Idle worry over future times,
Idle worry over future times
does not trouble our gentle slumber;
ambitions not triumphed over us
From Handel Aria 8 “In den agehehmen Büschen” HWV 209
My good friend, graphic designer (important in this blog at the end) Graham Walker and, I attended tonight a baroque concert at St. Augustine Catholic Church here in Kitsilano not too far from my home on 7th Avenue.
These concerts are organized by a young violinist with an impressive curriculum (Julliard, no less!). She is Majka Demcak (in the next concert I will have to ask her how to pronounce her name). Any baroque concert that includes Nan Mackie on viola da gamba and Christina Hutten on harpsichord is a must to witness in my books.
The surprise was the young soprano Chelsea Kutyn. She was astounding and she had this infectious smile when she sang the Handel arias that my daily depression was relieved while she sang.
I have to now point out that she sat in front of me. At her pew she had two hard candies and a thermos flask. That was not all that unusual. But from my vantage point I could see her back, her lovely black dress and strap and her lovely hair. I obsessively photographed this!
After the concert I went back to show the quartet a
photograph/illustration that Graham Walker and I did of the prolifically
fantastic violinist of the Pacific
Baroque Orchestra. That Majka Demcak is part of that group now is most
commendable. To find out about the next concerts on the series you can sign up to Majka Demcak's email. [email protected]
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| Marc Destrubé as Vivaldi - Photo Illustration Graham Walker & Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
