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Monday, March 7. 2005

Posted by Latcarf in Music

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Dear Friends - San Francisco Concert

Tonight was the San Francisco concert of "Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy" - music by Nobuo Uematsu. And you'd better believe I was there!

The concert was performed by Symphony Silicon Valley and the San Jose State Chorale at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. It was conducted by Grammy Award winning Arnie Roth and attended by Uematsu himself.

I sat four rows back just one section off center in a VIP row. The venue was acoustically pleasing and the music, of course, was absolutely excellent. The whole experience was enhanced by three large screens that showed the symphony members and select CG scenes from various Final Fantasy titles.

The playlist was as follows:

Liberi Fatali	Final Fantasy VIII
Zanarkand	Final Fantasy X
Terra's Theme	Final Fantasy VI
Theme of Love	Final Fantasy IV
Dear Friends	Final Fantasy V
Vamo' Alla Flamenco	Final Fantasy IX
Love Grows	Final Fantasy VIII
Intermissions
Aeris's Theme	Final Fantasy VII
Not Alone	Final Fantasy IX
Ronfaure	Final Fantasy XI
Medley FF I-III
New Melody	FFVII Advent Children
Final Fantasy

After the concert, the VIPs were allowed to meet and greet Uematsu. We were escorted to the mezzanine of the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium where we were able to shake hands with Nobuo Uematsu and have him autograph something if we wished. We were given an autographed "Dear Friends" poster and a "Black Mages" and "Smile Please" button.

As I moved into shake hands with the master behind the wonderful music of Final Fantasy, I gave a little bow. I looked into his eyes, and as sincerely as I good, I said "Domo arigatoo gozaimasu!" It was the perfect end to an excellent evening.

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