dinsdag 31 mei 2011
zondag 29 mei 2011
Upstairs, Downstairs
A few weeks ago I was offered a ticket to a Barenboim piano performance in the Concertgebouw. At this time it wasn't known that Princess Maxima had chosen this very occasion to celebrate her 40th birthday with 700 guests. Lots of extra security and the rather weird sense of being a gatecrasher as the balcony and podium seats were all occupied by her guests and us plebs were confined to the downstairs bit. The papparazzi were allowed in before the start and after the end of the music.
Of course I still had an image in my head as Barenboim being the young curly haired man who played him in the film Hilary and Jackie when in fact these days he looks more like Anthony Hopkins. So it was slightly disconcerting to have Hannibal Lector just a few feet in front of me playing Liszt. The concert was wonderful, though I could have done without the bit at the end where Maxima gave a speech where she seemed completely oblivious to the fact that she hadn't actually hired the whole hall for a private party. She said she 'hoped she'd be able to have a word with everyone in the foyer afterwards' whilst the upstairs foyers were forbidden territory to all of us in the main hall. I would have thought an apology for kidnapping the concert would have been more appropriate but ach, it was all vaguely entertaining in its way too I suppose.
Of course I still had an image in my head as Barenboim being the young curly haired man who played him in the film Hilary and Jackie when in fact these days he looks more like Anthony Hopkins. So it was slightly disconcerting to have Hannibal Lector just a few feet in front of me playing Liszt. The concert was wonderful, though I could have done without the bit at the end where Maxima gave a speech where she seemed completely oblivious to the fact that she hadn't actually hired the whole hall for a private party. She said she 'hoped she'd be able to have a word with everyone in the foyer afterwards' whilst the upstairs foyers were forbidden territory to all of us in the main hall. I would have thought an apology for kidnapping the concert would have been more appropriate but ach, it was all vaguely entertaining in its way too I suppose.
donderdag 12 mei 2011
zaterdag 7 mei 2011
Harleykiedee op Erkemedestrand
Proof that there are biker jackets in circulation with badges I made at least 22 years ago still on them.
The first band on Saturday evening were PRB Experience.
3 teenage girls who all (even the drummer) sang and played their way through a huge variety of covers (from AC/DC to ZZ Top with everything from Skunk Anansie to the Arctic Monkeys in between) with an occasional own number thrown in for good measure. These girls will go far.
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