Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Nigel Kennedy
For over twenty years, Kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world’s leading violin virtuosos whose unique talent has brought fresh perspectives and a quantum energy to both the classical and contemporary repertoire.
I had the pleasure of listening him play 2 years ago, when he was in Sydney and now I am again given the gift of experiencing this amazing talent, playing his most famous music. And let me tell you it was amazing!!
Since there was no conductor, he was controlling the who Sydney Symphony, which mean you can see and listen to his improvisations on all the concertos.
His dry Englsh wit is also a bonus, it is funny to see all the fuddy duddy at the concert cringe when he makes an inappropriate joke =) We even had audience participation in some of the music!! (in a classical concert! Yikes) During the Winter movement, the Audience had to shout "Oui"
To top this off, he final piece was "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. That really rock the theatre! You should have been there ... You would have loved his music =) The concert was suppose to finish at 10pm but it went close to midnight!
Man am I tired now, but it was definitely a concert worth missing some sleep for. =)
I had the pleasure of listening him play 2 years ago, when he was in Sydney and now I am again given the gift of experiencing this amazing talent, playing his most famous music. And let me tell you it was amazing!!
Since there was no conductor, he was controlling the who Sydney Symphony, which mean you can see and listen to his improvisations on all the concertos.
His dry Englsh wit is also a bonus, it is funny to see all the fuddy duddy at the concert cringe when he makes an inappropriate joke =) We even had audience participation in some of the music!! (in a classical concert! Yikes) During the Winter movement, the Audience had to shout "Oui"
To top this off, he final piece was "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. That really rock the theatre! You should have been there ... You would have loved his music =) The concert was suppose to finish at 10pm but it went close to midnight!
Man am I tired now, but it was definitely a concert worth missing some sleep for. =)
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