5 Feb 2014 Concert NIght in Brahms City Hall

Today is the 4th day of the tour. We had our last singing lesson with Mr Robert. We learnt staggered breathing and how to sing using a surprised emotion. After lunch, we visited the Brahms Museum. One of our students had the honor to play on Brahms' piano. It was a valuable experience. At the end of the day, we had a mini concert in the City Hall. As we had to perform in our school uniform, we had to iron them in order to keep them tidy. It was our first time to iron clothes ourselves. What a precious experience!

2S Jasmine Choy, Janice Lo

Brahms Museum

Today would be one of the most memorable day in the tour!

In the morning, we had our instrumental lessons. Our flute teacher taught us many differnt skills and we had a lot of fun in playing our flute. We have really improved after the lesson, Mr. Arno is a great teacher!!!

After lunch, we went to the Brahms museum. We saw original copies of Brahms' music and pianos that Brahms has played on. We also listened to a super old recording that recorded Brahms playing of the Hungarian Dance!!!! 

Although the recording was not clear, it was amazing to listen to Brahms playing!!!! 

Then we went back to the City Hall and rehearsed until 6 pm.

The grand show has come!! The music concert!!! We played "The Dance of Blessed Spirits" and parts from Bach's Orchestral Suite No.2!! It was a really special experience to take part in a concert in Austria, the music country.

Today was really an unforgettable day.

Atta Chiu 1T

More lessons: flute, vocal, cellos, piano....

Concert Rehearsal

After the breakfast at hotel we went to the Brahms Museum where the life of Brahms was shown. The brief introduction was written in German and I could not understand. But I could not imagine he had performed in front of the king, what a honour! The room he used to live in was full of classical beauty. Moreover Christy was invited to play one of Haydn's songs and it was incredibly fantastic, the melody kept echoing in my brain. 

        The concert today was smoothly held although it was absolutely different from my expectation. I thought it would be held in a gigantic concert hall with tons of  audience but I enjoyed it anyway. 

          These few days our violin teacher taught us a lot of skills on playing Bach's music. I would like to thank all the teachers, especially the principal of Brahms music school, for their efforts and time.

Alaina Hu 1T

 

Concert at Brahms City Hall