PBS recently aired a September 2008 performance of George Gershwin's music featuring the Nashville Symphony. The show's closing piece was "Rhapsody in Blue," perhaps Gershwin's most well-known piece. I've enjoyed the song for a long time but never had the opportunity to "see" it performed and videoed to such great effect.
It was incredible to SEE guest soloist Kevin Cole's performance - his hands were up and down the keyboard in such commanding fashion. In the video excerpt below, you get some sense of the wonder of his performance.
For other sensory experiences you encounter, identify a different dimension to begin to experience them: Maybe listening to a dog being petted or feeling the texture of the ingredients in a home cooked meal? You decide and come to some new senses of your own.
Update Note: Because of Good Friday, there won't be a post on Friday, April 10.
2 comments:
Awesome! Brought back great memories. Especially the one of the night I brought my then-10 year-old sister to Symphony Hall in Boston. Watching her amazement and sheer joy at seeing music in action(I think it was Smetana), I found new joy in my own appreciation of the experience!
Seth - Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad that it brought back memories! Live music is so cool that it's a shame I don't get to experience it too much anymore. It really does come down to your vantage point: being in the front row for R.E.M. at a small hall in KC, sitting in the balcony to "watch" the orchestra for the Nutcracker ballet, sitting among the musicians at a special performance of the KC Symphony. Those are all memories I cherish.
Mike
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