今晩は雨風がすごくて、劇場への行き帰りの間に傘が10回近くひっくり返って大変でした。NYに来るまで、雨で傘が壊れるなんて信じられませんでしたが今は納得です。
《今日の音楽用語》
インターリュード(interlude) （１）間奏曲。劇の幕間や、曲と曲のあいだに演奏される音楽。（２）賛美歌や詩編歌で、節と節のあいだにオルガンで演奏される短い即興的な音楽。『新編 音楽中辞典』より
I went to see Gounod's opera, Romeo et Juliette, at the metropolitan opera tonight. Luckily, I was able to buy the student rush tickets in the morning, and addition to that they were cheep, the seats were at the first row. I enjoyed feeing the conductor, the orchestra, and the stage very close. Bravo, student rush tickets!
By the way, it was really rainy and windy tonight. On the way home from Met, my umbrella turned over nearly 10 times. Before I came to NY, I did not believe that an umbrella could be broken by heavy wind, but now I totally have understood how it happens.
《A music term of the day》
Interlude. Music played between sections of a composition or of a dramatic work. In a dramatic work, it may be purely instrumental music or may include action or narration relted to the principal work. In purely instrumental music, it may serve to connect larger movements or sections. In church music, the term is applied to music (often improvised) played between verses (sometimes between lines) of a hymn or Psalm. *Definition by "The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians"