Thursday, July 27, 2006 feeling pained.If you ever, ever attend a classical music concert, please do NOT: 1. Clap in between movements e.g. symphony, concerto etc. 2. Cough/fidget/clear your throat in between movements. 3. Cough/fidget/clear your throat immediately after the last note is sounded, or before the conductor has lowered his baton to his side. And it doesn't mean you can do it at any other time during the on-going performance. 4. Talk during the performance. 5. Answer/Make a call on your mobile. 6. Wear those annoying electronic watches that go beeeep at every hour. I'll think of more tomorrow. Additions to these golden rules are more than welcome from all of you! That being said, the Proms I attended last night was harrowing. I'm not sure if Yang'en and I can ever recover from the brutal experience of having our favourite Brahms's symphony desecrated by Edit: Yang'en's review of the concert here --> clicky-clicky. she procrastinated @ 02:46 | |
blueprint I will like to spend my days, as though they are my own, which I mostly end up doing in halves, for duty beckons, and I am answering its clarion call. Soon enough! I am also a veteran procrastinator. fresh monodies oversleeping. previous rants August 2004 treatises on life arty jen frivolous pursuits for shallow ppl mulling over "One is wicked, because one see things clearly." - Beaumarchais's Le nozze di Figaro.And there were phlegmatic souls.
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