There was an unusual group, Frautschi, Manasse, Nakamatsu Trio, playing last night that consisted of violin, clarinet and piano. They were all fantastic musicians with amazing backgrounds and they all played wonderfully. The program included pieces by Debussy, Chopin, Stravinsky and a couple contemporary composers. The violin and clarinet players were incredible and the pianist performed an truly wonderful Chopin piece.
My shoulder and hip problems did not bother at all during the concert which made me very happy. However, there was a group of friends sitting in the row in front of us and the person directly in front of me turned out to probably be a not very interested in chamber music person who spent the entire concert knitting something and all the while squirming in her seat and bobbing her head back and forth. She was truly aggravating but fortunately I was able to concentrate on the performances and for the most part ignored her spastic behavior. I had glanced around the room and noticed that everyone sat very still concentrating on the music but this person was obviously out of her element and probably there because a friend had given her a ticket.
It was a very rainy night when we driving to the concert with some poor visibility. We parked in our usual spot around the corner from the music hall and walked over. There was a lot of snow on the ground and we had to be careful. Lots of very deep puddles too because of the rain and the melting snow. After the show we needed to be careful walking because of black ice but at least it had stopped raining. It was a lot more pleasant driving home and we come up Elmwood Avenue. We got home around 10 pm and hung out for awhile relaxing in front of the TV.
The next concert in February is the Juillard String Quartet.
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