Tuesday I had class as usual: music class and science class. Yesterday I only had one class: Shakespeare. We did not have our World War II class because we were all going to hear the London Symphony Orchestra play!
We heard a violin concerto by Elgar and we heard Mozart's Requiem. The concerto was alright...the solo violinist got kind of squeaky at points, but overall it was pretty good. But I loved the Requiem! It was beautiful. The soloists were really good! The soprano was my favorite. The tenor was probably the worst...he was kind of reedy and didn't seem to know the music very well.
I just got back from a free concert at Bishopsgate where they have free lunchtime concerts. It was a violinist and pianist playing Bach's Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D Minor, Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor Opus 30 No. 2, and Tchaikovsky's Waltz-Scherzo for Violin and Piano Opus 34. They were really good! Sometimes the violin was a little shrill, but overall they were great. Both the violinist and pianist are 21. I thought it was interesting that the pianist was born in Israel and had come to London in 2002. I thought they both did very well considering their age, but then I'm not an expert on how good people usually are at that age. :-)
Tonight we are going to see Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe which is right on the other side of the Thames from us. I've walked past the Globe a couple of times. We will be groundlings, so we will be right up near the stage and we will be standing the entire time... Thankfully it is not one of his longer plays. But I am excited to get to see a Shakespeare play in the Globe! :-)
Prayer Requests: I am still really tired. Andrew got out of the hospital yesterday afternoon and was able to go with us to hear the London Symphony Orchestra!
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