In tempo

I just attended Wind Symphony's 4oth concert - In Tempo with Ban Ban.

I must say, it was fabulous. It was a fine repertoire, consisting of:
Cresent and Stars -G. Salanio
English Folk Song Suite ; No. 1 March 'Seventeen Come Sunday' - R. Vaughan Williams
Finlandia Op 26 No. 7 - Jean Sibelius
Cartoon - Paul Hart
Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth - Johan de Meij

Aside from the first piece which felt a bit cheesy to me, I thought it was a great selection of music. Finlandia was spooky but really interesting... and Cartoon! hahaha, it's the kind of piece that really makes you want to laugh out loud at its crazy mad rushing notes and cool percussion effects.

And Planet Earth - I have really been looking forward to listening to it (I've to admit, partly because I played one of the movements from Holst' Planet Suite and Earth was Meij's addition to it) and it didn't disappoint. The muscians played continuously for 50 minutes, and I was suitably awed. I don't ever see myself playing for anything more than 15 minutes. Just the type of modern music which I enjoy - rousing grandeur interspesed with lyrical soothing moments - i.e. like movie soundtracks.

Great evening!

Last night, I watched PS: I Love You. It was quite a feel-good show, but not your typical girl meets boy thing. Touching, and the Irish scenery made me want to see. The New York setting left me a bit wistful, and well, sad.