if music be the food of love, play on
Last night C and I went to the MN Orchestra to hear the Blind Boys of Alabama. What an excellent concert! (noted: the decidedly different crowd from the Ben Folds concert). They played a whole range of music; my two favorites were Amazing Grace sung to the tune of The House of the Rising Sun (I am not shitting you on that!) and a piece at the end of the concert that ended up being a 15 minute, on our feet, hooting and hollering, revivalist blowout. Tonight I'm going back, this time with duchess_of_pie for a Christmas concert (pure coincidence on my double feature, I was gifted tonight's tickets). Last year at this particular concert they played Handel's Messiah and The 1812 Overture. I am hopeful there will be a repeat performance. In January C and I are bringing along the Prusak clan for a screening of Chaplin's Gold Rush with the score performed live. Then in March my parents and I are rushing the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Concert (sadly C can't attend because of a Spanish Tragedy performance). Finally in May it's back with the Prusaks for Bernadette Peters. In all cases, a before or after trip to Brit's Pub (which is right across the street and has Guiness on tap and the best scotch eggs in town) is a must. ... I don't know that I can be a season ticket subscriber every year, but I plan to enjoy it while it lasts.