Music of the night...

This must be the week for me to be all artsy! First we went to see Avenue Q and tonight I "forced" the family to go see "The Lyric Harp Duo." Actually, I only forced them to accompany me to the Upper Arlington Library - which is where the free concert was being held. Brian decided to stick around for the concert, while the kids popped in and out when they weren't busy on the library's kid computers.



The Lyric Harp Duo consisted of Jude Mollenhauer and Yan Ni - both of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (among many others). They performed classical harp music, some of which were original arrangements. This may sound like a snooze-fest to some people, but I've always loved the harp. The concert was very good. It was amazing to hear all the different sounds this beautiful instrument could make...including some cool "special effects" like a gong. At one point in a song, I could swear someone was playing the guitar and a piano in another. Watching these two ladies pick, pluck and strum these huge instruments was just fascinating.




I really thought it was cool that with one instrument they could play so many types of music - Chinese, Renaissance, Contemporary, Italian and Spanish! I wanted to yell out "Freebird!" just to see if they would launch into that as well. LOL :o) My favorite piece of the evening was Clair de Lune...I actually have that song on a CD I listen to at night to fall asleep. I whispered to Brian that if I were filthy rich, I'd have these two ladies play me to sleep everynight. :o)



Misc. harp info that I learned tonight:

• A professional harp costs about $20,000!
• They also weigh about 95lbs.
• They have 7 foot pedals (to produce the 'black key' notes)
• Harpists don't use their pinkies when they play!

There was this adorable Chinese baby sitting next to us. She was just a little thing...sucking on her two fingers. Sigh! She definitely gave me "baby fever." I kept making goo-goo eyes at Brian - who was not buying it at all. LOL I just wanted to snatch her out of her mom's arms! (Relax...I would have given her back - eventually! LOL)

Tomorrow is yoga...with all this harp music floating in my head, I should be very zen by noon tomorrow.