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Gloriana concert: Schnittke Choir Concerto
As per the blurb from the Gloriana website:
Schnittke Choir Concerto: Following our highly successful performance of the Rachmaninoff Vespers in 2008, Gloriana presents another masterwork from the Russian choral canon: Alfred Schnittke's Choir Concerto. Composed in 1985 and based on text taken from the 10th century Armenian poet ( Read more... ) -
Taste of Melbourne Festival
Last night MrM and I went with some dancing friends to the Taste of Melbourne Festival. It was kind of a cross between a degustation menu and a prgressive dinner: about fifteen restaurants had set up kitchens and were serving three small dishes from their menu, which you could buy for $8 -12. There was wine tasting too, lots of wines, but of course ( Read more... ) -
Farscape
MrM and I have been watching Farscape on dvd tonight, with Leela curled up next to us. I can't quite decide whether I like Farscape or not. I want to like it, and it often feels as though it's just about to be really good, but something about it just seems off - I'm not sure if it's the writing or the direction or the perfromances, but scenes ( Read more... ) -
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We had a lovely relaxing and social Saturday today, starting with a late breakfast at Relish in Bentleigh. I do like their potato and ricotta hotcakes with smoked salmon and a poached egg on rocket. Very yummy.
Then we went to Bunnings and looked at powerboards - we made the slightly alarming discovery on Thursday that our tv/video/dvd/sound system ( Read more... ) -
Concert and party. Not in that order.
Big party last night, with lots of dancers, most of whom I hadn't seen since before we went away. It was an excellent party, although not as raucous as last year (and no swimming, since the pool heater wasn't working properly). I had my hair cut and recoloured yesterday, and had a very entertaining time watching people see me without seeing me (as ( Read more... ) -
A Little Night Music
MrM and I went to see A Little Night Music at the State Theatre tonight. It was the first time I'd seen a live preformance of Sondheim - I know the music to Assassins and Company and Into the Woods reasonably well, but I've never seen any of them live ( Read more... ) -
Driving a hybrid
MrM and I love our Prius - it's a great car to drive, as well as making us feel less guilty than if we were still driving a petrol-guzzling Commodore - but there are drawbacks.
And the big one is needing to be super careful around pedestrians when we're driving slowly, because they will just step out in front of us without looking, assuming ( ( Read more... ) -
Werribee Gorge Walk
We drove out to Werribee Gorge State Park (which is actually just outside Bacchus Marsh, and not particularly near Werribee) and did the Circuit Track today with some friends from dancing ( Read more... ) -
Homeward bound
We're in Dubai airport, with three hours to wait until our flight leaves for Melbourne, but at least they have free wifi, and also laptop charging stations, which is very civilised of them ( Read more... )