Thanks to Monica yesterday evening we went listening some classical music. The program consisted of three pieces, the last one being the Manfred Symphony from Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij. It was a beautiful piece of music, and the orchestra played wonderfully. I felt completely transported by the music. The director, Nikolai Alexeev, was impressive, you could feel what he was feeling. We were sitting behind the orchestra, watching the director in his face, which was very nice, in spite of the bad sounds (the trumpets were too present for us). The director, a russian guy, had a car accident just some days before, and directed with a broken rib. Impressive.
The second piece was a violin concerto from Bruch. The solist was the first violin of the Brabants orchestra, Wouter Vossen. Impressive guy, I must admit, he played with passion this difficult concerto. Very beautiful.
The first piece was the Kikimura from Ljadov. Very beautiful, short, but very nice effect. It was a great introduction for a great concert.
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