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Symphony!
Tonight I went to my very first concert, Sarah Brightman's "Symphony World Tour" at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. It was my mom's Christmas present to me, and it was AWESOME! At first, we were worried that we wouldn't make it on time to get in for our seats, as we took a later train than we planned, but the train made good time, and when we got to San Jose, we walked a bit aways from the Pavilion and to this delish place on West Santa Clara off Almaden called "La Victoria Taqueria." We got some HUGE burritos for really cheap (I still haven't finished mine; it'll either be a late-night snack or breakfast) and a huge soda.
When we made it to the Pavilion, the lines were long as heck, but they started moving fairly fast, and once inside, we had to walk around almost half the Pavilion to find our seating area-- SMACK on the floor, just to the left of the stage! I was probably 100 feet away from the Diva herself! SUPER AWESOME SEATS! I was so thrilled.
The show started about 15 minutes late, but luckily I didn't miss a minute-- I was worried I would, what with that large soda I'd had with my burrito. I couldn't shell out $30 for the program, and it was likely mass printed, rather than specific for San Jose, but I did find one online from her tour's premiere in Mexico....
The ones in brackets I don't remember hearing. She didn't do as many duets as are listed here, so I'm assuming at least a few of them
[Instrumentals of many of her songs, including "Sanvean"? These were available for $50 in a 2-disc "Symphony Pre-Music Show set, but I didn't get it.]
(1) "Gothica / Fleur Du Mal" ♥ ♥ ♥
(2 ) "Let It Rain"
(Forbidden Colours [Instrumental] - she did have costume changes, so this very well might have been in the show I went to as well as the Mexican set list this came from, but I'm not sure.)
(3) "Symphony"
(4) "What a Wonderful World"
(5) "Dust in the Wind,"
(6) "Nella Fantasia"
(7) "Hijo De La Luna"
(8) "La Luna"
(9) "Anytime, Anywhere"
(10) "Storia D'Amore"
(11) "Canto Della Terra" (with Mario Frangoulis) ♥
In the Mexican set list, she performed the above with Alessandro Safina instead, and the "Phantom of the Opera" song followed (also with Safina). She also added in "Sarai Qui" with Safina. I guess because Safina didn't join her in the U.S., his songs were cut, rearranged, or performed with other men)
(12) "Attessa" - To be honest, I don't remember this one, but it's been in the set list of a few articles and on the Mexican one, so...
(intermission)
(13) "You Take My Breath Away"
(14) "Phantom of the Opera" (with Mario Frangoulis)
(15) "I Have Been This Way Before" (In the Mexican set list, this was after "You Take My Breath Away and preceded the following "Red Riding Hood" song)
(16) "(Red Riding Hood Rap)" - This song doesn't have an official title yet, since it's an as-yet-unreleased song, but it borrows melodies from "The Nutcracker Suite - The Sugar Plum Fairy." I really liked it, especially the visuals of the bicycling wolves!
(17) "First of May" - This was my first time hearing this track, because the version of "Winter Symphony" that I got doesn't have this on here as the bonus track. I want! I wish we could get bonus tracks separately... -_-
(18) "I Believe in Father Christmas"
(19) "Ave Maria" (with Fernando Lima) - on the Mexican set list, this was "Pasión" instead, which makes sense; it's the theme song to a very popular Mexican soap opera
(20) "Time to Say Goodbye"
ENCORE: - I didn't actually stick around for the encore (I had, as they say, a train to catch), but these two songs appeared in many articles reviewing the tour, as well as the Mexican set list.
"Deliver Me"
"Running"
Mom kindly got me a keychain and postcards for my scrapbook, and she got herself a mega-sized mug. They did have all kinds of other souvenirs-- shirts, jackets, signed lithographs, posters, the really HQ program, the Symphony CD, the Symphony Pre-Music Show 2-Disc Set, the Symphony Live in Vienna DVD, Winter Symphony, the Winter Symphony CD + DVD set, a Sarah Brightman teddy bear (yes, a teddy bear. It was wearing a "Sarah Brightman Symphony" t-shirt) and probably a few other things I didn't spot.
The visuals were AMAZING. She had eight dancers --girls who were probably my age or so, maybe younger-- who all did some amazing things while Sarah went through her many, many costume changes (I lost count, and according to the articles, she went through another costume change after the encore, which I missed. ;_;). They usually performed to the intros of her songs (like with the "Gothica" portion of "Fleur du Mal") or to instrumental versions of her songs, and I think they may have also served as her backup singers or chorus-- not that she needed it. There was at least one part when I thought one of them --or perhaps the backup track playing? I don't know, there was a live band there, and I assume the majority of the necessary instruments were live, rather than pre-recorded-- oversang her, and it made me kinda mad.
