yesterday me and shirls had a great time watching symphony orchestra titled 'single-handed brilliance' at esplanade. it was my first time and i would say that there will definitely be many more to come. yes we are officially addicted. i gotta admit that i did not have that much faith in SSO in the beginning, but they really surprised me.
they started the night with a very beautiful barber's the school for scandal: overture. the first few minutes kinda took my breath away... i loved it. it reminded me a lot of medieval era.. that same kind of feeling. after that we had the main event which was piano concerto for left hand in D major by ravel. the pianist, alexandre tharaud, really played with his left hand only (obviously) and i think that's amazing. even though the piece was too intense and sounds pretty weird for me to appreciate fully, the guy did play the piece brilliantly as the title indicates. they closed the night with rachmaninov's symphony no.2 in E minor. it started slow and intense and went up to fast and joyful and so on and on.. it was so nice... there was a part where the oboe sounds really really captivating~ i started to have images as i listened to the piece.. winter.. summer... swirling together... taking turn. i found myself holding my breath as everyone in the hall did, the silence was deafening when the music went softer. i began to think that to breathe is a sin cos you would be bothering the ppl sitting around you >_<
anyway the conclusion is that i totally enjoyed orchestra and i'm going for more in near future~
ironically, right after the concerto, i went to meet weiling, shufen, bao, mei and es for something that i never imagined would do. LOL. we wanted to go to st james but since es couldn't enter, we decided to pay MOS a visit instead. my first intention was to gain experience and of course i wanted to hang out with them as well. anyway i think the place was noisy, dark and creepy (first thought that came to my mind: perhaps hell looks like this) hahaha.. but surprisingly, i enjoyed the time too. i tried to sit at one side and enjoy my delicious 2 glasses of rum but weiling just wouldn't let me go.. so i did what i haven't done for the past 10 years.. yup.. i danced... amazing. HAHA~ thinking back, it's just funny.
isn't it just great to try out something new? something that you have not done before? *livi* 10:29 PM
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livi grace melinda
14/02/82
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