Dream Concert

Since I am officially 30 (today), I think it is time for me to dream big.

My dream work to conduct is Gesang der Parzen.  But why stop there?

If I could program any concert... let me answer that.

First, when I program a concert, I choose repertoire that I know will work with the other music on the program.  The concert has some sort of flow.  The hardest concert I have ever had to program is my recital.  My recital has to be about the music but I have to meet certain standards in the music I choose- so some of it has to be loftier than I would have ever programmed for my ladies.  More on that at a later date.  However, if I could program any music I wanted without care for the story of the concert, here is what I would program:

Schicksalslied by Brahms
Nänie by Brahms
Triumphlied by Brahms
and we would finish with Gesang der Parzen by Brahms.

So the problem with the reality of this type of concert is that there will probably never be a realistic moment in my career where I will be able to program this.  But I can dream.

There is other music I would love to program.  But for today, this is the concert I will dream about conducting.