Mitsuko Uchida

So. last night I went to See Mitsuko Uchida perform with the Cleveland Orchestra. Alone. She was amazing. She was both physically and musically beautiful. And, apparently, the show was being recorded for release on CD next year. All in all, it was pretty excellent. However, I do have 2 reservations. First, I seriously doubt that the show will be used for their recording--the crowd noise was terrible. There was a guy about 3 rows behind me who clearly had emphysema. He had a reperator that went PSSST every once in a while. and then occasionally he would cough this super ultra nasty cough that sorta made me was to puke. Second, during the first part of the show--Mozart's 23 piano concerto, there was this crazy whistling noise. So, Uchida stopped the show after the second movement and gave this "WHAT THE FUCK!??!" sort of look to the crowd. Most everyone giggled, but she shut them up with a simple hand raise, clearly pissed off. I wouldn't blame her. Anyway, it turned otu that it was probably a hearing aid, and it was gone during the second part of the show--Concerto 24. Of course, Mr. Iron lung was still.

any way, I had a great time--I was very very close to the stage, so I got to see Ms. Uchida up close in full glory--but that leads me to my second reservation. I had to go alone. I mean, I didn't really mind.. but seeing all those couples there--no one goes alone to these things--made me really wish I had someone there with me to share the performance with. And it made me wonder if I'm really weird. I think my interests must be bizarrely diverse. I enjoy going to hard rockin' shows and dance pressed up against teh stage and I enjoy sitting and listening to pretty orchestra pieces; I enjoy balls out action movies, and I enjoy dorky art house foreign films; I enjoy art and stage drama; and I like crappy sci fi and fantasy novels. Are other people not the same? I'm beginning to think not. Which I guess is fine, but I think it all leads me to being lonely and having to force myself to do things on my own. That's ok, but it'd be nice to do some things with some people from time to time. Am i the weird one. and am I destined to be alone? Well, at least Uchida was amazing.