Orchestra Concert Tonight

So I have an orchestra concert tonight. It is a joint concert with HK polytechnic university. The concert is over there tonight, and then on thursday we are performing the same concert here at HKUST.

Program:
1) Jupiter - 1st Movement
2) 老上海金曲組曲 (Old Shanghai Golden Melodies Suite)
3) Beethoven Symphony No.5 - 4th Movement
4) L'Arlesienne - All 4 Movements
5) Intermezzo
6) Carmen Suite - 1,1a,2,5,7,11 Movement
7) Encore: Beethoven Symphony No.5
8) Encore: Ponyo On The Cliff by the Sea (崖上的波妞)

My Comments:

1. One of the first orchestral pieces I ever played, back in prep orchestra in 8th grade. The same arrangement too!
2. Catchy songs. As for the composition as a whole? Interesting. Very strange transitions and orchestration. The keys change wildly with little or no musical warning.
3. I am going to try to play the untransposed version for fun. (The original part is in C rather than Bb).
   
4. Ok piece. I think we are playing the movements out of order...every time we've rehearsed its been the same order, but not the order of the movements. So a suprise tonight!
5. We only got this piece last week and are playing it tonight.
6. Again, I'm not sure what order we are playing the movements in. Plus, we haven't even looked at some of the movements recently....again, it will be interesting tonight.
7. No idea what movement this is going to be....
8. Soundtrack from a japanese video game. Pretty catchy and just kind of silly. Lots of people have it as their cell phone ringtone.

So it will be an interesting night, to say the least. It has been a fun experience over all. Rehersals are an adventure because everybody only talks in cantonese. Sometimes there are jokes where everybody laughs and I am obviously oblivious. I am also trying to figure out whether there will still be rehearsals after the concert. The next concert won't be until next semester, so I am unsure what will be going on. I hope they keep playing. Otherwise, I will have to try harder to find the practice rooms...they exist, but I have no idea where.