Ich bin ein Berliner

OK, so I'm not really from Berlin... nor am I really a jelly donut, the way JFK is reputedly to have proclaimed himself to be.  For years I have been cracking a stupid joke by telling people that this is the only complete sentence of German that I can speak... thanks to the attention and controversy about the grammatical accuracy of JFK's speech back in 1963.

Anyway.  I had a rare dose of culture tonight thanks to the parental units.  They had received tickets to a concert tonight by the Berliner Philharmoniker, and thought a little classical music would do me some good.  After my 6-hour ordeal earlier today, dad and I rushed over to the National Concert Hall and made it just in time for the event.

We had extremely good seats - front row center circle.  We had a bird's eye view of the stage, and there was nothing to complain about in terms of acoustics.  The concert was being simulcast to 2 other venues in Taiwan, and was also being recorded for a future DVD or as a concert in Digital Concert Hall - Berliner Philharmoniker's online concert library.

On Silver Wings

I love this song. I first heard it years ago while watching the Japanese drama Beautiful Life 〜ふたりでいた日々〜, where they used this during the opening credits. It's so pleasant and soothing - the female vocals are just soooo alluring... Like a siren song, or a lover beckoning you with the promise of a warm embrace, wrapping you up comfortably like a warm blanket.

I heard it over the radio a couple of days ago, and finally decided to look for it.  It's called On Silver Wings and is composed by Steve Spiro and Paul Wickens, and recorded on the CD Glorious World.

On Silver Wings (a)

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