farewell.. 龙儿

若不是你的缺陷美让我有缘借到你，我这几个月的演奏道路也不会那么精彩。

如今你将离我而去，唉。。。
“相思无用，唯别而已。
别期若有定，千般不舍又何如？
只叹何时再重逢？”

blue skies

haha.. Berlin-Tatum's Blue Skies is so fun! I cant remember the title for it's original composition though, but i like this arrangement.. it sounds soo jazzy and definately pleasurable for both the audiences and the pianist.. no wonder Michael played it as the concluding piece

CLiburN mAnia.. catch it LIVE

The fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™ will be held from 28 May - 3 June. Not sure if they gonna put it on live webcast like the Cliburn competition for professionals in 2005.

Interested people can register free online to catch a live webcast concert on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. CT featuring Michael Hawley, co-first-prize winner of the 2002 International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. (in singapore time i think is tomorrow afternoon..)
http://www.cliburn.org/index.php?page=webcast_concert

Concert Menu (haha as u can see it is arranged in the way we dine)
Appetizer
Rameau-Godowsky: Sarabande in E major
Lully-Godowsky: Sarabande in E minor
Bach-Hawley: Fugue in G major “Gigue”
Bach-Hawley: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
Entree
Chopin:Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Etude in E minor, Op. 25, No. 5
Godowsky: Study No. 34 (based on Chopin's Etude, Op. 25, No. 5)
New Etude in A-flat major, No. 3
Godowsky: Study No. 45 (based on Chopin's New Etude No. 3)
Dessert
Moszkowski-Volodos-Hawley: Etincelles, Op. 36, No. 6
Saint-Saëns/Godowsky: The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)
Dohnanyi: Capriccio in F minor, Op. 28, No. 6
Berlin-Tatum: Blue Skies

Musique pour TouJours

Tonight's concert went rather well considering we only spent about 5 days preparing for it... especially our septet, "Deep in the dense forest" which had been quite a challenge in terms of coordination and we only had like 2 practice sessions before the actual performance... thank goodness it went smoothly!

The finale was of course the piece which have won them the G.W.Hons. award at this yr's syf.. it's entitled 'A Glimpse of Taklamakan, Op. 38', 2nd movt- Mirage. It has that kind of arabic feel, with the ever changing time signature esp that part with 5/8, definately not an easy piece.. It was a thrill for us alumnis to sightread at concert speed.. haha! After all these years, I can say I'm proud to be part of tjco.. there is the passion and musical element there that made the practices and performances very enjoyable, especially the week before concert.. whoa I can just feel myself floating and touched in our music

The pno. concerto was rather disappointing though, considering where she studied the inst., shant elaborate any more here

finite maths... where n0thing is finite

Finally! after submerging myself into the sea of number theory and finite math problems for weeks.. everything is now over!! one thing with finite math is you can never be sure if your method and ans. is right, unlike number theory where you can jusr subst. in and check... and one little mistake may just cost almost all the marks
Think the all-math weeks really changed how my brain works.. sleep halfway also suddenly have math probs surfacing and formulas flashing... even simple probs from everyday life i see myself applying pigeonhole principle.. hope it's not a sign of me going bonkers