::Went to The Philharmonic Winds "An American Portrait" concert today... Met wilson, kenneth and the rest at Hougang MRT @ 3.30... Took to Dhoby Ghuat, then to City Hall... Walked around City Link mall was rather hungry, go pop by 7-eleven to buy some snacks.. Got mentos, mashed potato, and a drink... 7-eleven's mashed potato is rather cheap, $1, but pales to KFC's... Rather prefer KFC's mashed potato, even though its more expensive.. Was walking halfway when I lost them.. Was about 4.35 then, only had a faint idea of how to get to Victoria Concert Hall...Walked back to the MRT station, not there, then called clement... He said they were already there... Asked him how to get there, just briefly mentioned Esplanade... So rushed to the Esplanade, got my bearings... Wrong side of the road... Rushed through the underpass, ran towards the direction of the hall... Got there about 4.50, 10 mins before it starts... Was perspiring abit, rested outside the hall for awhile... Noticed quite a lot of band people there.. Got seated with the rest of the group, mainly the ex-co... The rest of the band got stall seats.. Mr Ng also there..
Concert started... Overture to Candide, classical american music.. Sorta a march, quite difficult, sight read before... Especially like the clarinet, very clear and bright sound...
A Movement For Rosa.. Heard before, and the Philharmonic has delivered it nicely...Mark Camphouse really portrayed the racial discrimination of Rosa Parks very apporiately... The ending is the one is find most meaningful, ends without a clear resolution.. Sorta a reminder that the battle for racial equality still continues.. *side note: Rosa Parks was the one who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man, sparking the Civil Rights movement*
Then the next 2 piece utterly blew me away, Concerto & Concertino for solo alto sax.. Never knew the alto sax could be so beautiful, also didn't know it can reach so high notes... Timothy must be more amazed, he's the SL of course...
Second half of the concert equally good.. Especially like Godzilla Eats Las Vegas... Very funny, mere words can't justify it.. Gotta see it for yourself to enjoy it...
Then went to PS.. Met thomas ,aka fat hobbit, on the mrt, so decided to go together... Went to Music Plaza to see some stuff... Actually wanted to buy a ligature for my Eb clarinet... but had no time... Anyway, ate, went to arcade, went home... Today was a rather enjoyably day.. still haven't done my homework...
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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:37 pm:.
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