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Finnglish Diary 2003 |
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Things you really want to know.
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Saturday 1st November 2003 Off to Manchester for a wedding! A 'cyber friend' of mine was being married in Manchester and we went up for the weekend. In spite of a horrendous drive, it took 7 hours, we had a marvelous time. Having said that the hotel was crumby, the restaurant was abysmal and we had an argument over the bill! But it was all worth it to attend such a terrific event. For that's what it was. Take a look at the pictures and you may get an idea. ------={}=------
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Thursday 13th November 2003 Went to St. Paul's Cathedral to hear a recital of Berlioz' Requiem. We were very excited about this as the Requiem is not performed that often and not in such an exalted venue. Neither of us had ever been to St. Paul's so we were looking forward to an exciting evening. Unfortunately, we were both somewhat disappointed. While St. Paul's is undoubtedly an impressive place, they had the builders in! Large parts of it were covered in, albeit tasteful, tarpaulins. It was undergoing renovation. Oh well. The real disappointment was the performance itself. While not taking anything away from the choir or orchestra, the accoustics left a lot to be desired. The place is huge and the sound seemed to be sucked into the dome and lost. Never mind, it was an evening out! At least we can cross St. Paul's of our 'must see' list. ------={}=------
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Friday 14th -Monday 17th November 2003 The weekend of Tapani and Pekka's visit. It's all been chronicled elsewhere Stasi Men and Bulletin 14
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21st November 2003 And now for something completely different! Civic theatre, Chelmsford. I'm not sure if the Rocky Horror Show is know in Finland but here it has something of a cult following. I hadn't seen it before although Arja has. She convinced me to go and I agreed, with some misgivings. I thought I was right when we went into the auditorium, people were dressed up in suspender belts and fishnet stocking, corsets and short, I mean SHORT, skirts. That was just the men! I was beginning to think we were in some sort of madhouse! The RHS very much depends on audience involvement. Most folk knew the script backwards and shouted out witty responses to the actors. Well I soon understood the form and changed into a very happy bunny! A great night out and I would definately go and see it again. There are loads of sites for this but this is the best I came up with.
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Sunday 23rd November 2003 My my, we do get out a lot! Cinema today to see 'Seabiscuit'. The story of a racehorse at the time of the depression in America. True story as far as Hollywood will allow but enjoyable for all that. We're suckers for a good horse story anyway.
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29th November 2003 What a busy November! We were sitting around reading the papers when Arja suggested we try to go to Chelmsford cathedral to hear Mozart's Masse in 'C'. Being doubtful whether we'd get tickets at the door, we thought we'd give it a try. Amazing! We got tickets even though the place was pretty well packed. What a stroke of luck! It was a terrific performance. Not a lot more to be said, the choir, Essex University choir, was outstanding! The orchestra, although a tad small, did a first class job. This was the evening we hoped St. Paul's would have been. It goes to show that all the talent isn't in the big cities eh?
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