Charles’ Blog

Yesterday, I went to see Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss orchestra play some awesome classical music. Coming from a 16 year old, that spells nerd, right? Maybe so, but I enjoy classical music as long as there aren’t boring vocal solos or too many wind instruments in them. During the concert, Andre claimed that music is the most beautiful thing we have in the world, but in reality is that true? I wondered this because during the performances, there were interesting light shows that amplified the mood created by the music – shouldn’t the beauty of music have amplified it’s own mood? I’m not saying Andre is wrong, heck, music is one of the things that has lasted over centuries, but it has been used and abused :/

There were a lot of interesting people going, too, not snoody old people like I thought there would be. I also didn’t imagine the trip there the way it turned out – little more than a rock concert, beer boozers were humming out a cantabile of Andre Rieu favourites, from Motzart to Strauss, on the train ride. The way back? Boring. I did happen to see someone with extremely large feet, and a lady with an upturned nose, but other than that, nothing. 

P.S. About the light amplifyng the music, it really helped me understand the feelings of the tunes because I wasn’t exactly in the best seats. Which reminds me: I LOL’d when I noticed it was bucketing down with rain on the people who paid for expensive seats, while the rest of my lower class bretherin and I remained in the safety of the shelter. It was also funny to hear conversations around me… “Apparently, they bought the more expensive seats, a ho ho ho” “Yeah, and now look at them! Serves them right for being such smart alecks“

I agree, they deserved it for taking their time getting to their seats while Andre was lolling around waiting for them to wait, playing freebie fillers with his orchestra.