Saturday, February 3, 2007.12:32 AM
Post concert
As I about to walk down the row to my seat, I saw Ah Boy*.
And he came with a guy friend.
Ah Boy*: Hi! How are you??? (he asked me in a very cheery voice)
Me: Hi! I'm fine thank you! How.... (he interrupted) are you....?
Ah Boy*: Good!
Me gave a huge smile and walked down the row to my seat.
(after a while)
Ah Boy* moved in to sit next to me cos he and guy friend were at the wrong seats... (-_-)"'
Ah Boy*: Is JM playing todeee?
Me: Oh no, he isn't.
Ah Boy*: Aye seeee...(turns to talk to guy friend)
(a few seconds after)
Ah Boy*: Who is playing the flute solo?
Me: Oh, it's JT. (smile...)
Ah Boy*: Aye seee...(turns to talk to guy friend again)
JT's solo in Debussy lulled me to sleep and that very well lasted the rest of the 1st half too.
Ah Boy* and guy friend slipped off during the intermission. hmm...
I was fully awake by 2nd half cos they were playing Brahms 4 (the conservatory's playing it in exactly one week's time). Guess who I saw? Ah Wang came in and sat behind me.
The strings surprised me by their mostly-good ensemble playing...but the winds were rather disappointing.
I expected much more from the usually great winds.
Perhaps 3/4 of the principals were missing...that's why?
Anyway, the interpretation wasn't to my taste too. It somehow sounded quite sui bian and hurriedly rehearsed. Didn't really understand what OK was conducting also... :S
Maybe I could have caught more things if DL didn't keep talking to me every 5secs.
* names have been changed to protect the identities of the persons mentioned. But I guess you smarties have no problem guessing lah... *wink*
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