For my mother’s birthday, somewhere in early December, I promised to take her to see a classical piece in the famousConcertgebouw here in Amsterdam, arguably the building in the Netherlands with the best acoustics and home of the Royal Dutch Orchestra. It took me a long time to find something appropriate to go to, and through a stroke of luck, Sam who works for one of the major sponsors for the Concertgebouw could get some free tickets. We went to see three different pieces.
The first piece was very atmospheric music, almost as if written as the score for a movie, by Dutch composer Hans Kox, calledSix One-act Plays. It was directed by American director Dennis Russell Davies. The second piece, again directed by Davies, was a very experimental piece by the American composer Elliott Carter called Dialogues, with a strange but beautiful piano part for Japanese guest pianist Maki Namekawa. I didn’t like that bit so much, too modern, too experimental. Then, after the break, we got Sergej Prokofjev’s really epic, grand and theatrical Sixth Symphony, which was awesome.
My mother loved the music, as well as the dinner we had with Eva and Sam before hand. All in all, it took a while to set it all up, but it was worth it.
Night’s like those, when you just fall asleep with a smile… they make life worth it.
-Lindsay
Yes, they do. :)
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So I see. Ghe.