{"id":578,"date":"2008-03-15T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/03\/15\/live-blogging-smp-concert-iii\/"},"modified":"2008-03-15T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T18:25:03","slug":"live-blogging-smp-concert-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/03\/15\/live-blogging-smp-concert-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Live-blogging SMP Concert III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">It seems a bit of a bum deal to be the first piece on a program. If I was an overture, I would have serious jealousy issues. Often, the overture ends up being the best played piece on the program, and if it is a piece like Leonore 3, it might well be the best piece on the program no matter what you put after it.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, though, overtures tend to get lost on the audience- everyone is still gabbing away about fining a parking place, or realizing they shouldn\u2019t have guzzled that wine so fast before the downbeat. Ten minutes of music really is rarely enough to get the audience fully engaged, so often you finish the overture thinking \u201cshit, they played that well!\u201d and the audience just gives you a bit of polite applause before they finish their conversations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">On the other hand, not matter how the symphony goes, you\u2019ll always get a nice cheer, because everyone is glad it is over and celebrating the fact that they can race to the parking lot and get home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">This system is fine if you are doing Leonore 3, because everyone knows it is a masterpiece, and its reputation won\u2019t suffer simply because nobody remembers that it was first on the concert when you finish with a Bruckner symphony.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">However, when you\u2019re doing something like the Schumann Genoveva Overture, it seems a bit unfair to stick it at the top of the show.\u00a0Nobody in the audience will have ever heard it, and by the end of B5, they&#8217;ll have forgotten we played it.\u00a0Next time, I\u2019m doing Beethoven 5 first, then after the intermission, Sibelius Violin Concerto and finish with the Schumann. It seems much more fair and reasonable. In fact, maybe I\u2019ll do all my concerts backwards from now on. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">On the other hand, if it all goes brilliantly with Beethoven tonight, why not do the Schumann again as an encore????? <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">BTW- I\u2019d forgotten just how hot the Electric is on stage. I suppose it is one of those things you have to block out or you would never come back again. Anyway, it makes it twice as tiring- I\u2019m already shattered and the concert hasn\u2019t started. Thank heavens for espresso bars in the theatre. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/03\/15\/live-blogging-smp-concert-iii\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems a bit of a bum deal to be the first piece on a program. If I was an overture, I would have serious jealousy issues. 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