It's almost over...

the vacation, that is---Friends reopens on Monday---so far only two days of work this week---Wednesday and Thursday---perhaps more, also a lot of my sessions resume this coming week---it should be pretty busy. It is about time, since I have found myself restless at times when there was no structure in my days. This even happens when there is a two hour wait before leaving the apartment for a play or movie. Anyway, the end of the holiday approaches.
  Yesterday, finally settled on the Philharmonic Concert as my evening event. I was able to get a senior ticket---very reasonable. The hall was pretty full---I had thought that senior tickets were only sold when a lot of seats were not taken , but this was not the case. I had gone specifically to hear the Mozart Piano Concerto number 22, a favorite of mine, and I was not disappointed. It is a remarkable piece, especially the last two movements which the orchestra and its conductor, who was also the pianist played beautifully. I love the variety of ideas that Mozart presents, the changes moment to moment that are so inventive. After the intermission, there was a Respighi piece that showed off the orchestra, and a Haydn symphony that, compared to the Mozart, I found incredibly superficial. Some of Haydn's symphonies are unique, others seem to be just concert fillers, like this one, entitled the Miracle symphony (no 96). Granted by this time I was pretty tired, but I really found nothing interesting in the music. I was glad it was short and over.
  Tonight I am going to see an original piece of theater (I don't even know if it is a play) at JACK the venue on the Clinton Hill--Bed Stuy border. I am going with one of Friends former students--who asked me specifically to take him to something offbeat. This piece concerns immigration, displacement---I don't know anyone in it---it could be didactic and repetitive or very inventive. I don't know---we will see, but it gives me an excuse to go to Brooklyn which I like---afterwards will find a bar and watch the middle to end of the Patriot-Titan game.
 Tomorrow is football immersion day, mostly at Cobra--let's see how long I last there, and where else I go. Will report soon.