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- Mar 26. Chopin and Ravel from the keyboard of Paavana Kumar, a senior at Princeton. Will attend law school at
Columbia, while continuing her musical studies.
- Mar 27. Piano recital by 9-year old Charley Liu. Virtuoso performance
by small child, including Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky,Prokofiev, and Chopin. How can he possibly perform so well with tiny
hands?
- Apr 17. Le Triomphe de l'Amour, music in the time of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, a group headed
by John Burkhalter. Laura Heimes, soprano and John B at the recorder. Sponsored by the Unitarian Church.
- Jun
19. ARIODANTE . Eighteenth century opera by Handel at McCarter Theater, Princeton Festival. Surprisingly good voices
among the professional and semipro performers. Ariodante is about to marry Ginevra, the daughter of the King of Scotland,
but his rival, Polinesso, wants the daughter and the succession to kingship for himself. He arranges with Dalinda, Ginevra's
handmaiden, to fake an assignation in an old castle. He then plants false evidence to the king, who denounces his daughter.
Works out well in the end, when Ginevra's brother sends his sword through the evil Polinesso. Long drawn out opera. Every
refrain seems to be repeated two or three times.
- Aug 21. Salon 33 at Chestnut Street, Pot Luck Dinner and Concert.
Two hour concert by the Terra Voce Duo, cello and flute. Fabulous duo. Hard to imagine that they are amateurs. We brought
a quiche to the pot luck. Getting to know some of the members, including Fay. Next concert: Sept 17. Our host: Rob Tannen.
Phone 720-0098
- Sept 30. New production of DAS RHEINGOLD at the Met, James Levine conducting with Bryn Terfel, with
scragly hair over the left side of his face and a metal breastplate, as Wotan. Bryn was somewhat subdued as the lord of the
gods. Erich Owens as Albericht, leader of the Niebelungen, was outstanding. Rotating planks in the new installation worked
at times, but needed more oil to mask their noise as they rotated.
- THE BRAVURA AND THE BELT at Salon 33 on Chestnut
St. A pinch of Puccini, a smidgeon of Sondheim, a Garnish of Gounold, etc, etc at 33. Ward Saxton, tenor and Tom Getty, pianist.
Interesting evening. Spoke to Getty about life in Colorado, where he is the assistant conductor in the Central City
Opera (CC is an old gold town). I remember the opera while I was chasing cosmic rays a the Interuniversity Research Lab on
Mount Evans.
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