dimanche, mai 30, 2004
Mahler
rather intrigued by the 2 harps present as well. budden they din play much, sadly. didn't really appreciate the bloody bulk of a grand piano in there. don't see why they still need a grand piano with all that ton of instruments. can't really hear it anywhere. anyway it looks pretty small and inconspicuous. imagine, a grand piano looking small, haha.
must confess i can't understand almost everything of the symphony, after all, it's not in english. (the Straits Times reviewer does a better job of analyzing the performance, quite amused when she remarked that the SSO rose to the occassion but they should strive to reproduce their abilities at more routine concerts.) but they provided a rather thick programme booklet, which was really great. it describes the movements and the story progression somewhat.
i suppose i went more for the experience than anything else. go for more interesting and abnormal performances! it's a piece of work that takes so much audacity and drive to pull through.. grab the chance to go for it whilst it's here. how many more times in my lifetime will it drop by again. some things just can't wait till we're richer, and too old.
i'm sure Matthew found it a fascinating evening, even though he was only invited by me to go just a couple of days before. good thing he didn't get put off by his illness and parents. (matthew: i think i didn't dress as formally coz i'm rather used to going to esplanade, it's like my hangout) a pity some people couldn't make it. a pity that i didn't know Connor would have liked to go too. some other time perhaps. nothing coming up this year, till next year. till the next Arts Festival.
$30... 90 minutes... i think it sure beats 4 movies anytime. i wish more people could have gone, i believe many people wanted to. sitting in the row in front of me were 5 or 6 old folks. at first i wondered if they really knew what they were here for, but, i decided they deserved a chance to listen too. come to think of it, they bought tickets even earlier than me, which must have been within the first few days of opening sales. not bad. i don't believe Kevin Kern is worth going for, by the way. All his stuff sounds pretty much the same to me. wonder who's the boring composer, or did he do it himself.
oh, and they were filming the performance, so those who want to watch it can probably tune in to Arts Central sometime. of course the sound won't be as nice, but you'll get closeups of the performers (maybe i should watch for that).
okie. dun start getting jealous. yep. =]
Mahler
finally heard the sounds of a majestic choir with so many soloists with so many orchestra players. WHOA. one of the first thing you notice that it's just LOUD. madly madly loud, when everyone's singing and everyone's playing lar. but i suspect the SSO wasn't playing That loud still. after all, at some points, a single brass instrument could outblast the entire combined choir. i wished it could have been 1060 performers though, like it's premiere, well, if only we had a bigger concert hall.
rather intrigued by the 2 harps present as well. budden they din play much, sadly. didn't really appreciate the bloody bulk of a grand piano in there. don't see why they still need a grand piano with all that ton of instruments. can't really hear it anywhere. anyway it looks pretty small and inconspicuous. imagine, a grand piano looking small, haha.
must confess i can't understand almost everything of the symphony, after all, it's not in english. (the Straits Times reviewer does a better job of analyzing the performance, quite amused when she remarked that the SSO rose to the occassion but they should strive to reproduce their abilities at more routine concerts.) but they provided a rather thick programme booklet, which was really great. it describes the movements and the story progression somewhat.
i suppose i went more for the experience than anything else. go for more interesting and abnormal performances! it's a piece of work that takes so much audacity and drive to pull through.. grab the chance to go for it whilst it's here. how many more times in my lifetime will it drop by again. some things just can't wait till we're richer, and too old.
i'm sure Matthew found it a fascinating evening, even though he was only invited by me to go just a couple of days before. good thing he didn't get put off by his illness and parents. (matthew: i think i didn't dress as formally coz i'm rather used to going to esplanade, it's like my hangout) a pity some people couldn't make it. a pity that i didn't know Connor would have liked to go too. some other time perhaps. nothing coming up this year, till next year. till the next Arts Festival.
$30... 90 minutes... i think it sure beats 4 movies anytime. i wish more people could have gone, i believe many people wanted to. sitting in the row in front of me were 5 or 6 old folks. at first i wondered if they really knew what they were here for, but, i decided they deserved a chance to listen too. come to think of it, they bought tickets even earlier than me, which must have been within the first few days of opening sales. not bad. i don't believe Kevin Kern is worth going for, by the way. All his stuff sounds pretty much the same to me. wonder who's the boring composer, or did he do it himself.
oh, and they were filming the performance, so those who want to watch it can probably tune in to Arts Central sometime. of course the sound won't be as nice, but you'll get closeups of the performers (maybe i should watch for that).
okie. dun start getting jealous. yep. =]
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