Last night Wyatt and I attended our first concert together at the Elliott Hall of Music on Purdue's campus (our next concert there is Saturday). We saw the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. I saw an ad for the event online a couple of weeks ago and purchased tickets on a whim. It has been a long time since I've been to a classical music presentation and I jumped at the chance to see them in my own town.
The played two pieces last night. The first was Piano Concerto No. 1 by Brahms with guest, Nikolai Lugansky, on the piano. After the intermission, they orchestra performed Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich. It was a wonderful concert.
I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this on here but I minored in Music Studies at Indiana University which meant I was taking courses in Jacobs School of Music for non-majors, or courses students of the school took as electives. Admittedly, I ended up choosing that minor so that I had an excuse to keep taking courses like History of Rock I and a course on the Beatles. But it ended up being such a great experience. I also took a Music of the 70s and 80s, Jazz for the Listener, Music for the Listener (my required alternate to a performance course since I do not play any instrument), and Music Theory. I really enjoyed all of the courses I took to complete the minor. I even sat in on a couple of History of Rock II classes with my roommate one semester. They exposed me to so much more music and music history than I likely ever would have had on my own. As part of some of my courses, we were required to attend performances and write a report after. I went to several recitals in the music school because of these requirements. If you live in or around Bloomington, there are so many free events that you should take advantage of because I know I wish I had gone to more!
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