We're Always Proving Who We Are...

Awesome concert is awesome. Also VERY NERDY. Saturday night, I went to Bear McCreary's free Music of Battlestar Galactica Concert. Got there waaaaaaaaaay early, expecting your typical sci-fi fans line. No such matter. Ended up with seats in the fourth row, great view of the stage, and listened to an hour+ of soundcheck. I never get tired of 'Watchtower'. It's an awesome outdoor venue called the California Plaza Watercourt. It's basically a ginormous fountain with a stage-like space in the middle of it. Very cool. Brendan's Band opened for them, as usual. I actually enjoyed his part a lot more this year than last year, it seemed... more polished? Maybe in the outdoor space there was less echo so I got more of the lyrics? I don't know, but it was good. I love that Raya sings with them too. Then we took an intermission (weird place to put it, I don't know) and when we returned... the Battlestar Orchestra! Yaaaaay! It's fantastic watching a group of studio musicians totally rock out to the best TV score out there. The lead violinist/fiddler in particular headbangs while he plays and really gets into it. (And he recognized me from last year's concert! *squee*) I love the special woodwinds (Dudek! Bagpipes!) but it's really the percussion that nails it for me. They did 'Prelude to War' from "Pegasus" for the first time live and it was AWESOME. Every time they play 'Wander My Friends/Adama Theme' I get all teary. Also, Bear soloed Dreilade Thrace's 1st Piano Sonata, from "Someone to Watch Over Me", its first ever performances as a whole piece, since there were only snippets in the ep. They did a piece from Caprica that didn't really grab me in the same way that the BSG score does, but I'm sure that won't stop me from getting the album. After all, it's Bear McCreary. Bear also confirmed that 'Gaeta's Lament' will be the first cut on the Season 4 soundtrack that comes out next month (FINALLY). Wish they could've gotten AJ to come and sing it. Brendan McCreary rocks, but it wasn't written for him. I hope hope hope that it'll be AJ on the album. Hands down, the best part of this year's concert

*SPOILER ALERT FOR BSG 4.5. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*

was when they got to 'Heeding the Call', the Final Five activation piece, and KATEE MOTHERFRAKKING SACKHOFF came out and duetted the piano section from "Someone to Watch Over Me" with Bear McCreary. I was a happy happy fangirl.

*END SPOILERS*

Michael Nankin, Michael Rymer, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, and Luciana Carro were all there, along with Bear and Raya's families.

It was schnifty to see willskyfall again, (sithjawa, you were missed) and to actually get to talk to ziqueenmab, which I hadn't gotten to do before.

All told, awesome evening, even if I did get lost in the maze of one way streets that is Downtown LA, again. Rock on, Bear McCreary, rock on.