Last night, Candace and I went to see the Atlanta Symphony play some Adams, Ravel, and Berlioz. Overall, I was a bit surprised at my reactions to the pieces. First off, the Adams piece, a relatively new work entitled My Father Knew Charles Ives which I hadn't yet heard, was BORING AS HELL. Believe it or not, although Adams is technically one of my favorite composers, I fell asleep during his piece! Granted, it's possible I might be losing my ear for modern art music or something, but I just didn't think this piece had that much to offer.
The Ravel was his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, which was actually quite incredible. And to think that just before the piece went on I was spouting my music-school bullshit about Debussy being a significantly better composer than Ravel, as if I was going to hate that piece...
Finally, the Berlioz was Symphonie Fantastique, which in my estimation is overrated and not all that "fantastique", but then again, I never was much of a fan of this period of music anyway.
So, I loved the Ravel and was bored by the rest. Kinda surprising, actually.
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