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Saturday, November 01, 2008
You Know You're a Nerd When...
Current Mood: CC is listening to: Embraceable You--Billie Holiday (All or Nothing at All) You know you're a nerd when you look forward to spending part of your Saturday (and $13.50) watching the local orchestra rehearse :-).
The IRIS Orchestra sells tickets to their rehearsal for their main performance that same night. Tonight's show will be featuring Mary Wilson, soprano, and this morning they'll be rehearsing: Haydn - Symphony No. 49, "La Passione"; Mozart - "Exsultate, Jubilate"; and Schubert - Symphony No. 3.
NO clue what those pieces are, but it's always such a treat to hear a full orchestra play :-). Even if I decide to bring some light work with me, I'll probably end up putting it down and watching them instead :-).
(decides to look up the pieces. Doesn't recognize "La Passione" or "Symphony No. 3." Looks up "Exsultate, Jubilate") Ohhh THAT one. Most of my Filipino readers will recognize this piece, because it's the one you hear on GMA 7 (I think it's GMA 7) when they sign on for the day--where they have this choir singing "A-lelu, a-le-lu-ya..." and they show a slideshow of pictures about the Philippines :-). Here's a video of what it sounds like...
That'll be a good one :-). I'm looking forward to the soprano singing that part where you jump from note to note really fast (I think it's about 50 seconds into the sample video). I remember trying to imitate it as a kid. It's bad enough that I'm trying to sing, but imitating that part just sounds painful, like strangling a chicken :-).
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