Just got my schedule for next week and they have me working on the weekend… The weekend which I am going to see both The Fellowship of the Ring with live soundtrack (provided by none other than the amazing Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra) and Star Trek (for which I have been waiting for 4 years, and have already spent $75 on tickets ( Read more... )

Was going to post this earlier, but I ran out of time ( Read more... )

So, went to dad's this weekend to go to that concert I mentioned. It was brilliant. I'd never heard either Sibelius' or Barber's Symphony before, very enjoyable ( Read more... )

Wow, do I have a number of posts coming up quick. Mostly my usual collection updates, expect some things to be here shortly. Vancouver hopefully soon... honestly been slacking at putting it together because I'm still waiting on a couple pictures. But most of all something that should have been posted a loooonnnngggg time ago, and for once it's not ( Read more... )

Tonight (well, technically last night, but it's still tonight in my books), we went to our first concert of 2012. What an epic way to start off the new year! It was entitled Movie Masterpieces: The Classics of John Williams. Williams and the CPO, you know you've got a fantastic show right there ( Read more... )

Had a dr. appointment in the city on the 1st (which was the only not fun part, not as bad as I thought it would be though, thankfully). Because of that I went to visit dad 2 days earlier ( Read more... )

Went to the CPO again on Saturday, saw Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. Some of the stuff was the same as Bugs on Broadway, which we saw 2 years ago. The conductor told us about when they were going through immigration and one of the agents saw that he was coming to Canada to do the Bug Bunny symphony and asked if they were going to do the Rabbit of ( Read more... )

The CPO and Calgary Youth Orchestra. We counted 135 musicians.

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Yay, I'm very, very slowly getting caught up on LJ. Very. But it's getting there.

But it must stop for now, as I'm gone for the weekend, another awesome weekend. Get to go see the CPO again tomorrow. It's a Ukrainian concert. They're gonna play Mussorgsky. There will be Ukrainian dancers. There will be soloist. And his name is Taras Kulish. Taras ( Read more... )

Ok, so Saturday was just beyond awesome. They had the Jack Singer all decorated, with pumpkins and candies and bats everywhere. A lot of the audience was dressed up, and so was the orchestra. It's quite amusing to watch a twinkie play Mussorgsky ( Read more... )