Monday, March 24, 2008
We went to esplanade yesterday (on Easter Sunday!) Like, I forgot my ticket and then i had to make everyone run around everywhere with me on an Amazing Race or something. I feel quite bad... Charis and Ruthanne felt like vomitting because we had McDonald's then i had to run from suntec city to esplanade! so far right?! :(
Anyway the concert hall was like quite small. Maybe half the size of our lecture theatre in NYGH. But i suppose then it's nice cuz otherwise cannot see the pianist or the piano or hear them properly. And do you know what was the piano? IT WAS THE STEINWAY & SONS!!!! GRANDPIANO... obviously. ARGGHHHH!!!!! It sound so nice :( I want a steinway & sons. Anyway, great pianos are only meant for great pianists. So sad... :(( How come my piano-playing so LOUSY? WHYWHYWHY... I wanna be good in piano or something... Anyway this kenneth hamilton guy is the senior lecturer of the university of birmingham. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY LISZT AS WELL AS HIM! :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Anyway I liked the Chaconne in D minor (Bach-Busoni), Lullaby (Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov), the Waltz from the Opera 'Faust' (Goune-Liszt) and the Hexameron (Liszt, Chopin and others). We must do a concert journal for HMP SIA so I hope i can remember the pieces.
So sad you know, in the end nobody really gave a united standing ovation, although I'm quite sure everybody felt he deserved it. I'm most probably going for the performance on Bach's Preludes. I'm not sure if I'm going for both though. And this person's the world's most famous living Bach player! But i cannot remember her name. If it's a her. I tried to find Kenneth Hamilton's age on Google but then don't have! He looks 30+ to 40+ though but i duno. His teachers were quite famous so I suppose it's got to do with your teacher being good or not. Nobody has actually rose to stardom with a teacher that's anonymous or Singaporean after all. I kinda understand why people choose to move out of Singapore once they become famous, but I feel rather sorry for Singapore.
