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Sunday, April 25, 2004

Past concerts, upcoming concerts

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These pictures were taken during the Prince "Musicology Tour" concert that we (Bruce, Bonnie and I) went to on April 2nd. Cameras weren't allowed in, but I managed to sneak in my Exilim Z3. And I happily took tons of pics until about 2/3 of the way into the concert, a security personnel tapped my shoulder and asked me to stop taking pictures. Luckily she did not confiscate my camera... I mean, what's the big deal? I'm not gonna sell the pictures and make money off of them. Even if I wanted to, they aren't of professional quality anyway (a lot of them turned out blurry). It's not like I brought in a whole set up of tripods with powerful telephoto lenses... we paid quite a bit of money for the tickets, and with me getting more and more forgetful, I just wanted to have some visual memories of the concert, albeit blurry ones.

As for the concert, I TOTALLY ENJOYED IT. Actually I'm not a Prince fan. I kinda know some of his music, but never bought his album or anything. However, from the get go, I was drawn in by his natural charm and mesmerizing performance. He's a really good entertainer. There are those who can sing, and then there are those who can ENTERTAIN. Those belonging to the latter group really accentuate the difference between listening to a CD and going to a live concert (even if the CD is a "live in concert" CD!).

Now onto a different genre of music, Bruce and I went to the Dmitri and Anita Ratser piano concert at UTD last weekend. I saw Dmitri Ratser a couple of times, about 5-6 years ago. This time he's joined by his daughter Anita. They played works by Rachmaninoff, probably one of the toughest composers to play, besides Liszt. Anita was just as good, if not better, than her father. My favorite part of the program was "Phantasie" for two pianos... WOW is all I can say. Wow wow wow. I only wish I was half as good as them... or even a quarter!

This friday, the 30th, I'm singing in the Choral Concert featuring works by Finzi and Bach. The piece by Finzi is one of the most interesting choral pieces that I've sung. It's a free concert, so please come if you can! And I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I will!

The following day, on May 1st, I'll be going to the Musica Nova concert. I was supposed to guest play for them as a percussionist, but I think they changed the program or something so I'm not needed anymore. Which is also good, because for once I can enjoy this concert as an audience rather than a performer. Hmm, from Monteverdi to Poulenc to Rodriguez... this will be an interesting concert as well! Oh, and did I mention that it's also free admission??

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Posted by Ephram -- April 25, 2004 12:13 PM

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Posted by Ephram -- April 26, 2004 10:49 AM