7/7

In Japan, July the seventh is known as “Tanabata”, and a legend exists that a young man and woman, separated by the Milky Way, are only allowed to meet on this night. Festivals are held throughout Japan, to celebrate their re-union. In this piece, the composer has tried through music, to express the romantic legend linked to the summer night sky. The alto saxophone and euphonium solos in the middle of the piece, are intended to depict the man and woman in the legend.

smu symphonia played the seventh night of july last friday.

after countless times listening to it in recordings, that was my 1st time hearing it live.

there's a stirring in my heart,

so great that i simply cannot ignore it.

it feels as though something is re-igniting.

this love for music.. this longing to play again.

i wonder when i'd ever get to play this piece.

many friends had the privilege to play it for their SYF or concerts,

but i guess my band life was too short to have crossed paths with it.

neither have i seen the scores.

the least i can do now is to hum it, softly and joyfully. (:

the sax/eupho duet can make me cry.

the voice of the man & of the woman..

sometimes i wonder which is which.

i'd like to believe the alto sax is the woman & the eupho is the man.

but i've a feeling that wasn't the composer's intention.

times like these when i really thank God for band once again.

thankful for that fateful day when andrew & jojo talked to us at the SC.

it marked the start of this life-changing discovery & journey.

thank You for opening my ears to music.

thank You for instilling this love for music in my heart.

thank You, for the music.

may every single note i sing, i play, i imagine, i think of in my head.. be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ears.