RJCO,音+心=意--CO Concert

hell chasing my Braveheart Anderson makes me quite tired,having to run around everytime...so I'll outline to you what's up in the NEXT 2 WEEKS OF HELL!

Mon:basketball(passed and we won!)
Tue:volleyball semis.now or never for the J2s...and not just the ballers,but the whole level,because this is their last chance to yell themselves hoarse in Toa Payoh...AJ ROX!
Wed:transport symposium at VJ...that one confirm go...esp where i've a arms deal in the form of symphony of voices tickets
Thu:afternoon:kishore's talk at HCI followed by AJ choir concert at night
Fri:real mugging first,then AJCO concert for this public holiday
Sat:UNAS seminar for history stuff,which unfortunately is a whole day thingy in a fortunate area of Tanglin
Sun:Sabbath,literally

Mon:Basketball semis:might have to stage a false kidnapping if deal falls through
Tue:Symphony of Voices!
Wed:allegedly this is volleyball finals...if we get this far
Thu:if hockey are in semis,this might be their day...or else it's mug
Fri:basketball finals...planned victory parade
Sat:victory parade

to kick off hell week,here's Sunday's repertoire for RJCO,a entity which's my first visit...with a few SCO members on tow,would you deny their quality?

新世纪音乐会序曲/Overture for new century concert
it's rattling golden snake given a highly unusual treatment of shearing,stretching and slashing.who cares if it's good...one of a tangy piece to start the night

秦兵马俑幻想曲第一乐章/Fantasia Terra Cotta Part 1 of 3
the problem is,I wished they played the 2 other movements together and leave it at the last,but it's damn great...like the Qin empire condensed into 10 minutes of unadulterated magic

山西调/Shanxi folksong
The guzheng(古筝) gang loads you up with a ballady one,soft and delicately stringy,unlike the heft of most complete CO pieces

安魂曲/Requiem
some CO members are actually classically trained,in the Western style...just to show off their basses and the uni-versa(ti)lity of CO,a downtempo piece

草原小姐妹/Little Sisters on the Priarie
I bet the lady on the pipa(琵琶) didn't get stage fright when it's just her on stage.yeah RJ are half professional enough for such a thing,so what's next was a melodious,if quite draggy piece

秦王点兵/attack song
the 25 Rafflesians from the 3 R kings look like your upmarket version of CCHS(Yishun) 24 solstice drums...you know their famous ones.rousing and another personal favourite

第一二胡幻想曲/Erhu Rhapsody No 1
playing around with the erhu and robed by the accompanying concerto,the erhu soloist just gave everyone a lesson on how 2 strings can work wonders

雨后庭院/Garden after Rain
the stringers have a melodious sound,just that it didn't make me think of a rain had just passed

战马奔腾/Galloping War Horses
so it's the erhu gang again.i'm more into upbeat ones that allows freedom of expression

侗乡速写/Dong Village Suite
now I'm getting bored but then last piece was just the tonic needed to end the night

拉德茨基进行曲巧遇莱初华乐/Radetzky March meets Raffles Masters
for their encore they have this classic by Johann Strauss making him look as if he came from Vienna to Beijing.creative take