THIS IS MY RETURN. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE I MADE AN ENTRY IN THIS BLOG. MAY I MAKE A DEMAND OF ANYONE WHO READS THIS, NO MATTER HIS OR HER AGE? PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB UP ON A KITCHEN CHAIR OR ON AN UNSTEADY LADDER.......OR LIKE ME, YOU MAY WIND UP WITH BROKEN RIBS, TWISTED KNEE AND ALL THE PAINS THAT ACCOMPANY SUCH AN ACCIDENT. SO, I MISSED A NUMBER OF CLASSES, AND SOME CONCERTS. WHAT WITH MY INJURIES AND MY OTHER PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, I HAVE APOINTMENTS WITH FOUR DOCTORS NEXT WEEK.
THURSDAY, NOV. 30TH, WAS THE FIRST DAY I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT, AND
I DID GET TO SEE A NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CONCERT, ONE THAT I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT WAS MARVELOUS, ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN. MY ORCHESTRA SEAT(NOT MY USUAL ONE,)WAS EXCELLENT. I REALLY WAS "TRANSPORTED."
THE PROGRAM:
MOZART - PIANO CONCERTO IN A MAJOR - LEON FLEISHER
HINDEMUTH - PIANO MUSIC WITH ORCHESTRA OP.29 - LEON FLEISHER
ROUSSEL - BACCHUS ET AREIEL SUITE NO. 2
R. STRAUSS - FINAL SCENE FROM SALOME - NANCY GUSTAFSON
THIS WAS ONE BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED AND WELL PROGRAMMED CONCERT!
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.
THEN ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE ROUNDABOUT THEATRE
FOR THE MUSICAL, "THE APPLE TREE" WITH KRISTEN CHENOWETH. LILLIAN AND I HAD A GREAT TIME. I FELT AS IF THIS SHOW, TOO, WAS ONE OF THE BEST REVIVALS OF A FAMOUS B'WAY SHOW THAT I HAD EVER SEEN. LUCKY ME!
THIS BLOG WRITING ENDEAVOR WAS STARTED BECAUSE I WANTED TO KEEP A RECORD OF WHAT I DO IN NEW YORK, BUT MY DEAR JENNIFER, DAUGHTER NUMBER
THREE SUGGESTED, RIGHTLY, THAT I NEVER MENTION MY FAMILY OR TELL ANY PERSONAL STUFF, AND SHE IS CORRECT BEACAUSE, AS I SAID I STARTED THIS AS A KIND OF MEMORANDUM. BUT I WILL TRY TO INCLUDE A DIFFERENT SORT LOF WRITING IN FUTURE.