Recital
Cecilia CD: €10
Ticket for Hänsel und Gretel: €15
Singing cheesy operetta: Priceless.
I woke enough with just enough time to go to IES, drop off my stuff, and go back to the Leopold to meet Dr. O for an optional AA&A tour. Unfortunately she was about 20 minutes late (she's taking care of her mother, who must be absolutely ancient) and I had to leave right at 1:15 to get back to IES for a rehearsal with the Bach groups. (Allison and the three flutes) Carla and I took the U2 to Karlsplatz and walked back to IES and we rehearsed the Bach for a while....it was OK, but I still couldn't play it anywhere close to perfectly. Oh well....we finished up with that just in time for Kate and I to go through our duet, which was very beneficial. I also met up with Miriam at paid her back for the ticket the Hänsel and Gretel that she went to the Volksoper to get for us.
The recital itself was cool....it was great to hear everyone really shining at their instrument/voice, since I'd theretofore only really heard a few people at their full potential at that point. The Bach went first, which was good because it felt great to get it out of the way. Greta (one of the pianists) asked me if she should turn pages, and I joked with her that it would probably be better for everyone if she played and I turned pages....whatever. I only screwed up a couple of times, and it was no biggie. I got a few compliments, but I think most people really weren't listening to me anyway....the duet with Kate went swimmingly, and everyone got a real kick out of it. It's cheesy enough that it was nice relief from all the heavy stuff surrounding it.
After the recital I went over to the Konzerthaus in the hopes of scalping a ticket...unfortunately rather than the usual few people who you'll see outside a venue selling a ticket they don't need there were four people with signs that said "Suche 1 Karte" or some variation thereof....after going inside and in my dejection buying a CD of her singing Mozart arias I went out about 20 minutes before the concert was going to start and seeing that the same four people had still not had any luck I put any hopes that I might still have had to rest and walked home in dejection. In retrospect it's OK, and I hadn't gotten my hopes up too much, but it still would have been awesome to see her AND Marc Minkowski, whose babies I would have in a heartbeat. (he's amazingly talented)
Ticket for Hänsel und Gretel: €15
Singing cheesy operetta: Priceless.
I woke enough with just enough time to go to IES, drop off my stuff, and go back to the Leopold to meet Dr. O for an optional AA&A tour. Unfortunately she was about 20 minutes late (she's taking care of her mother, who must be absolutely ancient) and I had to leave right at 1:15 to get back to IES for a rehearsal with the Bach groups. (Allison and the three flutes) Carla and I took the U2 to Karlsplatz and walked back to IES and we rehearsed the Bach for a while....it was OK, but I still couldn't play it anywhere close to perfectly. Oh well....we finished up with that just in time for Kate and I to go through our duet, which was very beneficial. I also met up with Miriam at paid her back for the ticket the Hänsel and Gretel that she went to the Volksoper to get for us.
The recital itself was cool....it was great to hear everyone really shining at their instrument/voice, since I'd theretofore only really heard a few people at their full potential at that point. The Bach went first, which was good because it felt great to get it out of the way. Greta (one of the pianists) asked me if she should turn pages, and I joked with her that it would probably be better for everyone if she played and I turned pages....whatever. I only screwed up a couple of times, and it was no biggie. I got a few compliments, but I think most people really weren't listening to me anyway....the duet with Kate went swimmingly, and everyone got a real kick out of it. It's cheesy enough that it was nice relief from all the heavy stuff surrounding it.
After the recital I went over to the Konzerthaus in the hopes of scalping a ticket...unfortunately rather than the usual few people who you'll see outside a venue selling a ticket they don't need there were four people with signs that said "Suche 1 Karte" or some variation thereof....after going inside and in my dejection buying a CD of her singing Mozart arias I went out about 20 minutes before the concert was going to start and seeing that the same four people had still not had any luck I put any hopes that I might still have had to rest and walked home in dejection. In retrospect it's OK, and I hadn't gotten my hopes up too much, but it still would have been awesome to see her AND Marc Minkowski, whose babies I would have in a heartbeat. (he's amazingly talented)
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