Let me say this first; my teacher is the coolest teacher to walk---
no not with funny bone joke...that was downright...weird...:].
But the concert? Let me sum it up in this
jazzy tributes to benny goodman, a pianist whose surperb but looks like he's playing with all his heart sitting on hot rocks, squeakage making the concert perfect [no sarcasm stuart], trumpets speaking in french...
:] unique, interesting, the imperfection I love so much.
Like I say, imperfection is what makes a concert remembered, after that horrible second where you screw up, how you get back up, its memorable, and inspiring, its a musical event that it just beautiful :D.
They started out with Ticheli's famous Blue Shades [I love that song], it was jazzy, contemporary and rather exciting. The clarinet solo, which was a tribute to Benny Goodman [A WONDERFUL jazz clarinetist], was played by my clarinet teacher, Stuart, who in my opinion would make Benny Goodman get all jazzed up :]. I was honestly surprised to see alot of new people, new bassoonists, new flautists, I like old crew! That bassoon guy [when I first saw that young bassoonie guy last year I thought he was cute ;D] isn't there anymore! I liked him...MUSICALLY!! D: it sounded different, oh old crew I miss you!
I saw a couple of faces I knew though, stuart being one of them, Amy Bowers, a trombone instructor from our academy [she was first chair!], ray the trumpet guy [i think he was first?] also from our academy. It was really nice to see them all :).
Anyways, then...the comic relief came. I know, I may sound unproffessional here, but I'm sorry I couldn't help but laugh during the next what? five pieces? The Shellyberg Trio came. They were wonderful...but well...
Mr. Shellyberg? I'm so sorry, I apologize a thousand times, but you looked like you were sitting on hot rocks . =(. you were a great great pianist
but, his movements, were REALLLLY distracting, even me, who respects people even if they are moving like a rocking chair...couldn't help but laugh...but I can understand why you are like that mr. Berg
They played Bernstein's Slava, I really liked the piece, it sounded so fun! And St. Clair being Bernstein's student made it more meaningful :) great job!!
Next was Rhapsody In Blue, the jazzy clarinet solo was played by my teacher Stuart, it was wonderful...a wee bit out of tune...maybe? on the high notes, [i've heard him play it before in the concert hall btw] but I assume its from humidity [he told me his clarinet got sticky and the springs go loose]. Which resulted from the trumpet soloist being out of tune in his trumpet entrance. But all in all? ignoring Mr. Berg's constant mistakes, it was a jazzy, energetic interpretation.
American in Paris, it had a few rough odd parts, I realized this was because atleast 95% of the people weren't the memebers of the PSO, it was the substitutes, so, I forgive them. But It didn't sound the same, pacific symphony, I noticed that, I didn't get that certain feel during american in paris, or maybe i just wasn't playing enough attention?
rating?
its an outside concert, its summer, humidity sucks, but still, there were errors that stuck out in my ears like sore thumbs...so I'm sorry and almost offended myself to say
3.5/5
i'm not experience in critiquing
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