It was crowded outside the small entrance of Carnegie Hall very much like the entrance of BAM. The lobby was small and there was only one entrance to the auditorium. This was very different from the Metropolitan Opera house which houses a fountain and glass walls at its entrance. The climb up to my seat was probably the longest out of all the performances this semester. Because I was so high up, I was scared I would tumble over by accident and fall on the first floor audience, probably breaking some necks on the way. Another thing about the seating was the size of the seats themselves. It was uncomfortable even for me and I wondered how bad it must be for someone with long legs.
Besides the seating and venue, I really loved the performance. It was probably the best instrumental performance I heard. Not only was the music beautiful and perfect, it was really fascinating for me to see how it was delivered. Throughout the whole performance, I focused on individual performers and tried to distinguish the sound of their instruments from the rest. I focused on their hand movements to see what they did to produce a certain sound. I really liked the flute sound because I used to play the flute. Listening to it made me feel nostalgic and want to take up playing the flute again. It was also interesting to see the conductor wave his wand around at certain people and they in turn played their instrument. It was sort of like he had a magic wand and he used to it to produce melodious music. Some of the parts really reminded me of Disney soundtracks and other parts sounding like marching band music. I really loved the repetition in all the pieces. I liked how something was introduced in the beginning of the piece and kept coming back in different ways throughout. Overall, I liked this performance more than the one at 92nd Y only because it incorporated so many instruments that produced a unique and beautiful sound that appealed to me more than string instruments do.