Concert!

[iselima]

I've been singularly lucky, I feel! 

A few days ago I searched Alice Coote on internet. It appeared she was going to perform Schubert's Winterreise in London, on 26th and 28th. I was not very hopeful, concert not far away and ticket-prices should be high for a star like her. But oh! There were a few tickets left and I could get one next to the stage for only £18! Am I lucky, or not?

I became a fan of Alice Coote because of watching three of her opera appearances, where she seemed to be wallowing in singing men-roles and she was simply marvellous at that.

Winterreise is entirely something else of course, very sad and just her and a pinanist (or so I believe). I've been to Winterreise when I was in my twenties and was deeply touched. From what I could see so far, Alice Coote is great in bringing emotions across...so I'm so hopeful this is going to be an experience never to forget.

Thursday at 5.30 I'll step into the bus in front of our house, have myself transported to Central London, and all the way shiver in anticipation. :)

Comments

[tetleythesecond]

WAAAAHHH! I wish you so much fun! Well, "fun" may be the wrong word for the Winterreise, but I think that it adds a whole dimension to the cycle if a woman sings it. All those emotions -- not even primarily the love for a woman, but the quiet pensiveness, sadness, and Weltschmerz -- were so profoundly associated with men that this is a feminist act in many more ways than just that of singing of love to a woman. Women have received much flak especially for singing the Winterreise from a certain sort of old-school conservative men, and I think it's because of just that. If men don't even have the privilege of deep, sad thoughts about love and the world in general -- then what remains? ;)

I expect a report!

[ysilme]

If men don't even have the privilege of deep, sad thoughts about love and the world in general -- then what remains? ;)
So true... *big grin*

[iselima.livejournal.com]

I expect a report! I fully intend to oblige (and after your forceful admonishment, how could I even dare not to). :)

I was thinking I had seen Winterreise in the Concertgebouw with Jard van Nes, though your words made me realize it was not her but Dietrich Fischer Dieskau. Jard van Nes was with Das Lied von der Erde and also with Kindertotenlieder (a concert which I can never forget).

I'm preparing myself so that I can hope get all those emotions, reading the poems, listening. Excited anticipation. :)