The 2 Berlioz proms were fantastique. The first night was the Te Deum, a new work, and Beethoven 4. Afterwards, a friend of mine drove me to a Heathrow hotel to visit Dr. Papanikolaou, my Music History 2 professor. She was in London for a whole 20 hours. I'm glad we were able to have a little chat! The second night was Beethoven 3, the overture to Les Francs Juges and Symphonie Funebre et Triumphale. The latter was written for a band, so there were zero strings, 9 bassoons, 14 clarinets, 10 trumpets, 4 cornets, 12 (!) French horns, 8 snareish/field drum things, 3 bass drums, 4 sets of crash cymbals, 8 or so trombones, 2 tubas, and a smattering of whatever else I forgot...oboes...whatever, there were a whole bunch of not strings. I would love band if we played music like that. Sadly, we don't, so I am an orchestra girl. I met Michel and Monir before hand and had a little picnic in Hyde Park.
I woke up at 5 AM yesterday morning, walked to a bus stop, went to Liverpool St. Station, got no the Stanstead Express, had my bag searched at the airport, and eventually boarded the plane which was 40 minutes late. Julia met me at the Munich airport. An S-Bahn took us to Marienplatz. We walked partway back to her place and took another train partway (it's not very far, though- I'm going to walk back down there as soon as I get myself together). I threw my stuff down, then we went for a traditional Bavarian meal. I had Pfannkuchensuppe and Leberkรคse, which is kind of like a processed meat thing with a fried egg and potato salad. It was oddly tasty. The menu added another crazy-long word in front of it. Julia made me practice saying it before ordering. I managed! Wonder what I'll eat today.....
Oh, by the way....6 days, and I'm back in Findlay. :/
2 comments:
Don't be so sad. After all, Findlay has Dietsch's and Coffee Amici. Love you.
I'm so late reading your posting...that I now see after checking the calendar that you're almost home!! We've enjoyed following along on your journey..Glad you had so much fun and have memories that will last a lifetime.
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