Transmigration of Souls?

Last night, Candace and I had plans to go to the Atlanta Symphony once again to see John Adams' On the Transmigration of Souls, his Pulitzer Prize-winning orchestra and tape piece dealing with the weighty subject matter of 9/11. I was pretty pumped for this concert, as the whole show promised to be fairly exceptional (also included on the program were Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, John Corigliano's Elegy for Orchestra, and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony). Overall, a really great program with mostly new music (at least in terms of number of pieces...the Eroica is quite long...).

Anyway, as you might suspect at this point, we didn't get to see the show: when we arrived and went to the box office asking about their typical student-priced tickets, they said they were too well-sold this evening to be offering discount tickets! Our only alternative was some bad seats that cost $30 a person (as opposed to the student price of $10). After talking it over, we decided the price wasn't worth it, despite the great program, and we left a little downhearted.

We were still dressed up, however, so we decided to make the most of it and spend the next hour and a half at a new cocktail bar in town, Lola, which features both martinis and Bellini's (we both tried one). After this, we met up with Jaclyn and Ryan for some comedy improv at Dad's Garage in the Inman Park area, which despite being my second time going with Candace was really fun (especially having Jaclyn and Ryan there).

In the end, the night turned out pretty well, and was ultimately much more memorable than another ASO concert would have been, so no complaints here.