I went to tonight to see the Nova Scotia Symphony perform (among other things) Symphony #9, From the New World. It was wonderful! I'm too tired now to go on, but I'll try to write it up tomorrow.
(next day)
Meh, I just don't have the words. It was really nice. I don't think I'd ever really been to a performance of that size before. (I've always been to chamber music type events, or choral performances.) The guest soloist (Giora Schmidt) was really something. The New World Symphony went quite well, and I thought that the strings got it together very nicely during the whole piece.
It's hard not to walk out of such an event and not be pondering the meaning of life, beauty, feelings, and all that. It's neat how music can make us feel.
D.
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Years ago I took a music history course and learned about symphony "From the New World". When we listened to it in class, I discovered that I was already familiar with some of the themes, especially familiar with the very awesome-sounding theme from the last movement.
I have not been to a classical music performance in a million years! I think I even forgot what classical music sounds like! It's great that you got to go!
And I know what you mean when you say, nice musical performances make you think about beauty, and about how such a thing as music can affect you so much!
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