It's been a good cultural stretch. We heard the Hartford Symphony on the seventeenth. They did a nice job with the 1812 Overture ( I forget how much really pretty music there is in this piece), a Koto Concerto, and a suite from Porgy and Bess. Last Friday and Saturday Jean was at LWV meetings Friday and Saturday so she missed the following.
Friday I heard the Amherst College Orchestra play Stokowski's transcription of Bach's Toccata in F (?), Beethoven's 4th piano concerto with a superb student soloist ( triple major in math, music, and French), and Brahm's 2nd Symphony. The French horns were much better in the Brahm's than the Beethoven but overall the playing was quite good. Seeing all those young faces brought back lots of good memories.
Last night it was the Pioneer Valley Symphony, which consists of volunteer adult players from the area. They did a pretty good job with a Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty suite; a trombone concerto which had some nice solo passages that were played beautifully; and Brahm's 4th symphony.
This afternoon we are off to see a play about Poe. A good choice for this time of year.
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