How I spent my weekend
By Troacctid
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Guess what I did on Saturday. Go ahead, guess.
I know, you probably don't want to guess. You're just going to keep reading until I tell you, aren't you? But I'd really prefer if you guessed, so let me give you a hint:
Okay, I doubt very many of you will recognize that view, so I may as well spill the beans. That would be Carnegie Hall, AKA probably the most prestigious concert hall in the United States. So yeah. I was there. In fact, let me be a bit more specific. I was here:
Anyway, that's why I missed the Rise of the Eldrazi prerelease and haven't logged on since Tuesday. I was in New York, singing onstage at Carnegie Hall with my high school choir (and several other choirs) and the dashingly handsome and talented composer/conductor/all-around cool guy Eric Whitacre. Here are the pieces we performed, in case you couldn't find tickets in time:
Check them out. It's good stuff. I think "Lux Aurumque" is my personal favorite; I like the harmonies, the subtle dynamics, and the way it paints a picture with music, but it's also just really cool to sing. "With A Lily" has a great melody too, although the ending is frustratingly high for my baritone range. And check out the sound effects on "Little Birds"--there's some nice bird whistles and flapping wings. The "Five Hebrew Love Songs" are very beautiful and tender, as is "A Boy and a Girl". "Animal Crackers" is very silly--my favorites are the canary, the kangaroo, and the panther. "What If" is probably the strangest of them; it isn't often you hear choral music superimposed on a techno backdrop, and the result, I think, is pretty awesome.
So...yeah. :thumbsup:
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