Friday night was Mozart's Requiem at Symphony. There were two shorter works, one by Debussy and another by a composer that I had never heard of, which doesn't mean much. But we were there for Requiem. I was pleased that so much of the music was familiar. The conductor, a young Finnish man, is being considered to replace Keith Lockhart. I must admit ( Read more... )

Considering that I took a sick day and slept most of the afternoon, yesterday was endless. I had every intention of going to work but my stomach was upset and I just felt lousy. I planned on taking it easy, which was happening. And then the fire alarm went off. At first I thought it was one of my smoke detectors. Then I realized it was the main ( Read more... )