I have seen it during performances of Rev. Gary Davis, Doc Watson does it, as well as BB King (who is 84 today, by the way). At some point while they’re playing, you notice that they seem to have left the role of “performer” and joined you as “audience”. They get this sort of detached look of amazement on their face, sort of: “wow! What beautiful music is coming out here!”, and just sort of observe and enjoy along with us. Almost as if their hands have left their body and have become part of the instrument, not them. I saw that again yesterday at St. Mary’s City, where I enjoyed a concert by Brian Ganz and Beverly Babcock. They played two pieces, a Bach “keyboard” Concerto (No. 5 in F minor) and also Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (called the “Emperor”). They were such a joy to watch, they looked like they were mostly playing for their own enjoyment and were graciously allowing us to observe them. Several times during the performance, Brian would just sort of appear to be listening to, rather than playing, the music. Wow! What nice music – where’s that coming from? A couple of times he even adjusted his tie (as he was DFC) during the piece. As they say, music hath the power to, in this case, make a malfunctioning e-mails seem trivial. It was also nice to see a wide variation in age of the audience, not just stodgy “genarians”, but many young people as well. A good sign that classical music still attracts all ages. It was a great concert by two talented musicians, and not only for the music they played. Prior to the performances, Brian offered some notes about the pieces, gave some history about them (including the story of why the Beethoven was dubbed "Emperor") making it a great listening and learning experience. And not only that, their “page turner” (a complicated musical term) was Jonah Yeh, that insouciant young pianist of great talent and promise. Even he seemed to be enjoying the fun. If you would like to have more fun, there will be another edition this Friday at 4, in Montgomery Hall 25, and will have Jeffrey Silberschlag and the college Orchestra. Same pieces. Get out and listen to real music. It’s good for you.,.
Going Lower:
While wandering the aisles at Giant the other day (I think the same trip that resulted in the top sliced buns), I came across a little display that brain flashed me back to my youth. It was a little bag of:
I seem to remember that they came in some sort of tube, but anyway I picked up the package and brought it home. I think all good snacks involve cheese and these are no different. If you remember, it is composed of cheese like material between some almost cardboard like waffle wafers. Somehow the combination just works and, as you know I'm a big fan of "what works".
And even the serving fits, some have busted apart (for all you Oreo lovers) some are cracked, so you get to pick the one that’s most pleasing to you.
A great little snack from the past.
And speaking of snacks, it reminds of a time when we had an interesting discussion as to what constitutes “bar snacks”. You know, those little bowls of something that often sit on the bar that increases your salt intake and makes you thirsty? After much discussion we concluded that the main qualification is that it has to be orange. Think about it. All those “mixes” contain orange bits, cheetos, cheez its, bbq fritos, Doritos, what color? Orange. A rule of life..and after the bar
DFD
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