Barbican
Because we don’t have enough money to travel for the Easter break, we have decided to make the most of London and try and see things we didn’t even know existed here. I had already got some good stuff planned out, but on Thursday night, at work, a guy we like to call chrismat was shouting through the office “who wants to see Shostakovich at the Barbican?!"Of course I swiftly bellowed back ME ME before someone else could jump on him and I found myself with two free tickets for a concert given by the London Symphony Orchestra, directed by Gergiev!
The Barbican is the biggest art centre in Europe, built in the 70s, and it shows. Check it out for yourself…
The concert was amazing, the seats ideal. The white of the hair of the pianist contrasted perfectly with the black of his piano. The drummer looked regal behind his altar of drums. The sea of violinists created elegant waves with their batons. And the chaos of the warm-up became sublime harmony under the order dictated by the conductor, or rather the way he shook his hands as if to dry them off.
The only false note for me that night was the female soprano, or rather actress, who seemed to give birth to the sound in a rather vulgar fashion, knees bent under her enormous gown.
An excellent night to start the break with….
posted by The rat and the monkey @ 6:58:00 AM
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