Regular readers will have noticed that I mentioned that Geoff and I missed a friend’s Very Important Play on Friday night when Smoky took ill. I emailed him to explain and apologize, but it’s never as good as being there. I know I hate it when my friends miss my performances, even when they have a really good reason. Thankfully someone was able to videotape the experience, and in HD no less.
Tag: music
Concertizing and Audience Behavior
I’ve been reading The Hub Review a lot lately. It’s well written and he gets to see and review a lot of things that I would never make it to see. What initially caused me to finally bookmark the blog was his story about some audience misbehavior, something I have talked about in the past.
Happy Leap Day
As expected with a day that comes along only once every 4 years, my inbox has been inundated with various emails with sales, special offers and the like. Below is a selection of my favorite emails, images, and words from today.
“Cupid’s arrow” 17th Century songs from Spain and the New World ~ El Fuego in concert
Hi folks,
Another fantastic concert to announce. I may be a little biased on this one as I’m running the front of house for this and am friends with the bulk of the performers, but they’re fantastic and inventive. Please come if you can.
Thanks!
~Kelly
“Cupid’s arrow” 17th Century songs from Spain and the New World.
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour Brookline, MA.
Saturday March 31st, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets at the door (cash or check only):
$15 general, $10 students and seniors.
El Fuego Early music Ensemble presents a daring program: Is it sacred or secular love? Spanish conquistadores and South American natives might have listened to villancicos with naughty lyrics and dance rhythms–at church(!)
Reception to follow.
Performers:
Elizabeth Hardy, dulcian; Teri Kowiak, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders and percussion; Camila Parias, soprano; James Williamson, viol and baroque cello. Special guest performer: Tom Zajac, recorder and percussion.
Salome Sandoval, voice, baroque guitar and artistic direction
Adele 6, Karl Lagerfeld 0
I first head Adele sing some years ago on SNL. I am old now and am not often up to watch SNL but that night for some reason I was.
I was blown away.
Save the date! ~ Sunday February 19th 3:00pm ~ The Seraphim Singers
Please join the Seraphim Singers at 3pm on Sunday, February 19th at Mission Church in Boston for a commemorative 15th anniversary concert followed by a celebratory reception.
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A night at the Symphony
Last night we were fortunate enough to get tickets to the BSO, thanks to friends who gave us their tickets. The performance featured music by Felix Mendelssohn, a 19th century composer who died young but still managed to accomplish much. He is of course most famous for his wedding march but he also wrote operas, symphonies, piano quartets, and other pieces.
We had to rush a bit because of Kelly getting held up at work but we made up for lost time and even managed to find an awesome parking spot right around the corner from the Hall. We got inside with a little bit of time to spare and so we looked around for Jen and Greg (the couple who gave us the tickets) and found them almost by accident. After briefly talking with them (and with another couple Kelly knew) we headed up to our seats.
Music from the court of Frederick the Great, Jan. 28-29
My friend, Matthew Hall, sends word of more performances by Musical Offering. Details are below. I hope that local Boston area folks can make it.
~Kelly
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Calling Harry Potter fans
This video popped up yesterday elseweb and it cracked me up. See how many references you can catch. Other than the obvious, and not so obvious, Harry Potter references there are references to other fun random cult classic type stuff.
Our wedding CD is here!
Thanks to the fabulous Ken at Silken Audio, we have our wedding CD. For those of you interested in listening to it, the tracks, all 20 of them (!) are below. If you’d like a copy of the CD just leave us a comment and we’ll make you one.
