Family Stuff

There’s quite a lot of blossom coming out now – and it’s been raining a lot. So, it’s pretty but wet around here.

Tomorrow it’s Ben’s birthday party – some of his friends are coming over for pizza, cake, table tennis and generally hanging out (that probably isn’t the phrase they use, but, oh well).

On Sunday we’re going to the CSO “Beyond the Score” concert. We’ve met the creative director and his family, who recently moved here from England. We’re interested to hear what he says about the music they’re playing – and to hear the music, of course. Ben played the first movement of the Mozart piano concerto they’re doing a couple of years ago, so we all know that quite well, especially Ben!

Both Ben and Esther are getting ready to play in a violin recital on May 5. Esther is playing the last movement of the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto and Ben is playing the second and third movements of the Bruch Concerto (the famous one).

A newswire has made a transcript of Steve’s podcast available.

When we went to rehearse with Ben and Esther’s piano accompanist on Wednesday he said to me “How does it feel to be the most famous agnostic in Oak Park?” In reality I doubt that I am, but it was fun to be asked!