Strings

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At night we went up to Crosstown Arts for this concert by a string quartet called Cypress Ensemble. The first piece they did was one of Beethoven's early string quartets. It started off with the first few bars a bit on the Mozart-bouncy side and I was thinking I probably wouldn't be into it as much as his later stuff, but then it quickly delved into an array of sounds that were very Beethoven-y. I ended up really loving it quite a lot. And then it was interesting to kind of note the sorts of themes and motifs that seem to run throughout much of his career. The second piece they did was a quintet (the string quartet plus piano) by Arthur Foote who they acknowledged most people hadn't heard of, but I guess is considered the first fully American (as in born and raised) serious composer. That piece was good too. One little anecdote is: we had said hi to Delara as we were getting checked in then we got our seats and then shortly thereafter I went back out to get some drinks. As I step back into the entry area I overhear Delara saying to the person she's with something along the lines of "...and they're very nice" and then she sees me and goes, I was just telling (X whose name I now forget but she had also played with the MSO this past weekend on the program with the Berlioz, she plays cello) about how nice you and your wife are. So that was unexpected and nice! I talked with them for a minute and then went and got the drinks and then the concert. And then afterwards we went over to Art Bar where we enjoyed some drinks and puff pastry that was very good. I think that's about it. My internet suddenly seems to have stopped working on this laptop right after I started this post so not sure if I'll be able to post it!! (At least without having to restart!) I did have to restart my darn computer!