The concert season has started at Keele University. Last week we attended the first of seven Autumn Term concerts organised by the Keele Concert Society. The programme was Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibiton followed by Mahler's 4th Symphony. I knew the first piece, but the Mahler was new to me and not at all what I expected, but much lighter.
The players were an ensemble of players from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and the concert took place in the University Chapel, the shape of building enhancing the sounds. The musicians certainly got the season off to a good start.
The wooden benches in the chapel are hard to sit on for long periods - we've been to concerts at this venue before - but the solution to the problem was simple - I took a cushion.
The following evening friend V and I went to the cinema to see a recording of Hamlet, which is currently being staged at the Barbican in London. The leading role is played by Benedict Cumberbatch (he of Sherlock Holmes fame), so not surprisingly, at the Barbican, performances are sold out and only returns are available as they occur.
It is so much easier, and very much cheaper, to see live or recorded performances just a few miles from home, that V and I are becoming regulars at these performances and before Christmas we have planned to see three more performances - another Shakespeare, a Gilbert and Sullivan Opera and a Ballet.
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2 comments:
It all sounds like lots of fun. I wish I could join you for the Gilbert and Sullivan show!
Isn't it great that we have these caliber of shows available for us?
Sounds like you really enjoyed it.
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