A small park from Van Wezel, separated by a tiny creek that empties out to the Sarasota Bay.
We took a walk after Hilary Hahn‘s performance at Van Wezel. It has a beach, probably will stop by next time, during day light.
It says, there are canoe launch; Restaurant In Park and restrooms among many other offers. Not sure where is this Restaurant In Park?
… within an hour, the park replied to my review on Google Maps, that The Nest Café is inside the same building as the restrooms; and they’ll expand to 53-acre, …
They couldn’t accommodate 20 people outside so we dined inside. There is another 12+ table in the same room – the restaurant is huge with many rooms and areas. There is only one serve, luckily she’s very good at what she does. The service is slow – not sure it’s due to the kitchen or one server: it takes an hour between sitting down to the food.
after ww ii, head SSU later became CIA, in Berlin, till 1960
took over family’s wine business … making Blue Nun the largest brand in the world
I drank a lot of Blue Nun in Hong Kong. There wasn’t much competition. I remembered a Chinese lady Sabrina was doing German wine biz in HK at time but it was a very small scale operation.
Tonight, our vds wine club wine-dinner invited his daughter Bettina Sichel to join us. Three of the four wines we tasted are from her Laurel Glen Vineyard in Sonoma, which she purchased in 2011.
2022 Laurel Glen Blanc Slate Sauv Blanc $40/$32 by join the club
2023 Laurel Glen Rosella Rose $40
2018 Laurel Glen Estate Cab Sauvignon $125/$100
Her vineyard is similar to the few we visited in 2015: small and exclusive, and you need to join their club. Distributor Tom who knows Jay. Her grapes are NE exposure (cooler side) that gives her crop extra power.
Why did her father sell his vineyard?
记得在香港时 Blue Nun 大概是最出名的白餐酒. 今晚的酒商就是他三个娃之一. 她说爸爸把生意卖了… 她最后自己买了一个加州的酒园. 今晚四个酒 三个是她的. 非常喜欢和.
A sold out concert. 7:05, ushers closed the doors. 7:08 Itzhak Perlman zooms onto the stage his motorized chair, followed by his longtime recital partner Rohan De Silva, and a female page tuner. They all dressed in black.
The recital has planned program, from works of three composers. It’s an hour long, plus a short intermission after the second composer.
Bach (16 minutes)
Strauss (29 min)
Schumann (17 min)
The playbill ran out before the concert start – first time ever, so I’ve to take a photo of my neighbor’s.
When he re-emerges after the intermission, a man yelled, “I love you Itzhak.”
White haired grandpa in PJ picks up the microphone, said, “thank you.”
Then goes on to say, while in the backstage, he called Mr Schumann, who said the next three pieces are short but hope he’ll play them without interruption – aka applause.
“I said to Mr Schumann that I don’t care but Mr Schumann insists.”
So there isn’t an applause. To be honest, I do feel bewildered when the inappropriate applauds occur. There is a teen boy sits to my right who knows exactly when to applause – a future classical musician or a violist? Among the mostly grey haired audience, there are a few teens, some are alone and some are with their parents. All look like political and educated. Hope the number will grow larger …
After the Schumann’s pieces, it’s free program.
“I’ve a computer printout that I played here since 1912 …” laughs. “If you were here in 1912, your hearing is probably not very good … “ more laughs
A L shaped restaurant, that serves Japanese sushi and SE Asian cuisine. Quiet on a Sunday evening. Two pleasant young women (both with long pony tails) work the room.
Service is so so: trying for good five minutes to tell the server (seeing her come and go) that the Pinot noir turned; my cab is ok.
“How old is this bottle?”
She said, “normally is less than a week.”
Oh well.
Their stems are not bad.
Two little kids, a boy and a girl are behind the bar counter. I’ve mixed feelings for kids in a work place …
Foods are fine:
Thai lettuce Wrap – minced pork on the sweet side; have to ask for spicy sauce
Sashimi style dinner – ok
Spicy tuna roll – something crunchy which makes the roll interesting
A Caucasian man comes and goes in the bar counter, sporting ‘vineyard vines’ t shirt . I’m between foods, so I googled it: not a vineyard but a clothing store. Oh well, just learnt one more thing today: thanks.
This is one of my faves: Schumann’s cello concerto with du Pré and her husband Barenboim (and piano concerto too).
