eirenical | Concerts and... FFX? (Reply)

So for those few of you who are curious (*waves to the Melissa*), both concerts went extremely well. ^_^ I'm really glad they did. Carmina is one of my favorite choral works of all time and this is the first time I've gotten to sing it with a full orchestra. Also, the soloists... oh, dear G-d, the soloists... *snickers* Vocally, they were each worth their weight in gold, but in addition to that, they understood what Carmina is all about. And they hammed up every minute of it!

So why do I love Carmina so much? Well, the melodies are really beautiful and the lyrics are just flat out hysterical. The movements range in meaning from "Oh, woe is me, fate is a soulless wheel crushing me into the dirt" to "Please, G-od, look with favor upon me taking the virginity of the pretty young maid." *snerks* What's really incredibly funny is how many people go to sing or listen to this piece and don't know what it means. XD As far as I'm concerned, that's at least half the fun! After all, how can you sing something if you don't know what you're singing? ( Translation: Fake Cut! )

And I can almost guarantee that you've all heard at least Movement 1 of Carmina Burana, even if you don't know it. ( Here, I'll prove it: Another fake cut! ) OK, technically that's the first two movements... but you get the idea. ^_^

Anyway, the gushing about "Carmina" aside, I had an interesting anecdote to share as well. We were all sitting in the rehearsal room waiting for 8 PM to roll around so we could warm up. I was in a corner quietly rehearsing some lyrics and listening to someone plucking along on the piano... when I became aware that I was humming along with the piano player. *???* I recognized the music but couldn't place from where. I disturbed me because usually I place music fairly easily. This one was really giving me trouble, though. Finally, when he finished playing it... it clicked. I just hadn't noticed it sooner because I wasn't expecting to hear it in the midst of my 170+ person chorus the night before a classical concert. ( It was the opening theme to FFX! ) *much snerking* I headed over to the piano to talk to the guy playing. He was cute -- very young, but cute -- and he got this very excited look of "Geek notices that, OMG! Some normal looking girls are also gaming freaks! Cool..." on his face. ^_^ All in all, it was a fun moment for me. XD

*coughs* Anyhoo... now that I've taken up way more of your time... *eyes post* ...and mine, than I should... I'm gonna go. ^_^ *waves* Ja mata ne!

And... stealing a meme from Seimei on the way out... ^_^

Si... Silicon

You scored 39 Mass, 38 Electronegativity, 33 Metal, and 10 Radioactivity!

Interesting. Take a bunch of really common person-elements and throw them together to get something truely exceptional... that's you. You are probably someone that gave up on trying to understand society at large a long time ago. You don't fear it, but you don't try to be one with it either. You are more or less unperturbed by things... if a problem comes up you might deal with it, or you might avoid it... whatever. You don't take kindly to people pushing you around, and you don't really push anyone else around. You're probably the only one that can tame oxygen simply because you don't understand it's raging neediness, but that doesn't mean that you'll really enjoy having a tame oxygen hanging around all that much either. You can probably get along with people like yourself really well, but you aren't your own soulmate... if only they could make entire colonies of people like you you'd be stoked. Just like you don't understand society, society doesn't understand you... and yes that is my excuse for not knowing how to describe you better.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on Mass
You scored higher than 99% on Electroneg
You scored higher than 99% on Metal
You scored higher than 99% on Radioactivity