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Mostly music
Jul. 20th, 2006 03:58 amWhile my car was having its oil changed, I went to the Green City Market. I hadn't been there since last summer, and they have grown! I got golden beets, tomatoes, raspberries, tiny fingerling potatoes, green beans and flowers (ranunculus). After dropping the car back home, I went downtown for Brian Asawa's recital, which was excellent! He did Dowland, Handel, Vivaldi, Schubert, Fauré, Villa-Lobos and a piece from Jake Heggie's song cycle, Encountertenor, which was written for Asawa.
( The trouble with trebles introusers )
Went home and relaxed a bit, and debated whether or not to go to the Grant Park concert. Just as I was starting to leave, it began to rain, then it stopped, so I dithered. Finally I decided to go, but threw my umbrella in my bag, "just in case". I ate at the outdoor café in Millennium Park, and then to the concert, which was Carl Vine's Percussion Symphony and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (with soloists Harolyn Blackwell, Kelsey Quinn and Thomas Dymit). It did sprinkle a few times, but never for long or very much.
It was over at 8:00, but I've only just gotten home (it's about 11:00) because, unbeknownst to me, the concert I went to hear was followed by a choral program for Gay Games VII. (Which explains why there were a couple of annoying "ex-gays" carrying rude signs near the park - they were soundly ignored.) They had choral groups from a variety of places (includig the Combined Gay and Lesbian Chorus of Australia and New Zealand) and styles (the Gospel Chorus from NYC was most rousing, and, as they were introduced, the Navy Pier fireworks went off, which was appropriate as the group's name is IllumiNation!). A good time was had by all.
( The trouble with trebles introusers )
Went home and relaxed a bit, and debated whether or not to go to the Grant Park concert. Just as I was starting to leave, it began to rain, then it stopped, so I dithered. Finally I decided to go, but threw my umbrella in my bag, "just in case". I ate at the outdoor café in Millennium Park, and then to the concert, which was Carl Vine's Percussion Symphony and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (with soloists Harolyn Blackwell, Kelsey Quinn and Thomas Dymit). It did sprinkle a few times, but never for long or very much.
It was over at 8:00, but I've only just gotten home (it's about 11:00) because, unbeknownst to me, the concert I went to hear was followed by a choral program for Gay Games VII. (Which explains why there were a couple of annoying "ex-gays" carrying rude signs near the park - they were soundly ignored.) They had choral groups from a variety of places (includig the Combined Gay and Lesbian Chorus of Australia and New Zealand) and styles (the Gospel Chorus from NYC was most rousing, and, as they were introduced, the Navy Pier fireworks went off, which was appropriate as the group's name is IllumiNation!). A good time was had by all.
