Last night Mike and I went to the Symphony in San Francisco. It was wonderful, as usual. We heard three twentieth century pieces performed in reverse chronological order.
Ingo Metzmacher and Hélène Grimaud
You know Ligeti if you know 2001: A Space Odyssey. Celebrated French pianist Hélène Grimaud performs Bartók’s last piano concerto—music of calm and elegiac beauty.“Grimaud is a tremendous pianist and tremendously enjoyable.”– Boston Globe
CONDUCTOR AND FEATURED ARTISTS
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
PROGRAM
Ligeti - San Francisco Polyphony (1974)
Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 (1939)
The only down side was when we went to our table during the intermission our drink order had been mangled! Instead of two glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon we wound up with two glasses of Sauvignon blanc! Ack! White wine! :-/
Then today I worked for Pat so having been up late last night I'm really worn out at this point in the week.
I did get Serenity's records from her former school in the mail today, so we are "accepted" now by the local school district and won't be hearing from them again. That is a very good thing.
Also in the mail today I got the Five in a Row Book I sent for, so we can start using it with Serenity next week. I like the way they tie in all of the subjects to an enjoyable children's story, Serenity loves story books so I think this will work out fine.
Ingo Metzmacher and Hélène Grimaud
You know Ligeti if you know 2001: A Space Odyssey. Celebrated French pianist Hélène Grimaud performs Bartók’s last piano concerto—music of calm and elegiac beauty.“Grimaud is a tremendous pianist and tremendously enjoyable.”– Boston Globe
CONDUCTOR AND FEATURED ARTISTS
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
PROGRAM
Ligeti - San Francisco Polyphony (1974)
Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 (1939)
The only down side was when we went to our table during the intermission our drink order had been mangled! Instead of two glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon we wound up with two glasses of Sauvignon blanc! Ack! White wine! :-/
Then today I worked for Pat so having been up late last night I'm really worn out at this point in the week.
I did get Serenity's records from her former school in the mail today, so we are "accepted" now by the local school district and won't be hearing from them again. That is a very good thing.
Also in the mail today I got the Five in a Row Book I sent for, so we can start using it with Serenity next week. I like the way they tie in all of the subjects to an enjoyable children's story, Serenity loves story books so I think this will work out fine.
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