Such a privilege to hear this amazing music brilliantly performed just around the corner from where I live. Truly beautifully played (the clarinets!) and sung.
And if I say I wouldn’t have minded a little more spirituality and magic that’s me just being a Dutch mierenneuker (look it up). 😇

Sounds like a wonderful occasion, though I agree that leaving out the 2nd cantata is odd.

Let’s call it a curve ball. 😉

Good singers! 🤩

A really wonderful concert, with a fascinating programme, fantastically sung. Thrilling music, often - surprisingly - with a madrigal-like quality. Fantastic stuff. Deserves to be heard much more widely. #UkrainianBaroque #LiveMusic

My favourite pieces by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1), Eileen Gray (2&3) and Jean-Michel Frank (4).

…more gorgeousness from the Art Déco exhibition in #Paris #MAD

It was really good! Great view and quite comfortable. I’ve certainly been to theatres where the ordinary seats were less comfortable. 🤣

So do I! And it’s so incredibly beautiful.

A good deal!

Well, that was interesting. I think Cho really pulled off the Liszt and Bartók, but in Beethoven I missed personality, and in the Chopin I would’ve liked some magic. But hey, what do I know? (Particularly if it ain’t baroque…) Lovely evening though. (And epic coughing by the Parisians.) 🙄🤣

You’re absolutely right, Mark. Mine isn’t bad at all, with a good view (first row, 2nd balcony). I feared the worst, after experiencing an extremely uncomfortable “ordinary” seat in the 1st balcony a while back, but for €25 this is great.

*fold-down