Hey, spikeiowa, John B., and I were there too! Sorry we missed you.
I loved the percussionists in the Revueltas piece -- best part of it, I thought. We wondered where the conch shell came from. Does the symphony have it as part of their percussion collection? Or is it from someone's personal collection? Is it especially tuned? Did they choose it out of thousands? And what was the percussionist with his arm in a sling playing anyhow? (We didn't notice him until the end.)
Yes to all your Carmina Burana comments. Bride of Frankenstein, that's exactly what I said! And yes, the tenor swooping and turning on the spit was delightful. So sad that he only gets that one number, but it's a goodie. Did the piano strike you oddly at all? It seemed jarringly prominent where I was sitting, more so than in the recordings I've heard. Maybe it was an accident of the acoustics.
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Date: 2005-11-11 06:10 am (UTC)I loved the percussionists in the Revueltas piece -- best part of it, I thought. We wondered where the conch shell came from. Does the symphony have it as part of their percussion collection? Or is it from someone's personal collection? Is it especially tuned? Did they choose it out of thousands? And what was the percussionist with his arm in a sling playing anyhow? (We didn't notice him until the end.)
Yes to all your Carmina Burana comments. Bride of Frankenstein, that's exactly what I said! And yes, the tenor swooping and turning on the spit was delightful. So sad that he only gets that one number, but it's a goodie. Did the piano strike you oddly at all? It seemed jarringly prominent where I was sitting, more so than in the recordings I've heard. Maybe it was an accident of the acoustics.