Klarinet Archive - Posting 000333.txt from 2006/08

From: George Lin <george_s_lin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dec. 7, 2006
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:17:40 -0400

All,

The Library of Congress concerts are free-but there is
a small ticketmaster fee per tichet (should be under
$5, I think).

I saw Sabine Meyer and her trio play there in 2005.
Great playing.

George Lin
Fairfax, VA

--- dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> Next December 7, in Washington, DC, at the Library
> of Congress,
> there will be a performance of the Gran Partitta by
> the Orchestra
> of the Age of Enlightenment and with a 35 minutes
> introduction by
> me.
>
> And this time, the autograph in Mozart's hand WILL
> BE present. I
> have the LC's promise on that. It will be in a
> well-protected,
> chest high stand with a plastic cover that a bazooka
> can't break,
> and it not only locks but two guys built like
> cigarette machines
> will be standing by it in casy anyone is crazy
> enough to try and
> make a swap.
>
> Remember, it's ME followed by some small-time guy
> named "Moe's
> Art," and the band consists entirely of accordions
> (which the
> manuscript not only tolerates but recommends as a
> perfectly valid
> substitute for bassinet hounds).
>
> I'm not sure of the time, but it is in the evening
> at the
> Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge auditorium. I played one
> of that kind
> of concert some 30 years ago and it was free at that
> time. I
> believe (but do not know) that it is still free on a
> first-come
> first-served basis.
>
> And should the accordionists leave measure 111 of
> the 5th
> movement in, KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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