Saturday 4th March 2023
A varied programme, superbly performed and beautifully presented by a string quartet from Amsterdam.
The programme began with Mozart’s String Quartet in F major, K590.
Then Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet in D major, Op 11. The 2nd movement is well-known and wonderful.
After the interval, they played Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 5 in B flat major.
My musical education and knowledge is pretty basic, but I loved this concert.
The Cunning Little Vixen, Leos Janacek
A thoroughly enjoyable evening - brilliant music, athletic and acrobatic dancing and wonderful singing. Fabulous stage set, great costumes. Comedy and pathos, what more could you want?
A folk/fairy tale, ‘totally bonkers’, the Night Garden with a darker side but a delicate touch. It’s a wow from me.
Luckily we have developed the habit of hanging on to programmes from performances, theatrical and musical, so, with luck, I shall be able to refresh my memory as I write brief accounts of some of our cultural activities post 2020’s lockdown.
And after that I shall catch up on some of the books I have read.
