A Cultured Aural Experience

Gah! Pretty lame of me only to finally set foot into the DFP after years of its existence!
And pretty lame an excuse too, as I finally did it because of free tickets lol! Shame on me...

We were there to see Irama Warisan Kita by MPO, conducted by Dato' Johari Salleh with orchestral musical arrangment of ethereal Malay songs such as Getaran Jiwa, Tunggu Sekejap, Bahtera Merdeka and also more modern songs such as Hijau and Cindai (I preferred the evergreen ones though. As for Cindai, I felt it was quite odd)

Being a first timer in the DFP, I found out that I loved the acoustics. (Gah! If only I could sneak in recordable instruments ...syyhh...) I could hear almost all the intricate layers of each of the instruments clearly. (And it makes me want to pick up an instrument and join the MPO this instant, if only just to play the tambourines or the cymbals ...I think I could manage that :-p)

It's quite a small hall, so you feel intimacy with the performers. You could see their hands/fingers fiddling with the instruments. (Reminds me of my friend Liz' obsession with musicians' hands lol!)

I guess it's inevitable for me to sooner or later delve into more 'cultured' music when my knees will start to fail me so I have to sit tight and watch performances without going monkey ape bonkers :-p!