Happiness still is: Going to the Saint Louis Symphony!!!

This past Saturday, March 1st, the Symphony program was once again, a heavenly menu:
Oliver Knussen, Flourish with Fireworks, then Chopin, Piano concerto # 2, Turina and De Falla's Three Cornered Hat - all of it masterly conducted by the outstanding Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

What a delightful performance in Chopin's 2nd concerto, by Ingrid Fliter! She truly deserved the Gilmore Artist Award she got in 2006. Ingrid lets her soul flow through her fingers into the piano keys, and she takes us on an imaginary journey of romanticism and love fulfilled: Sweetness, depth, strength, deep emotion and the lightness of being! She is simple, strong and unpretentious, an imposing presence in the world of classical music.
Thanks, SLSO, for bringing her to Saint Louis!

Happiness is: Going to the Saint Louis Symphony!!!

Yes it is indeed! I love it so much that I must sigh that line every Saturday, after leaving Powell Symphony Hall and sinking back into the seat of my SUV: Ahhhhhh... happiness is going to the symphony! I am a Parisian gal, as you may recall from my Beijing blogs, and so I am quite spoiled when it comes to the classical offerings of a world class city. The Saint Louis Symphony can keep up with that expectation with ease: they are simply marvelous! So here is what I imagine as an advertisement campaign:Use Schroeder the piano player from Peanuts, to represent SLSO, and have Lucy give him his repartees. And the top slogan would be: Happiness is going to the Symphony!Well, believe it or not, but I find that our very beloved own David Robertson, Conductor of the SLSO, even could have been the model for Schroeder. If I had to carricaturize him, he'd end up looking like Schroedi!
I called that idea in and talked to Kristy, their VP marketing manager. Let's see if they like it and adopt it.