Otherwise titled: Symphony Day!
Due to some unfortunate events involving a sick dog early on Sunday morning, the opportunity arose for me to attend the Sunday afternoon symphony with Grandpa. It was splendid.
The musicians performed three pieces, and I liked each one better than the last. We started with Rimsky-Korsakov's piece
Skazka (Fairy Tale), Opus 29 (snippets available
here), then moved to Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Opus 10 (first movement of four available
here). After the intermission, we came back to Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto in C minor, op. 18 (
here). Stephen Hough was on piano, and Grandpa and I discussed during intermission whether he would live up to his reputation. He did.
Everyone else agreed; he got so much applause that he came out and played a solo encore for us: Chopin's Nocturne in E flat (
here). Beautiful.
P.S. Sorry about the not-very-illustrative picture. Normally that dress looks like this:
And I look like her. Or I would if I were wearing a hat :-)
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