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| Image:Marco Borggreve |
In keeping with one of my 'black dog' survival tips to get out of the house and engage with people I decided tonight to grab a late seat at a performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra
And what a great seat it was! Front Row in Dress Circle. I figured it might be a good ploy in future to buy a ticket as late as possible to get good seats offered up by season subscription holders that can't attend that night.
Watching the ACO perform tonight with Guest Director and lead violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja makes one glad to be alive.
Without exception each musician on the stage tonight is brilliant in their own right and a master of their craft. It's quite obvious however from the volume and breadth of musical material they are required to learn for a concert tour, that individual brilliance does not arise from natural talent alone but from hard work and constant practice.
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| Image:Henri Sigfridsson |
To see these young musicians keep pace with the energetic virtuosity of world renowned Patricia Kopatchinskaja makes me want to stand up in my seat and punch the air. That is frequently where the live performance takes me.....so so different from a recording.
It's a shame that the raw energy of this ensemble is not heard or seen by younger audience in this town. Most audience was made up of elderly well heeled patrons.
Funnily enough, or probably to be expected in my case, I struck up an enjoyable conversation with a music student who had made himself comfortable in my seat. It turned out I knew his father. Luckily there were spare seats nearby. We had a common interest in music and had a real good chinwag about the contemporary appeal of Vivaldi's music.
In the end I'm glad I attended. I enjoyed some lively conversation and listened to some sublime and life affirming music.
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