I'll be previewing the pieces here at FR in advance of the concerts. The day before, I'll post a link to the live broadcasts. This year, I'll be in the audience at Benaroya Hall, not at home listening on my computer.
I'm glad to see you back. I wondered where you had disappeared to.
You can go back and see where I pinged you last night to take a listen to the Saint-Saens Fantasy for Violin and Harp, and the Rachmaninov Cello Sonata. Tonight, it's the big Schubert Octet for Mixed Winds and Strings, followed by Stravinsky's little Octet for Winds.
The slow movement, marked simply “adagio”, is in B-flat Major, the subdominant key to F Major. This is a thoughtful and restful movement, not at all complicated, with an occasional dip into the minor for a taste of rue. This is outdoors music, and the piece was first performed in the back yard of a house in the Vienna suburbs. They didn’t have barbeques in those days so they settled for music instead.
The Saint and the Rock!
I’m so glad i am back on the computer!
And, so, it was February that I remember, not the festival of a year ago. That makes much more sense.
i thought i was losing my mind. LOL.