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Oct. 27th, 2007 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khiemtran11 AM on a Saturday. I'm awake but exhausted, and my brain is clouded. Already this morning, I've had to deal with some critical emails before breakfast, then take the family to the local shopping centre. In a few more minutes, we'll be leaving for yum cha. In theory, I'll have some writing time today, but in practice I've got no energy left. More than anything else I'd like to crawl into bed for a long sleep.
The countdown for the Classic 100 Concerto is playing on the radio. This should be fun. The original Classic 100 was topped by the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Then the Classic 100 Mozart followed a few years later and I remember at the time, the organiser was asked by one of the announcers if there was any point since surely if the Clarinet Concerto was the most popular piece overall, it would be the most popular Mozart piece too. The organiser laughed at this and said that perhaps people would vote differently this time around. The results came in, and, sure enough, the Clarinet Concerto came in at number one. Fast forward to this year, and the same organiser is being interviewed again prior to the start of voting. This time the laughter is more nervous than anything else. Next followed a concerted campaign to remind listeners of all the other excellent concertos that they might like to vote for, at the end of which, even though I'd never voted for the Clarinet Concerto before, it seemed practically un-Australian not to vote for it this time...
The countdown for the Classic 100 Concerto is playing on the radio. This should be fun. The original Classic 100 was topped by the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Then the Classic 100 Mozart followed a few years later and I remember at the time, the organiser was asked by one of the announcers if there was any point since surely if the Clarinet Concerto was the most popular piece overall, it would be the most popular Mozart piece too. The organiser laughed at this and said that perhaps people would vote differently this time around. The results came in, and, sure enough, the Clarinet Concerto came in at number one. Fast forward to this year, and the same organiser is being interviewed again prior to the start of voting. This time the laughter is more nervous than anything else. Next followed a concerted campaign to remind listeners of all the other excellent concertos that they might like to vote for, at the end of which, even though I'd never voted for the Clarinet Concerto before, it seemed practically un-Australian not to vote for it this time...