But overall? An AWESOMETASTIC first concert experience, and it definitely lived up to the Sarah Brightman standard. Amazing visuals, amazing costumes, AMAZING MUSIC!
When we made it to the Pavilion, the lines were long as heck, but they started moving fairly fast, and once inside, we had to walk around almost half the Pavilion to find our seating area-- SMACK on the floor, just to the left of the stage! I was probably 100 feet away from the Diva herself! SUPER AWESOME SEATS! I was so thrilled.
The show started about 15 minutes late, but luckily I didn't miss a minute-- I was worried I would, what with that large soda I'd had with my burrito. I couldn't shell out $30 for the program, and it was likely mass printed, rather than specific for San Jose, but I did find one online from her tour's premiere in Mexico....
The ones in brackets I don't remember hearing. She didn't do as many duets as are listed here, so I'm assuming at least a few of them
[Instrumentals of many of her songs, including "Sanvean"? These were available for $50 in a 2-disc "Symphony Pre-Music Show set, but I didn't get it.]
(1) "Gothica / Fleur Du Mal" ♥ ♥ ♥
(2 ) "Let It Rain"
(Forbidden Colours [Instrumental] - she did have costume changes, so this very well might have been in the show I went to as well as the Mexican set list this came from, but I'm not sure.)
(3) "Symphony"
(4) "What a Wonderful World"
(5) "Dust in the Wind,"
(6) "Nella Fantasia"
(7) "Hijo De La Luna"
(8) "La Luna"
(9) "Anytime, Anywhere"
(10) "Storia D'Amore"
(11) "Canto Della Terra" (with Mario Frangoulis) ♥
In the Mexican set list, she performed the above with Alessandro Safina instead, and the "Phantom of the Opera" song followed (also with Safina). She also added in "Sarai Qui" with Safina. I guess because Safina didn't join her in the U.S., his songs were cut, rearranged, or performed with other men)
(12) "Attessa" - To be honest, I don't remember this one, but it's been in the set list of a few articles and on the Mexican one, so...
(intermission)
(13) "You Take My Breath Away"
(14) "Phantom of the Opera" (with Mario Frangoulis)
(15) "I Have Been This Way Before" (In the Mexican set list, this was after "You Take My Breath Away and preceded the following "Red Riding Hood" song)
(16) "(Red Riding Hood Rap)" - This song doesn't have an official title yet, since it's an as-yet-unreleased song, but it borrows melodies from "The Nutcracker Suite - The Sugar Plum Fairy." I really liked it, especially the visuals of the bicycling wolves!
(17) "First of May" - This was my first time hearing this track, because the version of "Winter Symphony" that I got doesn't have this on here as the bonus track. I want! I wish we could get bonus tracks separately... -_-
(18) "I Believe in Father Christmas"
(19) "Ave Maria" (with Fernando Lima) - on the Mexican set list, this was "Pasión" instead, which makes sense; it's the theme song to a very popular Mexican soap opera
(20) "Time to Say Goodbye"
ENCORE: - I didn't actually stick around for the encore (I had, as they say, a train to catch), but these two songs appeared in many articles reviewing the tour, as well as the Mexican set list.
"Deliver Me"
"Running"
Mom kindly got me a keychain and postcards for my scrapbook, and she got herself a mega-sized mug. They did have all kinds of other souvenirs-- shirts, jackets, signed lithographs, posters, the really HQ program, the Symphony CD, the Symphony Pre-Music Show 2-Disc Set, the Symphony Live in Vienna DVD, Winter Symphony, the Winter Symphony CD + DVD set, a Sarah Brightman teddy bear (yes, a teddy bear. It was wearing a "Sarah Brightman Symphony" t-shirt) and probably a few other things I didn't spot.
The visuals were AMAZING. She had eight dancers --girls who were probably my age or so, maybe younger-- who all did some amazing things while Sarah went through her many, many costume changes (I lost count, and according to the articles, she went through another costume change after the encore, which I missed. ;_;). They usually performed to the intros of her songs (like with the "Gothica" portion of "Fleur du Mal") or to instrumental versions of her songs, and I think they may have also served as her backup singers or chorus-- not that she needed it. There was at least one part when I thought one of them --or perhaps the backup track playing? I don't know, there was a live band there, and I assume the majority of the necessary instruments were live, rather than pre-recorded-- oversang her, and it made me kinda mad.
But overall? An AWESOMETASTIC first concert experience, and it definitely lived up to the Sarah Brightman standard. Amazing visuals, amazing costumes, AMAZING MUSIC!
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Glad it was such a blast for your first concert :)