Amadeus

This past week was the Bath Mozart Festival. I was glad to be able to celebrate such a big anniversary in some fashion. There was a whole ten days of concerts and a lecture and I'm not talking about some local chorus or something...no, we got world class performers. So I went to two concerts, a violin and piano duet, and then the London Winds last night.

The piano/violin concert was in the Assembly Rooms, where there have been concerts for centuries. If you think Pride and Prejudice, this is where you would have had those Jane Austen-style balls. Very ornate.

The London Winds concert was at Bath Abbey, and I enjoyed it more. It's a beautiful space, and I actually tried to follow along in the program as the pieces progressed from one movement to another (this is allegro...ok this is the minuet...ok this is the largo...etc) so I think I got more out of it as an active listener than I did at the first concert I went to. But even more than that, it was just really relaxing to listen to good music.

Other than that, my weekend consisted of watching the Aristocats and Stepmom, going to the farmer's market, and doing lots of homework. LOTS and lots of homework. But I don't have to complain to you about that, as we all know how that goes sometimes.

I'm sick right now, but I'm still having a good time. i go to oxford tomorrow, and then after that I only have to go one more time. I'm going to be sad when my other classes are done though, because I really enjoy them. It's just that trip to Oxford that gets me down every week.

I forgot that most of you have a lot of this week off for Thanksgiving. Brittany is sitting next to me very anxious about the Bucknell basketball game. I am at least proud of the Seminoles for finally pulling off a win this week.

Go Noles.

Cheers,
Les