i went for that concert.. i liked the inextinguishable a lot! agreed that the timpani "duel" was good! well done paul philbert and kiyomi kikuchi..

of course colin currie was good as well very well presented i got his autograph.. haha xD

ohh.. beethoven`s symphony no.9 and no.8... i`m quite interested to go watch cos MPO`s playin` symphony no.9... hehe.. thinking of goin`..

anyone goin` for june 28th? they`re playin` tchaikovsky`s pieces.. i love tcaikovsky and bach a lot! i like bach`s suites... hehe.. currently learning bach suite no.1 prelude on marimba...

btw.. a little "advertisement" here... anyone who has or know`s places where they have marimba and allow public to "rent" them out? i want to "rent" it to practice.. haha.. =p

yup.. both are the timpanist.. from my seat can see both.. haha.. but can see paul philbert more clearly... kiyomi kikuchi can see a bit oni.. haha.. paul philbert is my senior`s timpani tutor.. haha.. he`s quite a funny and nice person! went for his masterclass before..

haha.. yea.. i got his autograph on the programme notes oh.. watermark? meaning? hehe.. noob question =p

beethoven`s symphony tickets are sold out?!?!? damn!! :S i love the choral symphony.. nice sigh.. u mean all days sold out?!?!

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haha.. i dun really know them personally.. lol.. hopefully i can la.. cos next semester i`ll be having an MPO percussionist as my tutor also.. hopefully it`s paul! oh.. lol..

lol.. yea.. there are having big wages.. lol.. but that`s the price of having good music..

ya.. when`s next season`s schedule coming out ah? hopefully next season will have a lineup of great music played!

anyway.. here is the picture of the autograph



This post has been edited by mattkhoo87: Jun 16 2008, 12:59 AM

where u found it?

good news!! new season schedule for MPO is out!!! this time the schedule is nicer!! haha.. in a book form some more!

and there`s the Lord Of The Rings symphony!!! anyone going?

lol... got the schedule from MPO itself.. haha.. they were promoting it on thurs when i went..

haha.. sure when?

this is a classical music thread.. so let`s talk about classical music!!

name your top 5 symphonies..

mine would be..

5) Nielsen - Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable"
4) Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
3) Elgar - Pomp And Circumstance March
2) Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
1) Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major (Op. 92)

many people would put beethoven 9th as their number 1 compared to beethoven 7th... well.. this is just my preference.. i have my reasons for it..

what about yours?

i`m goin for that!