Fantasy Symphony Contest

I am no stranger to fantasy sports, in which I handpicked a sports team to compete with others' teams. And I am pretty good at identifying lesser known talents, especially in football and baseball. However, when it comes to fantasy symphony, I'm no where near these guys. You might ask: what the heck is fantasy symphony anyway? Well, I just learned this term yesterday from the Stereophile magazine. Each fantasy player pretends to be in charge of a symphony orchestra and comes up with the program for a whole season (of 7 concerts), which cannot include works of the top 12 most popular composers (e.g. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms......) The editors have picked, subjectively, the winning programs. If you like to challenge your musical taste like I do, you should start listening to some of the pieces from these programs. Some are really "ear" openers!

週末派對

聽起來就像青春片的名字，卻是我們這幾天的寫照，心境青春即可！第一個是西式：其中一位賓客是小提琴家（也是我們當晚弦樂三缺一重奏一位成員的老師），承蒙她指點了我們一二，一首貓王金曲總算玩得成個樣子；另一位是她從事樂器交易的男朋友，聽了不少他游走國際的趣事。第二個是中式：舊同事主人家兩位是青島及揚州人，嚐嚐揚州菜，再聽聽揚州話讀唐詩，十分攪笑！一席話題倒不止於唐詩宋詞，總之就是大江南北。最後一個是運動式：在泳池慶祝太太放大假，之後當然大吃一場補充消耗了的能量:)