concert review

after the speedracer movie, choonhwee, jefry, hofai and mi went to the atrium beside plazasing to decide wad to do nxt coz there was still awhile before the concert starts at hcjc...and we realised that there was nt much to do lol so we went to the zone x arcade...and after few minutes, were relli sian of the arcade and so went out the arcade...there was like this class outing being held outside the pcbunk(aka fashion gaming centre coz of the fashion parade unknowingly held by the gamers there)...
we decided after some discussion to go to the cathay for dinnr but the food there so expensive so we just went for kopitiam beside the smu campus...ok then went in smu campus to explore...according to hofai, it was like a 'fortress' coz its very big...hmm lol but the underpass in smu was quite impressive...and hofai tot the shops at the side were simulations for the smu students lol...
took a bus to coronationplaza and bought flowers for mi cousin whu would be playing the viola during the concert.
wad a long preamble...now for the review!

being very early at hcjc, lol we certainly got some of the best seats for the concert.

the INSPIRATIONS VIII concert was held by the huachongjc stringensemble and if u rmb one of the previous blogpost where there was an advertisement for this concert, jefry, himself an ex-hcjc student, commented that...

'if i not wrong they nv take in noobs into strings'
'i think they gd'
-invoke/ignited aka jefry

and rightly so coz imo the ensemble were technically skilled...and played the pieces very well.

the first piece played was the Holberg Suite in 5mvts by Grieg...perhaps the ensemble were nervous at the start coz there were a few errors but not too serious though...by the 3rd mvt the ensemble had swung into high gear and finished the remainder of the suite with finesse. according to jefry, he felt that the ensemble could have handled the pauses between mvts better.

the 2ndpiece was inspirational, and very fitting to the theme of the concert. the piece played was Moz-Art a la Haydn by Schnittke, sort of a remix of different Mozart compositions. the piece started off interestingly with a cacophony of disturbing sounds and disorganisation, while the concertmistress and the vicepresident of the ensemble carved out their own music in the state of chaos created by their fellow ensemble players...the piece ended in a creative way, as the musicians left the stage one-by-one even as the piece slowly finished.

after the intermission, the audience were treated to serenade in c major, 3rd and 4th mvts, by Tchaikovsky and the stringensemble relli shone in these 2 pieces. jefry noted that the ensemble seemed to have agreed on how to handle the pauses between mvts. the 2mvts were relli enjoyable...with the rich flavours of the music emanating from stage...

the rest of the pieces were shorter and faster paced as well as more lighthearted. it was easy to tell that the ensemble were enjoying the fast pieces...especially one piece which was played fully in pizzicato mode...the ensemble played one encore piece before wrapping up the concert.

in all, an enjoyable concert, for the audience and even for the ensemble too...

in an interview with the president of the stringensemble, she remarked...

'i think we had quite a lot of fun
it wasn't perfect lah.. got mistakes&screwups
but it was fun =)'
-`summerbreeze ♥ hcse aka the president aka mi cousin

yeah thats the review!