Culture and Dad Update

On Thursday, Kelsey and I went to the Minnesota Orchestra, to see the 1812 Overture. It was a special show to pay tribute to Antal Dorati, one of the previous conductors. The current conductor, Osmo Vänskä, is hilarious to watch, in my opinion. He seems to be a small little man, with lots of energy, and dances around as he conducts. The opening piece was Hungarian Rhapsody no 2, which you would recognize if you heard it. The second piece was composed by Dorati himself, and they had a guest cellist. It may have been the worst classical music I've ever heard. It sounded like the lead cello and orchestra were playing completely different pieces, at different tempos. Fortunately there were some much better pieces after the intermission, include the 1812 Overture itself. I love that song. And, I may sound foolish, but I learned that it was composed for the Russian repelling of Napolean in 1812, NOT the US War of 1812, as I had thought.

And because I know you'll want to know, my dad is doing well. He is walking around the floor of the hospital, and will be going home on Saturday. He'll probably be off of work for the next 4 weeks or so, and then back on a part time basis for a while. I'm heading down Monday morning to see him and the rest of the family.