The irregular combinations of fanciful inventions may delight a-while, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted,
and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
If your ears and spirit and humours are vexed, and weary of all this rock and roll, as are mine oft-times, fear not, for like Zephyr and his sweet breath, summer will soon arrive in dismal grey Vancouver, and with it the fancy of a Sunday evening symphony in the park, and, best of all, it's free.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra have announced two free concerts next month, one in Stanley Park, and one in Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. These are made possible by the largesse of an unnamed benefactor, and I intend to take full advantage. I've never before heard a symphony orchestra in the flesh (never mind in the park), and I wish to be entranced, enchanted, and delighted.
Dates and times are:
Free VSO Concert in Stanley Park
Sunday August 7, 7PM, Lumberman's Arch, Stanley Park, Vancouver
Bramwell Tovey - Conductor
Christel Lee - Violin
Free VSO concert at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby
Friday August 12, 7:30PM, Deer Lake, Burnaby
Ken Hsieh - Conductor
Christopher Lee - Clarinet
And we hope, as always, that the eternal shall be made anew. If music be the food of love, play on.
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