Last night took me to Royal Albert Hall for The BBC Proms.
Founded in 1895, the Proms bring an eight-week summer orchestral classical
music extravaganza to London, and consist of over 70 concerts.
I went to see the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Canadian
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a highly expressive but very meticulous conductor, who
took us through Prokofiev's Symphony No 5 in B flat, as well as – my favorite
on the night – Tchaikovsky`s Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'. Italian Anna
Caterina Antonacci joined us for Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, which didn`t
elicit as much enthusiasm from me….it wasn`t as uplifting in my opinion, as I
have expected, and I was distracted by the soprano`s choice of outfit – a
masterfully-monochrome, black-and-cream dress, with a plunging neckline (I
like!) but sleeveless; I thought her upper arms would look leaner with a bit of
a cover. Nevertheless, she coped extremely well with over 20 minutes-long
song-cycle.
I was wearing a Grecian-style Giambattista Valli dress; a
Juicy Couture shoes and a clutch from Aspinal of London.
To top this great night out, I was complimented on my way
home by two hip, very young fashionistas – you look so pretty – they commented.
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