Saturday

Thanks to catbear & dawn_guy for surprising us with Pops symphony tix yesterday evening! We were going to just have an evening at home with just the two of us; maybe rent a movie...

I've not been to a Pops concert in ages and ages; partly because my brain slides it into a sort of "easy-listening classical" bin, which is definitely in the NOT WANT category. My last pops concert was possibly some time in our year in Boston, at an outdoor concert; but slightly more likely in high-school with my parents, also an outdoor concert. I really don't know. But for the first three pieces last night, I kept having the sense-memory of picnics, which is a bit weird and probably my imagination running away with me.

This was a tribute to Boston Pops' conductor Arthur Fiedler. At first it was a bit odd to me to think about Pops music having a geneology, but really, why not.

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was very well done, the first time I'd seen it performed live. The Dvorak selection from Symphony No. 9 was wonderful, and I wish they'd done more of Dvorak instead of the first few pieces (including Harry Potter Symphonic Suite).

The conductor is possibly more of a ham than Richard, d's old conductor. The symphony was energetic- some members more than others- in the first few pieces, I couldn't tell if that was forced, or if it was only me not expecting some of the performers to be constantly smiling and catching eyes in the audience and incorrectly assuming it must be forced. I eventually decided on the latter.

I was very amused by watching the two bass players on the end, who had good chemistry together.

Other stuff from yesterday: again Happy Birthday nobodyhere! We had fun at her party. I did not try the Hooch, though I smelled it.

...and I wrote a letter to Barundi.