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Jan. 12th, 2007 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
av8rmikeGrrr, still sick. And, now I see why people say these medicines without pseudoephedrine don't work.
Went to the Baltimore Symphony performance last night with the members of the Peabody Symphony. I was a little surprised that Marin Alsop programmed the Alpine Symphony before Rite of Spring, given that the latter is so much more dissonant and jarring. I guess that doesn't matter anymore; it's not as shocking as it was at its premier nearly a century ago. I must be getting jaded in my old age, because the performance seemed to be lacking a certain energy. Or maybe I just couldn't get past how lucky the 50 or so Peabody students were to be sitting on stage with members of the Baltimore Symphony. Interestingly enough, Alsop stayed later to do a brief Q & A session with audience members, but few of the questions were particularly insightful. Too bad there doesn't appear to be a review in the Sun; I'd have liked to see what the critic thought of the concert.
I had to go last night, because tonight is the dress rehearsal in Columbia for tomorrow's "Young People's" concerts. I hope my head can stay clear long enough. On Monday we got copies of "Russian Easter Overture" to read tonight (for fun), but it won't be on a program anytime this year. This sight-reading thing Jason is putting us through is getting interesting, and actually a little fun.
Went to the Baltimore Symphony performance last night with the members of the Peabody Symphony. I was a little surprised that Marin Alsop programmed the Alpine Symphony before Rite of Spring, given that the latter is so much more dissonant and jarring. I guess that doesn't matter anymore; it's not as shocking as it was at its premier nearly a century ago. I must be getting jaded in my old age, because the performance seemed to be lacking a certain energy. Or maybe I just couldn't get past how lucky the 50 or so Peabody students were to be sitting on stage with members of the Baltimore Symphony. Interestingly enough, Alsop stayed later to do a brief Q & A session with audience members, but few of the questions were particularly insightful. Too bad there doesn't appear to be a review in the Sun; I'd have liked to see what the critic thought of the concert.
I had to go last night, because tonight is the dress rehearsal in Columbia for tomorrow's "Young People's" concerts. I hope my head can stay clear long enough. On Monday we got copies of "Russian Easter Overture" to read tonight (for fun), but it won't be on a program anytime this year. This sight-reading thing Jason is putting us through is getting interesting, and actually a little fun.
