Critical Review...
Last night we had the treat of seeing and hearing the Royal Scottish National Orchestra play at the Perth Concert halls...
The movements played were:
Rachmaninov: Caprice bohémienProkofiev: Piano Concerto No.4 (for the Left Hand) Prokofiev: Suite from ‘Cinderella
Surprisingly, given that there was a deliberate absence of set design, I found the entire evening very interesting from a visual perspective!
The blonde wood of the concert hall was bright and warm against the gloss black of the evening dresses, coats and tails and grand piano's.
The finishes of the instruments, wood, chrome plate, brass were stunning and the whole look and feel of the room was completely classic and timeless....
The music quality was breathtaking....and not a microphone in sight....
Even the cacophonous screaming tension of the violins, as the 'clock' (tubular bell and percussion) struck Cinderella's midnight, was spectacular to listen to....
I was also struck by how much an orchestra is a team. It reminded me of how we are currently working on our Going Live animation...and that each of us has taken an element of lip sync or animation and it's all coming together as a complete piece...
I like the image of the empty concert hall. The orchestra and the audience came together for a moment in time last night and created something that could only be captured exactly that way once.
And then we all disappeared.....
Magic.
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