On Wednesday we went downtown to see the operetta "The Merry Widow". What makes it operetta, not opera? I guess its because nobody dies at the end.
We slept downdown, and were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of sirens and helicopters. Not unusual in Streeterville - Northwestern Medical School Hospital is there, and ambulances come and go all the time.
This time, it was a fire in the building across the street!
A dozen people were injured, and one person died, I learned from the newspaper the next day.
After sleeping late, we went to Symphony twice - a rehearsal in the morning followed by the performance in the evening. An odd mix of music - the conductor was Nicholas Kraemer, who also played the harpsichord. The first three works were very enjoyable:
The final work was Strauss’ elegiac Metamorphosen, an intimate work for 23 solo strings. Very somber, sad music.
We slept downdown, and were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of sirens and helicopters. Not unusual in Streeterville - Northwestern Medical School Hospital is there, and ambulances come and go all the time.
This time, it was a fire in the building across the street!
A dozen people were injured, and one person died, I learned from the newspaper the next day.
After sleeping late, we went to Symphony twice - a rehearsal in the morning followed by the performance in the evening. An odd mix of music - the conductor was Nicholas Kraemer, who also played the harpsichord. The first three works were very enjoyable:
- Mozart - Divertimento in D Major
- Haydn - Symphony No. 88
- Telemann - Selections from Tafelmusik
- Strauss - Metamorphosen
The final work was Strauss’ elegiac Metamorphosen, an intimate work for 23 solo strings. Very somber, sad music.
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