A concert

I spent last Saturday afternoon attending a rehearsal by some friends, who the following day were giving a concert at the “Parc Floral” in the “Bois de Vincennes”. They are three friends who met in Budapest some two years ago and play together under the name of “L’air du temps”: Marine Park (piano), living in Paris but born in Korea, Siem Huijsman (cello), living close to Amsterdam and Fréderic Planchon (violin), living in Lyon. After the rehearsal, we made a short walk and ended up in my little garden with some champagne.

The following day, last Sunday, I went to the “Parc Floral” quite early in the morning, passed in front of the Vincennes Castle and found the garden with a lot of geese, some waterlilies…

… and the pavilion, “la scène amateurs”, where the concert was to be given at noon, of course with the friends again rehearsing. This is part of a musical program under the name “Classique au vert”, sponsored by the City of Paris and which offers concerts all weekends between August 11 and September 2 (see here). It gives – also - opportunities for very qualified “amateurs” to perform.

So, at noon, we were a few dozens who had the pleasure to listen to our friends. They played very successfully (ovation by the end) works by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Mendelssohn (with Schubert as a “bis”).

Please double-click for a little extract... (Schubert)

I have already posted about the “Bois de Vincennes” here, here and here, about the “Parc Floral” here, about the Vincennes Castle here…