I have just had the most amazing experience and I am going to have to write it down so I don't forget. Colin took me to see the Halle orchestra at the city hall.and It was just incredible. I did however leave with more questions than I would have thought possible and found watching the music very distracting because I kept thinking of things I needed to know but didn't. Just listening to music I think I would have heard more of the music and far less of the clutter of the mind. I should have taken a blindfold. Bear in mind these are the thoughts of a person who normally turns music off as clutter and has the musical abilities of a deaf jellyfish.
Some of my thoughts and questions, If you have the answers please let me know:
Do conductors have marshmallows underneath their armpits?
How brave female musicians are wearing armless clothes in front of an audience. But I guess they all have great arms cos they have to work them so much.
Can left handed people play the violin, if so do they play it in the other arm and if they do can they play sitting next to a right handed violin player or would it get nasty?
Mozart is a bit frilly, Mahler is amazing
How the big copper drum player just looked like a musician, he could have been nothing else, how did he manage to tune it while the orchestra was playing and he was sitting in the middle of them?
How come musicians are not ever fat?
That I still think violins are squeaky and a bit irritating but they were very good
How mysterious musicians are
Do violinist get RSI?
It was amazing how when the mood of the music changed instead of listening to the music I would end up thinking about something in my life that reflected the mood of the music at that point. this never happens when I listen on the radio it was most distracting, I will have to listen to it again without watching it to actually hear the music.
Oh I cant remember all the questions, I have to go back to my first day on the wards for a year tomorrow so I have to go to bed now. I am cutting into sleeping time by reliving my experience my nagging husband keeps reminding me. Goodnight.
Some of my thoughts and questions, If you have the answers please let me know:
Do conductors have marshmallows underneath their armpits?
How brave female musicians are wearing armless clothes in front of an audience. But I guess they all have great arms cos they have to work them so much.
Can left handed people play the violin, if so do they play it in the other arm and if they do can they play sitting next to a right handed violin player or would it get nasty?
Mozart is a bit frilly, Mahler is amazing
How the big copper drum player just looked like a musician, he could have been nothing else, how did he manage to tune it while the orchestra was playing and he was sitting in the middle of them?
How come musicians are not ever fat?
That I still think violins are squeaky and a bit irritating but they were very good
How mysterious musicians are
Do violinist get RSI?
It was amazing how when the mood of the music changed instead of listening to the music I would end up thinking about something in my life that reflected the mood of the music at that point. this never happens when I listen on the radio it was most distracting, I will have to listen to it again without watching it to actually hear the music.
Oh I cant remember all the questions, I have to go back to my first day on the wards for a year tomorrow so I have to go to bed now. I am cutting into sleeping time by reliving my experience my nagging husband keeps reminding me. Goodnight.
1 comment:
Hi Chloe and Brian!
I will ask the violin teacher who comes to my school every Monday your questions. I have singing lessons and next door I always hear the loud noise of violins- It wakes me up!! Hehe! I will give you the answers.
Love Christina x
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