Greenwave 2

I pricked myself with the RJC badge that I normally wear to school which hardly anyone notices unless they stare and scrutinize at...what! What are you staring at, man! Shoo, shoo!

I can't believe I got back to work on the first movement again. Recently I was clearing my desk when I saw the manuscript book with my drafts for my piano concerto in it, different themes and subjects. I'm currently at the third original melody, which is pretty weird because I prefer just two motives and then I keep using them.

Taking a point from Joseph Haydn, when he mention that amateurs usually look for new materials in the creation of a piece and do not make use of motives that appear in the earlier part of the piece.


I wanted to do a review of the Quintessential concert I attended yesterday night but unfortunately was too tired to do anything, just read KS Bull and some music book before sleeping. That's different from FALLING ASLEEP.

I want to do it now, but I got to continue practising my Ravel Sonatine, so no review.

But I am totally sure that it's either one of the best, or the best concert I've ever been to watched in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory. In the first half we heard Tan Dun's Eight Colours for String Quartet, and then Mozart's Quintet in E flat major. In the second half we heard Schubert's Quintet for Cello and Strings.

No, it was really crazily nice. Although Tan Dun's Quartet was quite modern (with no sense of harmony), it really imitated Cantonese opera so well, that it looked like we were watching a dark and sombre Peking opera. The Quintet following that lived up to its expectations and Mozart's stated best composition he had ever written - the master mentioned that himself! All the best people in their respective field's of their instruments played - Head of Oboe, Head of Bassoon, Head of Horn, and Head of Clarinet - all of them principals in the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. And of course, Head of Piano! Yay...

The Quintet by Schubert was such a refreshing experience - I've never heard a Quintet for Cello and Strings before, but it was so well-coordinated and engineered. Well, that's not the point. We're not even talking about the technical parts here...we're already talking about the human spirit in the piece that was evidently present throughout. Gave me goosebumps at time. Anyway, Qin Li-Wei was playing it also, kudos to him and Leslie for making my evening experience full - I play the piano and cello too in case you'll don't know.




I got down to some revision, so much so that I'm alright already for Social Studies. I've got a 3.6 for Social Studies! (which is good.) And a 3.6 in MEP also! (which is not good. because I'm a music student and I should be better at it.)

Many big things happening: it's confirmed that I will be performing along with a band that I've set up for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the 31st October, which is also my Rafflesian Spotlight performance, which is also Dr. YKH's birthday!!!

Yeah, there's this Clean-and-Green thing that some big government organizers organized, and apparently they sent a formal letter to the school asking for:

Mr Jonathan Shin
Mr Yong Zhiyi
Mr Lee Jinghui
Mr Chu Benwee

to perform the Green Crotchets: Songs for the Environment. The Guest-of-Honour is Prime Minister Lee. (resonates in the head) At which point Choong exclaims, "No big deal!"

Lol. So we're singing 5 songs, all of them originally composed as a group last year.

http://i-talk-you-listen.blogspot.com/2008/01/studio-recording-pictures.html

We've got a deal to re-record the songs so that they can be distributed to all primary schools next year, but I have to settle recording Flame of Youth (our national day song that apparently the RI teachers say are even better than the current lot written by the adults. hehe.) before recording the Greenwave songs.

Cheers.

On the new list of priorities -
1. To rehearse the Greenwave songs to a purfect state. Like, how professional bands do it. People doing it are:

Jonathan Shin - voice/keyboard/backup voice
Marcus Lee - voice
Benjamin Low - voice/keyboard/backup voice
Ian Yee - backup voice
Jonathan Lim - acoustic guitar
Yong Zhi Yi - keyboard, voic...no, just keyboard.
David Ng - electric bass
Daniel Lim - drums

Hell of a superband.

2. Record Flame of Youth of EOYs
3. Finish my piano concerto by the end of JC1. So I can submit in JC2 for free composition.

I'm just again of the old and new styles that I can merge in the concerto. Thinking of traditional melodies or things that make up a traditional Singapore melody.

4. Write a song that Choong suggested - "(This Love) Is Too Easy".

Oh wait.

5. EOYs.