Boston Symphony Night

Dave and I went to a concert last night at the Boston Symphony Hall. After living here for about 4 years, this was actually my first time to attend a Boson Symphony Orchestra concert. The performance of the artists was amazing, especially the Greek violinist. The concert was divided into two sections. The first section was music written by Brahms and the second by Richard Strauss. To my surprise, I did not enjoy the concert as much as I thought I would. This was because I could not understand the music, and the second section, Symphonia Domestica, by Strauss in particular. It sounded like pretty sad piece of music but it was supposed to be happy. After the concert, I read some background about Symphonia Domestica. It was composed in 1903, before the two world wars. The program said that the music is about how "lively, gay, and dreamy" a family was. After the concert, I asked my friend, a musician, how she liked about the concert. She told me she could not understand the second section, either. This made me feel much better.