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Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Birds. And Concerts

Posted at 10:50 pm MDT to Weather

Fall is arriving even though the Equinox is a few months away.

It's getting noticeably cooler at night, and the sun is rising later: mornings are dark. There are other signs of the changing season, too.

This morning I went out to pull the trash can to the end of the driveway, and as I stepped out on the porch there was a sort of chirpy whoosh and a cloud of a gazillion little birds flew up into the air from my roof and the tree near my bedroom. They settled for a moment on the power lines in front of my neighbor's yard. Several hundred feet of power lines, if you count all of the strands... And then they moved on.

I've gotten my season tickets for the Philharmonic, too. (I've been a member for years) This year I hope to actually attend some of the concerts. Last year, between the Boston gig and the weather and just not feeling like going out in the evenings, I missed all of the concerts.

Most of the concerts are Saturday evenings at 7:30pm.

Looks like it's a multimedia year. Should be fun...

Saturday Oct 13 Nyla Whitmore (a Painter) guest artist for 'Pictures at an Exhibition' This could be fun. Like the NASA video accompanying the Planets a few years ago.

Saturday Nov 3 Marcus Roberts Trio. Gershwin, Hindemith, Brahms, and a special composition for the Phil's 50th Anniversary.

Friday November 23, 4PM the Nutcracker, a Thanksgiving tradition in Boulder. I try to go every couple of years.

Saturday February 16 Judith Ingolfsson, violin and Ars Nova singers. Copland, Korngold (the violin) and Prokofiev (Alexander Nevsky Cantata, with the singers) with videos of the Eisenberg film. Ooooh.

Saturday March 22 Contemporary Ballet, and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

Saturday April 26 Colorado Shakespeare Festival actors and the St. Martin's Chamber Choir. Berlioz (Beatrice and Benedict Overture), Mendelssohn (Midsummer Night's Suite),Vaughan Williams (Serenade to Music, with the choir), Walton (Henry V)

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