Saturday 3 May 2008

Deceived into Admiration

Ali has had bronchitis the last couple of weeks and so asked me if I wanted to take up her theatre tickets. She said it was something called Classical Vibes and that they’d be playing Gershwin, Chopin and Bach’s Moonlight Sonata. I said it sounded amazing. So I went.

What she didn’t tell me that it wasn’t an orchestra that I’d be seeing, but a guy playing the vibraphone accompanied by a pianist. I got to the theatre and got a program and got a shock. A Vibraphone??? What The??

Surprisingly good if a bit disconcerting. The Moonlight Sonata just didn’t sound right but some of the other stuff was amazing and I was truly impressed. Weird but good.

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