Du Pré’s life was short due to her illness – MS multiple sclerosis. They’d better times together: they met on the Christmas Eve in 1966. After the Six-Day War (1967, June 5-10), she cancelled all her engagements and went to Jerusalem with him, performing for the Israelis. Then married shortly after in Jerusalem at a Western Wall ceremony, with Zubin Mehta (… I’d to temporarily be renamed Moshe Cohen) as the witness.
Although their union lasted till her death, but they both had affairs: she with her brother-in-law and he with a Russian pianist who born him two sons, in 1983 and 85 in Paris. Both boys were born before du Pre’s death. I saw Michael Barenboim at Carnegie Hall – a journeyman.
这是我特别喜欢的一个CD. 前面那个视频里没有 Daniel Barenboim (丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆; 1942-). 笑弯腰的是他的媳妇杜娃: 难得一见开怀大笑
他们相遇1966年圣诞夜. 1967 年六日战争爆发前不久, 她取消了所有表演合同, 与巴一起飞往耶路撒冷. 她皈依了犹太教, 并在为以色列军队和民众举办音乐会后, 1967年在西墙结婚.
金童玉女
可惜好景不长. 她1973年10月被诊断患有多发性硬化症 multiple sclerosis MS. 她最后一次在伦敦举办音乐会是在 1973 年 2 月, 与祖宾·梅塔合作. 她的最后一场公开音乐会于 1973 年 2 月在纽约. 与Pinchas Zukerman (平夏斯·祖克曼; 1948-), 伯恩斯坦指挥四场勃拉姆斯双协奏曲. 她只参加了四场音乐会中的三场 (指头失去感觉了), 最后一场, 由 Isaac Stern (艾萨克·斯特恩; 1920-2001)代替她演奏了门德尔松的小提琴协奏曲.
死后她的姐姐Hilary (1942-) 出版了传记 A Genius in the Family (1997) 改编 Hilary and Jackie (1998), 唏嘘 动容
杜和巴都有婚外情 她和姐夫, 他和一俄罗斯犹太钢琴娃 孕二子 都在杜娃死前出世. 我看过他们的小儿子迈克尔的室内 音乐会 – 没有惊艳 – a journeyman.
It was a bygone era’s sumptuous bacchanal. Jacqueline du Pré (杰奎琳·杜普蕾 (1945-87) would die soon, in 1987. The three male musicians all rose to the pinnacle of their respective field: Daniel Barenboim (丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆; 1942-), Zubin Mehta (祖宾·梅塔; 1936) and Itzhak Perlman (帕尔曼; 1945- ), which we’re going to see tomorrow.
The Chinese version on WeChat is shorter, nipped du Pré and Barenboim from the start, but kept her laughing at the end.
I’ve seen all three musicians multiple times.
Mehta conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1978 to 1991, after stings at Montreal Symphony Orchestra (1961-67), LA Phil (1962-78), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1969 to life), among many other prestigious appointments. New Yorkers are tough crowds but under his baton at NYPhil, he was not only loved but put on numerous unforgettable performances. I was lucky to catch end of his 13 years run.
This 51 seconds long video, titled Perlman, Mehta, Barenboim and du Pré Having Fun During a Rehearsal was posted in 2008, and resurfaced on Chinese Weixin recently, without Barenboim (perhaps due to 30 second restriction?)
Many black and white photos on the walls are beautiful and interesting. Girls in the bathroom walls are provocatively enchanting. 1958 was the last year that the Cubans existed as a whole on the island. Since then, one million plus hit the roads around the world for a new home. This owner came to US.
The stems look nice but are rather thick. Good service with delicious food:
Empanada with spinach & cheese
Marquitas con Guacamole
Croquetas de la Casa Cod
sandwich Guajiro – pork
All three are great, except the sandwich is tasteless.
Using cigar box for bill is cool: The Library uses books.
No hooks under the bar counter. The only handicap is the regular high ceiling.
The two men band plays before we left for our opera. Next time
, which is better than average. The tater tots is crisply delicious.
straightforward and powerful, and a great production.
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。7:05，引座员关上了门。7:08 帕伯上舞。计划的节目为一小时，外加短暂的中场休息。
Hilary and Jackie (1998), 唏嘘 动容
娃居多, 上音乐课时 90% 的孩子们没有音乐基础. 没有贬低之意. 只是感叹老梅的成就来之不易. 想想他执棒纽约时的盛况, 每次去都是满载而归 从来没有失望过
