Tomorrow night, Friday December 8th, Emily and I have the amazing privledge to experience the sounds of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra live in person at the WVU Creative Arts Center here in Morgantown in series entitled The Torray Symphony Series. The Creative Arts website describes the upcoming performance:
“Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Andres Cardenes headlines this concert with a virtuosic performance of Bruch’s brilliant Violin Conerto No. 1, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor, Sir Andrew Davis, conducts Dvorak’s popular New World Symphony, plus Mozart’s famous Overture to The Magic Flute.”
Hopefully this will be the first of many trips to the symphony!
Drew
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Pope’s Requests Encore?
Interesting tidbit about the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from its Wikipedia article:
"In 2004, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gilbert Levine became the first American orchestra to play for the Pope. Their performance included the Mahler Symphony No. 2, and in a rare occurrence, the Pope personally requested an encore at the performance.”
I wonder if they would carry on playing if I personally requested an encore? Specifically, Ravel's Bolero. That's a massive tune right there. Yum Yum. Just makes me wanna march.
If you look into the eastern If you look into the eastern sky you may see the faintest trace of a green glow which will be emanating from Theydon Bois where one resident is suffering from terminal envy. He will just have to put on a CD of the New World Symphony instead.