Yes, the Salute to Vienna is an interesting show. It's a real feast for the ears and eyes! Last year, I went with a girlfriend of mine. It was my graduation gift to her. She still talks about it with a little twinkle in her eye from time to time. It's great to know your gifts are appreciated.
There are tenors and sopranos as well as various dancers in the concert. In this year's concert,the Budapest International Ballet will be performing. Zsuzsa Alfoldi will be the soprano (from Zurich) and Zsolt Vadasx will be the performing tenor (from Budapest). The conductor, Stefanos Tsialis, hails from Vienna. The conductor cracked up a few jokes last year and the tenor danced across stage as he sung. The conductor's personality reminds me of Andre Rieu -"the waltz king" - I enjoyed myself very much, especially with my friend sitting beside me.
You might be able to catch "Salute to Vienna" on PBS. Every year it broadcasts live from Vienna to about an audience of about a billion people around the world. I definitely want to go to Vienna to see the concert one day. Apparently, you have to reserve for it one year in advance!
The writing of my novel has been put on hold now because I just came back from my trip. I took along a travel diary with me and I have to rewrite my entries on my laptop. I took a few hundred photos and even some short videos. Once all my diary entries and photos are organized, I am going to send them to all my friends. I have no idea how long it will take me as so much happened and I have so many annecdotal stories and insights to add! I can't wait to share all my stories with my friends!
I've been following your "Winter Sunrises" (at least most of it). One of the most intriguing segments of your story was the one in which Stefan becomes acquainted with the prostitute who reminds him of his deceased Lysandra. I can't pinpoint exactly why it touched me. Maybe the fact that Stefan views the prostitute as a human being and not as some sex object. There was something touching and ethereal about that.
Alright, now I have to go back to my travel diaries and maybe read some of Michelangelo's autobiography. I'll drink my apple cider (sidra) with my parents and brothers at midnight!
The concert sounds simply amazing! I've been a classical music lover for many years.
I'd love to hear more about your travels! Where did you go? Care to share any highlights (if that's not too much trouble, no pressure?)
Thanks for your comments on Winter Sunrises - Faye Miranda is actually an old acquaintance of Stefan and Lysandra's from a childhood trip to San Francisco. She and her mother were traveling street people who drew their photographs for extra cash and Faye was an impetuous little child regaling them both with stories. Was novelistic coincidence that they met again after twenty-two years...but I think Stefan would have acted that way towards any prostitute he saw. He's really more of a reserved intellectual type, kind of shy in certain aspects - and has a prideful streak but also tenderness towards people who remind him of his own difficult childhood (or Lysandra's.)
I spent some time in the Carribeans. Too many stories to share in such small space.lol It's going to be at least a dozen pages long if not more. lol And the best part of it all is that I went completely ALONE and it was ,by far,the best trip of my life!
I wonder how I will ever outdo this trip...my mom jokes about my next big trip being my honeymoon. Poor mom. lol That won't happen anytime soon.
It's a real feast for the ears and eyes! Last year, I went with a girlfriend of mine. It was my graduation gift to her. She still talks about it with a little twinkle in her eye from time to time. It's great to know your gifts are appreciated.
There are tenors and sopranos as well as various dancers in the concert. In this year's concert,the Budapest International Ballet will be performing. Zsuzsa Alfoldi will be the soprano (from Zurich) and Zsolt Vadasx will be the performing tenor (from Budapest). The conductor, Stefanos Tsialis, hails from Vienna. The conductor cracked up a few jokes last year and the tenor danced across stage as he sung. The conductor's personality reminds me of Andre Rieu -"the waltz king" - I enjoyed myself very much, especially with my friend sitting beside me.
You might be able to catch "Salute to Vienna" on PBS. Every year it broadcasts live from Vienna to about an audience of about a billion people around the world. I definitely want to go to Vienna to see the concert one day. Apparently, you have to reserve for it one year in advance!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_New_Year's_Concert
The writing of my novel has been put on hold now because I just came back from my trip. I took along a travel diary with me and I have to rewrite my entries on my laptop. I took a few hundred photos and even some short videos. Once all my diary entries and photos are organized, I am going to send them to all my friends. I have no idea how long it will take me as so much happened and I have so many annecdotal stories and insights to add! I can't wait to share all my stories with my friends!
I've been following your "Winter Sunrises" (at least most of it). One of the most intriguing segments of your story was the one in which Stefan becomes acquainted with the prostitute who reminds him of his deceased Lysandra. I can't pinpoint exactly why it touched me. Maybe the fact that Stefan views the prostitute as a human being and not as some sex object. There was something touching and ethereal about that.
Alright, now I have to go back to my travel diaries and maybe read some of Michelangelo's autobiography. I'll drink my apple cider (sidra) with my parents and brothers at midnight!
Have a great New Year's Eve!
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I'd love to hear more about your travels! Where did you go? Care to share any highlights (if that's not too much trouble, no pressure?)
Thanks for your comments on Winter Sunrises - Faye Miranda is actually an old acquaintance of Stefan and Lysandra's from a childhood trip to San Francisco. She and her mother were traveling street people who drew their photographs for extra cash and Faye was an impetuous little child regaling them both with stories. Was novelistic coincidence that they met again after twenty-two years...but I think Stefan would have acted that way towards any prostitute he saw. He's really more of a reserved intellectual type, kind of shy in certain aspects - and has a prideful streak but also tenderness towards people who remind him of his own difficult childhood (or Lysandra's.)
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I wonder how I will ever outdo this trip...my mom jokes about my next big trip being my honeymoon. Poor mom. lol That won't happen anytime soon.
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Stefan sounds pretty special (in a good way). Is he inspired from a real flesh & blood man?
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