08-04-2019, 11:21 AM
8/3/19 Contrasts
We scored center seats in row C. Sweet.
After a long tiresome tournament, I fought beach traffic to get home and then we walked downtown for the Church Street fair where I picked up a capresa arepas for dinner (tasty but $9 and it was a $5 portion). Lovely night tho.,
Kraken by Du Yun - Y'all know my love for kraken, but this piece opened with kazoo and I felt a bit cheated. Kazoo? In an 80+ piece orchestra? Then it launched into bombastic cacophony which turned around about midway through when I could totally envision Capt Nemo and the nautilus fighting off a kraken. Very soundtracking with lots of twists and turns. It was a bit much to open, the only piece that didn't get a standing ovation, but Stacy's fav.
Dance for cello and orchestra by Anna Clyne - based on a poem by Rumi, I had the perfect view of cellist Imbal Segev, who was dramatic and emotive while playing with her long wavy hair. A very romantic lush piece, the softest of the night, and my fav.
The work at hand by Jake Heggie - based on post-diagnosis poems of a cancer victim, sung by mezzo-sopranon Jamie Barton, evoking origami, warrior 1 in yoga and sunsets. Very poignant and Barton has such a powerful voice, but I think I prefer operatic style singing in foreign languages because it's more abstract. Nevertheless, the poetry was very powerful.
Levante by Dan Dediu - Dediu said someone described it as 'Jurassic Park meets Romanian folk dance' and I'm inclined to concur. More soundtracky cacophonic bombast. Dediu's opening statements on the root meanings of levante, orient, oriental and orientation got me thinking - I'll poach that for some article intro someday.
We have more tix for next week. I may go down again tonight. I'll probably head down soon for the street fair at least. I was hoping to make it up for Jerry Day, but my ride seems to have bailed. They don't check tix after intermission and it would be easy to sneak in.
We scored center seats in row C. Sweet.
After a long tiresome tournament, I fought beach traffic to get home and then we walked downtown for the Church Street fair where I picked up a capresa arepas for dinner (tasty but $9 and it was a $5 portion). Lovely night tho.,
Kraken by Du Yun - Y'all know my love for kraken, but this piece opened with kazoo and I felt a bit cheated. Kazoo? In an 80+ piece orchestra? Then it launched into bombastic cacophony which turned around about midway through when I could totally envision Capt Nemo and the nautilus fighting off a kraken. Very soundtracking with lots of twists and turns. It was a bit much to open, the only piece that didn't get a standing ovation, but Stacy's fav.
Dance for cello and orchestra by Anna Clyne - based on a poem by Rumi, I had the perfect view of cellist Imbal Segev, who was dramatic and emotive while playing with her long wavy hair. A very romantic lush piece, the softest of the night, and my fav.
The work at hand by Jake Heggie - based on post-diagnosis poems of a cancer victim, sung by mezzo-sopranon Jamie Barton, evoking origami, warrior 1 in yoga and sunsets. Very poignant and Barton has such a powerful voice, but I think I prefer operatic style singing in foreign languages because it's more abstract. Nevertheless, the poetry was very powerful.
Levante by Dan Dediu - Dediu said someone described it as 'Jurassic Park meets Romanian folk dance' and I'm inclined to concur. More soundtracky cacophonic bombast. Dediu's opening statements on the root meanings of levante, orient, oriental and orientation got me thinking - I'll poach that for some article intro someday.
We have more tix for next week. I may go down again tonight. I'll probably head down soon for the street fair at least. I was hoping to make it up for Jerry Day, but my ride seems to have bailed. They don't check tix after intermission and it would be easy to sneak in.
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