2001: A Space Odyssey

This movie blows my mind.

I love it.

I also love the music.

So this past Friday I went and saw the Philadelphia Orchestra go and play the theme music from the film. They played:

LEGETI'S Atmospheres

BRAHM'S Violin Concerto in d Major. Op. 77

R. STRAUSS'S Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

J. STRAUSS. JR. "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Waltz Op. 314

Ending with Blue Danube was amazing and fit so well. Atmospheres was my favorite piece and Ryan was telling me that this was the first symphony to not have a melody of any sort, which is pretty interesting. Ryan was also telling me that the Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the best Orchestras in the country, which is really cool. They had this dude who did a bunch of solos named Nikolaj Znaider. I've never heard of him before, but they made it sound like he was the greatest violin man in the world. All I know is that this dude was about 10 feet tall and could kill me by looking at me. That was enough.

The whole show was just under 2 hours long. With my student ID I only had to pay $8 to see it. It was great, this couple next to me paid 80$ for their tickets. How's that for a good deal?