Last night I had the opportunity to experience what the press called an Evening of Community and Cultural Riches. My friend Ann won a couple of tickets to see the new conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform his first show at the Disney Concert Hall. Sadly we weren't one of the riches at the concert hall I think those seats were reserved for the powerful and wealthy, but we got a couple good seats at the Plaza theater across the street where they showed the show live on TV. Sure it was only part of the experience, but it was still amazing in itself.
The new conductor is something Dudamel, I can't remember his first name and I am too lazy to look it up right now. ha ha. But he is 29 yrs. and is from Venezuela. There was lots of hipe about this guy, but after the concert I can see why. He was amazing to watch. So animated, so vigorous, so enthralled in his work, he was captivating. I really don't know what all the motion and conducting really means but everyone of those musicians watched him like a hawk and produced some of the most beautiful music I have every heard. Sure it was 2 hours of just instrumental music and I thought I might have a hard time with that, but I really didn't it was amazing, like August Rush amazing ;)
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sounds way fun--glad you could take advantage of it.
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