkok.
January 8, 20179 yr Author Good news. I'm there now and they're warming up for a 17:30 start. Friendly crowd as always. About a third of us are foreigners.
January 13, 20179 yr Author Bump for anyone who wants to put this week's performance on their calendar...
February 11, 20179 yr Author Bump (again) for anyone who wants to put this week's performance on their calendar... Programme Rossini: William Tell Overture เพลงพระราชนิพนธ์ ในดวงใจนิรันดร์ (HM the King compositions –Still on My Mind) Schoenberg : Les Missalable Brave Heart One Moment in Time Bizet : Carmen (March) Saint Saens : Dalila Aria J. Strauss : Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus) J. Verdi : Germont di Provenza (La Travita) J. Verdi : Brindisi (La Travita) John Barry : Out Of Africa พระราชาผู้ทรงธรรม ลึกสุดใจ The Greatest Love Of All Strauss: Radetzky March http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/home.html
February 24, 20179 yr Author Last bump of the season, for the last Free Concert before the weather gets too hot. I've enjoyed each one I've attended, surrounded by lots of families (local and foreign), many doing the picnic thing. I'm pretty sure I saw some wine glasses klinking in the normally alcohol free park... Nobody seemed to be bothered.
February 24, 20179 yr Great topic. I've been to four of these so far and all were great. Highlights have been the compositions by His sadly passed away Majesty which were exquisitely composed and played and also often the opening pieces such as the William Tell which they played impeccably and will be doing again this Sunday I am happy to see. The weekend of Children's day was also very good with many Disney/Fairytale pieces played with real joy and verve. They often also have guest singers and a couple of weeks ago the Russian State Opera singers they had were stunningly good. Voices of angels is no exaggeration.
January 7, 20188 yr Author Bump to the top, because it's started again... http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/Concert in the Park/concertinthepark.html Great way to spend a free evening in the park, listening to great music.
January 7, 20188 yr This is what I have so far for this year 2018. Lumpini Park Concerts 2018 Sunday 7 January 2018 Sunday 28 January 2018 Sunday 4 February 2018 Sunday 11 February 2018 Sunday 18 February 2018 Sunday 25 February 2018 Sunday 4 March 2018
January 7, 20188 yr 4 hours ago, impulse said: Bump to the top, because it's started again... http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/Concert in the Park/concertinthepark.html Great way to spend a free evening in the park, listening to great music. Thanks-- this is the first time I've seen anything with a listing of what they're playing (in English, at least; trying to decipher the names in Thai would be a nightmare, assuming they'd be just translating the English names to Thai script).
January 24, 20188 yr Author On 1/7/2018 at 3:31 PM, BobTH said: This is what I have so far for this year 2018. Lumpini Park Concerts 2018 Sunday 7 January 2018 Sunday 28 January 2018 Sunday 4 February 2018 Sunday 11 February 2018 Sunday 18 February 2018 Sunday 25 February 2018 Sunday 4 March 2018 Bump for anyone looking for something fun to do this coming Sunday evening. One of the nicer things Bangkok has on offer, but only for a couple of months a year when the weather is usually cool enough. Great family outing, too. http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/Concert in the Park/concertinthepark.html
December 21, 20187 yr Author I'm going to bump this, even though they have moved the free concerts this year from Lumpini to a few hundred meters away in Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park. These Sunday evening concerts were one of the highlights of living in BKK. I hope they're just as enjoyable and easy to access by MRT as they were in Lumpini. http://bangkoksymphony.org/V5/home.html https://goo.gl/maps/MgUab79Lb2r
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