Concert time

The Concert for Boston put on by the Dudley House Orchestra and Chorus featured Mozart's Piano Concerto 16 and Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Professor Robert Levin played the piano and was superb.

prepared for Beethoven's 9th

Niece Meghan was in the Violin 1 section. We represented the family contingent for her and enjoy a good dinner and conversation after the concert.

Northeastern Univ Concert - Carolyn

Northeastern Univ Concert - Carolyn, originally uploaded by shersteve.

My daughter Carolyn, in the "orange" Santa hat (due to the lighting, it really is red) on stage during the concert provided by the Northeastern University Orchestra at the new Fenway Center on St Stephen's St.

The Fenway Center is formerly St Ann's Church.

The concert was lightly attended but well worth it. If you want to hear some real good musicians, check out when they will play next semester.

Northeastern Univ Concert - before

Northeastern Univ Concert - before, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Rehearsal complete, the instruments rest before the performance begins.

Northeastern Concert

Carolyn has continued playing her viola at Northeastern by joining with the school orchestra. The Spring performance was held on Sunday. It was anything but spring-like in Boston. The nor'easter was bringing wind and rain to the region. We managed to stay mostly dry as we navigated from the train station to dinner and then to the concert.

The ride home was longer than it should have been as for the first time in all my years of commuting here in Boston and previously in NJ/NY, we got on the wrong train. We remained warm and dry, but it took us awhile to get off at the next stop, and wait for another train to bring us back to a recovery point to catch the proper train home. A learning experience!

The concert was good although the program was shortened due to the weather. The harp accompanist elected not to travel in the wet and raw weather to protect the instrument. A wise decision.

One piece by a student composer did successfully recreate the feelings of openness and wonder that he experienced as he approached Denali via plane. I have not been to Denali but have been out in the wilderness in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mt Katahdin in Maine, and on top of the South Teton in Wyoming. For music to recreate the feeling of standing in one of those places, listening to the gentle wind, and all the life of nature, was truly impressive.

Garnet Rogers "All that is"

Managed to catch Garnet Rogers in concert at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse down the road from my house here in Franklin. The Laws opened and played very well, good guitar picking and wonderful vocal harmonies. Amongst the songs that Garnet shared with us, the chorus to this one caught my ear and snagged it.

All that Is

Who can tell when in love you'll finally fall?
Some live in vain and never love at all
but as lightning strikes
or as a small insistent voice
if we are blessed we will hear and heed the call

Give your love and never count the cost
Lose your heart and never call it lost
May your love be your shelter
to the ending of your days
love is all that is, all that ever was

May your love grow strong and always kind
May your hearts grow forever more entwined
In the brightest day or the stillness of the night
May it be each others hand you seek and find

Never more to be alone
Ever closer you have grown
Forever now may no distance come between
And in each other's loving hearts you find a home

Welcome Jewel Fans!

Thanks for coming by to find what I have written and recorded from Jewel's free concert at Boston's South Station on Friday 2/9/07.

To help make it easier to find the individual posts, I have created a summary and put it in the left column.

The Jewel Concert Collection


Enjoy!

Jewel - South Station Concert

Jewel sings "Save Your Soul" in this recording captured during her free concert at South Station on Friday, 2/9/07.

In answer to a comenters request: Enjoy!

Time -> 00:05:40

Jewel Concert Photo Timeline

Jewel Concert Photo Timeline
Originally uploaded by shersteve.

Some photos of the free Friday night concert at South Station as the time approach:
the sound check was made,
the crowd gathers,
more people arrive,
its time,
the people almost fill the station,
Candy O'Terry (local radio host) introduces Jewel,
and Jewel performs.








1. Jewel_SouthSta 1, 2. Jewel_SouthSta 5, 3. Jewel_SouthSta 3, 4. Jewel_SouthSta 2, 5. Jewel_SouthSta 4, 6. Jewel_SouthSta 6, 7. Waiting for Jewel at SouthStation, 8. Jewel_SouthSta 7, 9. Jewel at SouthStation, 10. Jewel_SouthSta 9

Jewel - Standing Still

Jewel's sang this as the second song in her free concert at South Station on Friday 2/9/07.

Time 4 minutes





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Jewel - Yodeling

Jewel's free concert at South Station Boston included this yodeling sample. She says in the intro that this was the first song she learned to sing.


Time just over 2 minutes





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Might work late Feb 9th

Heard this afternoon that Jewel will be doing a FREE concert in Boston at South Station on Friday, February 9th.

Gee, I might need to work late or just hang around to catch this one.

Via the Starts & Stops blog.