Listen here!

This evening we went to the City Halls because Alasdair had kindly got us tickets for the Scottish Symphony Orchestra. These were free tickets as part of three days of "listen here" BBC SSO concerts, and Ally and Cat came too. The first half consisted of "3 Places in New England" by Charles Ives followed by "Violin Concerto No.2" by Bartók. Frankly I was disappointed. Both works seemed very jarring and discordant to me. I suppose that everyone has different tastes in music and this was not mine. James felt the same way as me. After a quick drink it was time for the second half which was Dvorák's "Symphony No.9 in E Minor" otherwise known as the New World Symphony. This was more like it! It was excellent from start to finish; powerful, soft, loud, rhythmic, but most of all I liked the melodies. Why did I love this collection of notes but not the others? I don't know.