It was a really nice concert! From my seat WAY up high in the balcony, I could almost make out the faces of faculty from my college (Greg Ewer, violin, Brett EE Paschal, percussion). I was impressed that I heard NO ONE clap between movements! I think it has to have been the first concert I went to where NO ONE clapped between the movements!!
The Shchedrin arrangement of Carmen featured a lot of interesting parts, some which were of great interest to me because they gave me ideas of how to write the tango movement of the string quartet I'm working on. Without the theatre aspect, this seemed really long at point.
The main attraction of the concert was soloist Colin Currie playing a percussion concerto composed by Jennifer Higdon.It was really interesting watching Currie race back and forth, especially after reading the program notes that mentioned how a composer has to consider travel time for a percussionist when they are playing multiple instruments.
I found it very interesting that the soloist joined the percussion section for Gershwin's Cuban Overture. But that wasn't quite as exciting as getting more ideas for my unfinished string quartet (the tango and chacha/salsa movements are left)
It was a nice evening out with friends - two of us went for hot chocolate before the concert - and gave me a break from my studies and usual entertainment (the television or hulu :) )
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