A Little Night Music

The dinner at Hougang Mall with my daughter has been fruitful. I found a Lea Salonga broadway concert DVD selling at 12.90 bucks. Wohoo. It has all my favorite songs in it. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. This is what singing is all about. It's to pull the audience into another world :). And it kinda made me remember why I took up those musical theatre classes ages ago. Frightening to have to sing in front of a class.... alone. But... wooo... thrilling. Now I'm even more deteremined to go audition for the NAFA class in Nov. Wish me luck!

Anyway, Lea Salonga is the voice behind alot of the disney cartoons like Mulan and the Little Mermaid, plus she is the original Kim in Broadway's Miss Saigon. She has beautiful beautiful voice and the repertoire of songs in the dvd are the ones I like alot :-

1) Someone Else's Story from Chess
Heard this first at the Leigh McDonald little cabaret at esplanade and thought it was gorgeous.

2) Someone to watch over me from ... erm... no idea...
Been singing this for ages. I think I heard it in a Michael Ball album... But Lea Salonga did a wonderful job of this one. It was sung pretty softly with just a guitar. Never heard it sung like that before. One of my favorites in the concert.

3) I've Never Been in Love Before from Guys and Dolls
Pretty.

4) Nothing from a Chorus Line
Funny... and a little sad.... but it's a positive song that shouts if you want something so much, don't sit there. Do something.

5) I Don't Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar
Wooh... I heard this a long time ago when Joanna Ampil came to town in a one night concert. She has a lovely voice and I think I like her better than Lea Salonga. My friend cried when she heard her sing On my Own from Les Miserables.

6) Sun and Moon from Miss Saigon
Ok... This song is not in the dvd but I like it alot. Initially I thought the lyrics were dumb... and maybe they are dumb... "You are sunlight and I moon. Joined by the gods of fortune. Midnight and high noon. Sharing the sky"... ok... right... first impression counts. The lyrics are dumb. Haha. I heard Lea sing it with David Campbell on the producers concert dvd. And they kissed! No wonder I like Joanna Ampil better. How dare she kiss my David. Erhem...

Sighs... I love good singing... Anyway, I bought a Rob Thomas cd too. Hehe. My musical tastes are extreme.... Gee... but Lonely no more sounds great. Plus he's cute.