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There's an interesting link to my part of the world. The long-time musical director of the Seattle Symphony orchestra, Gerard Schwartz, recently became the MD of the Liverpool Philharmonic also.
While at Balshaw's, I went to many concerts by the Halle and the Liverpool Phil at the old Preston Public Hall/Corn Exchange.
Frank Damp
Anacortes, Wa. USA
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
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Karen, I enjoyed your concert tale - thanks for posting it!
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Karen and Rocketman.,most enjoyable, I wish had been there. John, I used to go to the Continental quite ofter, I had two uncles who lived in South Meadow Lane, they had their own business based in S.M.L. they constructed Golden Hill Leyland thru to over the moss to Longton, kerb after kerb,and Leyland Lane too, but they also built the occasional house when local government contracts were sparce, and they relied on me for their plans. They used the Continental tap room as their office !
Public hall, I remember Liverpool Phil.playing 'A young person's guide to the orchestra' by Benjamin Britten, each instruments virtues being displayed and the kettle drums were feet away!
In the sixties I frequently attended concerts by the 'Phil' at their hall in Liverpool.
Toronto Symphony's conductor laureate Sir Andrew Davies, recently conducted the orchestra in Roy Tompson hall, $20,000,000 has just been spent in improving the accoustics.
I always get the shivers when listening to Elgar, amongst other composers.
Alan M
('Music is well said to be the speech of the angels'- Thomas Carlyle)
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Karen, Absolutely no offence, sorry if I gave that impression. The KKK is still here, just below the surface, mainly across the border in Mississippi, but its still here in Louisiana as well. The current Governor only just beat David Duke, ex [supposedly] Grand Wizard of the KKK in the last election. I stay well clear of anything like that, along with voodoo, which is the other end of the spectrum, and still practised.
On a more pleasant front, over the years I've found that an awful lot of engineers like classical music, along with poetry and ballet, myself included as well as Frank and Alan. Most of have come through life the hard way and tend to be a pretty rough bunch, and it just seems odd that we should be attracted to the arts.
John
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No offence taken John.
You didn't give that impression at all.
I enjoy chatting about anything!!
Ciao Karen.
T. D.
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My grandson's so lovingly destructive ( aged 18 months, party trick tipping dogs water bowl over his head) that my son said he was going to buy him a Ku Klux Klan outfit.
We had a good laugh as it's our kind of dark humour, hope nobody takes us seriously.
