An die Freude

Oh friends, not these tones!
Let us raise our voices in more
pleasing and more joyful sounds!

On Saturday, September 13, Dad, Mom, Ariana and I went to the Utah Symphony to see and hear Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 9. I knew that Dad would enjoy the performance because I can remember him tinkering on the piano or humming the tune growing up. The live performance was amazing. It makes me want to go more often. However, it is pricey. I learned a few things, but the most interesting was about An die Freude, translated it means "Ode to Joy". The words to the music were written by Freidrich Schiller and then Beethoven wrote the music. I surely don't know much about classical music. The first thing I thought of when I realized this was how the music for the movie Singin' in the Rain was first composed and then the writers were told to make a movie with all the songs. It's kind of random, but that truly is what I though.

Anyhow, I'm glad that I went and I really do hope to go to more concerts of this type.