knoxville/baltimore/providence
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:05 pm
i am a rhode island resident. my boyfriend and i have seen the past three symphony shows. a friend of mine gave us tickets to the ri philharmonic show. we loved it so much, we drove to baltimore to see it again, and then flew to knoxville this passed weekend for number three. we have seriously discussed seeing a las vegas show, a show in italy, and we are definately flying to charlotte for that symphony show.
during the ri show we learned john pagano, one of burt's vocalists (one of three of the most spectacular vocalists i've heard!) was from my home town of providence. in baltimore we had the opportunity to speak to john, and then to our delight we had the chance to meet burt as well, who seemed a bit surprised by our seven-hour drive for show two. last saturday night we spoke with john pagano again - he knew in advance we were going to be there and was nice enough to hang around and greet us again. i shared with him my hope that on a future night burt would feature him on "in between the heartaches" (which is not part of the symphony show), or "make it easy on yourself" (which sadly is only glanced over at the end of the first medley in the symphony show).
why do we keep attending these shows? because folks, for one thing, burt is now in his 70's (amazing) and probably wont be doing shows forever. and for another, the magnitude of his contribution to our pop culture and music history in america is no more obviously or apparent then in a show such as this, 90 minutes of so much music composed by one person - so much that it has to be edited into medley's! this show is all-at-once breathtaking and emotionally overwhelming. the instrumentation and arrangements are fascinating. the more i hear and see, the more i learn. and the more i want to hear and see.
during the ri show we learned john pagano, one of burt's vocalists (one of three of the most spectacular vocalists i've heard!) was from my home town of providence. in baltimore we had the opportunity to speak to john, and then to our delight we had the chance to meet burt as well, who seemed a bit surprised by our seven-hour drive for show two. last saturday night we spoke with john pagano again - he knew in advance we were going to be there and was nice enough to hang around and greet us again. i shared with him my hope that on a future night burt would feature him on "in between the heartaches" (which is not part of the symphony show), or "make it easy on yourself" (which sadly is only glanced over at the end of the first medley in the symphony show).
why do we keep attending these shows? because folks, for one thing, burt is now in his 70's (amazing) and probably wont be doing shows forever. and for another, the magnitude of his contribution to our pop culture and music history in america is no more obviously or apparent then in a show such as this, 90 minutes of so much music composed by one person - so much that it has to be edited into medley's! this show is all-at-once breathtaking and emotionally overwhelming. the instrumentation and arrangements are fascinating. the more i hear and see, the more i learn. and the more i want to hear and see.
