So Good It Made Me Cry (It'll make you cry, too. If you are as sentimental as me)

I! Want! More!

I just recovered from the most satisfying orchestral performance in my life, so far.

It was the Magical Movie Music Night, by YST Conservatory of Music, conducted by Jason Lai, held at the Republic Cultural Centre Theatre. We actually thought it was going to take place at NUS concert hall, which according to the roommate, is super-awesome, therefore we were super-psyched for that. But around 2 hours prior to the concert, we (thankfully) learned that the venue was not NUS concert hall. Pretty disappointed of course, but ne'h mind, maybe next time, so where is this Republic Cultural Theater? Okay it is in Republic Poly which is in, uhm, let's find out...it can't be very far, it cannot be as far as Kranji right? Cannot be.

It's in Woodlands. 

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But despite the shock and the long voyage, the performance was still magical. Once it started, everything else was forgotten. We we're ready to get carried away, melodiously.

And of course, sentimentally.

What a sweet-sounding panorama.

You may not fully agree with me on this one, but you'd sorta understand, when people watch an orchestra, even if you're a fan, moreover if you're not, even when they're producing the prettiest tunes composed by legendary maestri, there will be at least, a split second of zero emotions, blank moments, because you've heard it before, and you have some kind of anticipation, you're focusing on every notes - whether it hits perfectly. And after some time you’ll become accustomed to the rules and structured rhythms. It's the musical form of the concentration limit theory thingy.

But yesterday was different. Creating movie scores isn't an easy job. The music makes the movie, yet the movie has to be the star. In other words, the music has to be subtly and humbly powerful. That night, the fellas from YSTCM, made the music the star. I’m not the right person to judge if it was technically good, (of course it was, it’s YTSCM), but all I know is that each number gave me goosebumps.

O it's all the emotions I tell you. Memories. Especially when they played Ennio Morricone's theme from Cinema Paradiso. Every second of it managed to capture my nostalgic side of mind and soul. Flashbacks. Flashback of youth. Flashbacks of the first songs in my own laptop. Flashbacks of Morricone's handprint in Cannes. Flashbacks of my love for Italy. Through the entire song, I was 13 again.

There were so much more, among them are the theme song from Schindler's List, Gone with the Wind, and of course, John Williams' masterpieces: Hedwig's theme (woohoo), and MY OH MY: theme song from Star Wars. We almost jumped to another galaxy when it happened.

(Oh by the way, we like this Jason Lai guy. He looks like the funky, open, easy-going type of conductor. He also briefed the audience about the background of every song or film. IN BRITISH ACCENT).

And what made that night brighter? The following is my personal highlight of the show:

We actually didn’t know what are the songs they're gonna play before the show itself, but surprise surprise, when we opened the booklet and checked the song list...

MY WEDDING SONG. THEY'RE GONNA PLAY MY WEDDING SONG.

And they did it beautifully.

"Bravo!"..."Bravo!"

I cried a little. For many, many reasons. Ahahah.

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And I really want that night to repeat itself. With you in it.