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We went to our first symphony of the season, which also happened to be the first symphony of the season (actually, the third show of the first weekend). We also happened to see the last symphony of last season. It was three and a half months ago. Our next show is in four and a half months. Kind of odd.
There were three pieces. The first was a modern piece by Samuel Barber, which I liked a lot. The second was Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18. It required a piano soloist, so after the Barber piece, the stage crew had to bring the piano out. Since the house lights were not up, as this was not an intermission, they brought out a speaker. I don't think they'd ever done this before, and the speaker was rather... entertaining. Not all prim and proper like you'd expect to see at the symphony. He was the new principal cellist, and he spoke a bit about the soloist and about the music. He was all, you know, like, this, and like, that. Talking about Rocky 2 and Beethoven 5. He said about the end of the Rachmaninov piece ("the tooty part"), the orchestra goes wild, and then the pianist goes wild, and then the audience goes wild. And then the audience goes out into the lobby to check the score in the Packer game. Then he asked if there was a report on the game from the viola section. Just then, the principal violist walked back onstage to report "21-9, Packers." It was quite different.
The final piece of the afternoon was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67. Like his Ninth, this is always an enjoyable piece. I wonder how many times I've seen them do it. Only once or twice, I guess. It occurred to me today, that I've seen the orchestra many times. I wish I knew how many times. More than seventy-five times. At least five shows a year for at least fifteen years. I wonder when I started going.
There were three pieces. The first was a modern piece by Samuel Barber, which I liked a lot. The second was Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18. It required a piano soloist, so after the Barber piece, the stage crew had to bring the piano out. Since the house lights were not up, as this was not an intermission, they brought out a speaker. I don't think they'd ever done this before, and the speaker was rather... entertaining. Not all prim and proper like you'd expect to see at the symphony. He was the new principal cellist, and he spoke a bit about the soloist and about the music. He was all, you know, like, this, and like, that. Talking about Rocky 2 and Beethoven 5. He said about the end of the Rachmaninov piece ("the tooty part"), the orchestra goes wild, and then the pianist goes wild, and then the audience goes wild. And then the audience goes out into the lobby to check the score in the Packer game. Then he asked if there was a report on the game from the viola section. Just then, the principal violist walked back onstage to report "21-9, Packers." It was quite different.
The final piece of the afternoon was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67. Like his Ninth, this is always an enjoyable piece. I wonder how many times I've seen them do it. Only once or twice, I guess. It occurred to me today, that I've seen the orchestra many times. I wish I knew how many times. More than seventy-five times. At least five shows a year for at least fifteen years. I wonder when I started going.
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Date: 2007-10-01 11:54 am (UTC)From:I would have loved to hear the concert you went to yesterday. Especially the Barber.
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