Fantasia 2000

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I am in a musical mood today. I went and played my violin just for the fun of it for the first time in a while (seeing as how I wasn't so hot on bringing it home so much after Solo and Ensemble).

I think it had something to do with watching Fantasia 2000. I was happy with the musical selection in that. though it wasn't as long, which was disappointing.



Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven I've sightread this . . . and would still have if Mr. Briddell hadn't cleaned out my folder without asking me . . . as for the visuals, the butterflies were kind of cool . . .

Pines of Rome by Respighi I don't know this, but TOTALLY not the right song for this. I don't know this song well, but whales (even flying whales . . . WTF? It could have been cooler than it was, much cooler . . . ). I would have chosen a different piece to do flying whales to.

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin I haven't played it, but I know it. I liked this one. The people were sort of weird looking, but they were jazzy enough to fit the piece. The little girl was like something Tory would have drawn, and it amused me.

Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 by Shostakovich Haven't played it, since I don't play piano. I have this aversion to Shostakovich, thanks to Mr. Briddell. I swear, though, they played the Steadfast Tin Soldier thing on TV once . . . I had deja vu that entire time we were watching it . . . They got the story wrong, too, I might add . . . weren't they supposed to burn? I guess it's because it's a children's movie . . . in theory . . .

Carnival of the Animals, Finale (the Swan) by Saint-Saens Never played it, but it's a fun song. I really liked the dodo-like flamingo. It was also very short.

Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas I have never played it, though Tory has the music in her oboe book. You can't go wrong with this one, really; it was the classic one. Though I don't see people getting pissed off at MICKEY MOUSE for being a sorceror . . . I mean, that whole little segment . . . it encourages witchcraft, Communism (red cloak, OH!), child (or apprentice?) abuse, and undermines the faith in the great American practice of hacking things that give you problems into tiny bits. Lol . . . ^_^

Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-4 by Elgar The most prominant two pieces in this were the 1st and 3rd, the 3rd being my favorite and the 1st being the one I've played (well . . . am playing; we have yet to give the concert)-- both of which are on my playlist. It was cute, the Noah's Ark thing.

Firebird Suite - 1919 Version Of all of the entire Firebird ballet, they chose to animate the Dance Infernale, Berceuse, and Finale-- the only three I have on my playlist ^_^ Yeah for that!!!



Oh, and anyone who's read The Da Vinci Code . . . the Priori of Sion thing is still there . . . the flamingos made a pentagram out of a yo-yo string at one point, lol . . .

I liked the old Fantasia. I used to watch it all the time. I liked the Day in the Country part with the unicorns and pegasuses (pegasi?) the most, seeing as how it was me, lol . . . Tory and I also used to act out the Dance of the Hours bit; she would be the alligator (crocodile?) with the cape and dance around whirling a cape about her shoulders, while I would alternate between the ostriches and the hippo. The hippo got to do more and had a tutu, but she was fat . . . but the ostriches were just bitchy (yes, the ostriches . . . and they WERE bitchy, admit it . . . ) so I really had trouble making up my mind half the time.

We also used to turn it off when it got to Night on Bald Mountain, because it scared us (we were like 5 and 2 years old, lol . . . ). Then for a while it scared only Tory and not me, so I still had to humor her. I also had to run upstairs to hide when the dinosaur part came on. It scared me, too, and I couldn't reach the Fast Forward button at that point-- the cable box and VCR was on top of the TV which was on top of the table. I still feel odd when I hear The Rite of Spring.

I also see the same stuff in Toccata and Fugue in parts when I play it. At least that stuff was abstract.

I feel less attached to the stuff in this version. I think most of it is that I have heard all the pieces, and already have my visions cooked up. I like it better . . . I like cooking up my own visions. In the original Fantasia, all of those pieces have, in a way, been stolen from me; I can't make them my own, because I will always have THEIR vision of it-- and it's the same as anyone else who has seen it. It's like socialization of music! Hmm . . . can you imagine a society that did that?

Speaking of which, there's a Korean man who is trying to develop ways for robots to have sex (they will feel lust for other robots, and the two of them together will create a new robot through the use of codes, or something . . .) and experience emotion. He says we should program them to only have good emotions.

Still, that's what they always say at the beginning of those horror movies, before the robots become embittered with their emotions (and they're not even SUPPOSED to have emotions) and take over the world.

Tory is excited about this. She says she WANTS to live in an action movie like that. I think she just has some fetish about robots enslaving her or something, lol . . .

Anyway, I am off St. Louis tomorrow . . . PLEASE fill out my survey, so I can make it and turn it all in on Wednesday-- and I only have about two hours to do the entire survey results thing once I get back . . . so PLEASE . . . ^_^ thank you . . .