Fateful Truth
Spring is bursting forth in this Melbourne neck of the woods and the proverbial light appears at the end of the tunnel as our Covid19 figures creep down around the 20s for the state of Victoria. If we keep this up, hold the line, our Stage 4 restrictions look like they'll be peeled back to ... well, Stage 3! So what will the Fates bring forth come Christmas? [politics aside] Will we have musicians playing to us in a 'live' venue where we're all in the same place at the same time breathing the same air? How I long to enjoy an Australian Chamber Orchestra concert ... I wonder if they could do such a thing outside, in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens maybe, or Sydney Myer Music Bowl? I'd love to hear what their marvellous instruments sound like in the open air - or anywhere. Wishful thinking I suppose - though I am reminded of what can be achieved when the gods and elements are on our side. Handel's Water Music was first performed from a barge on the River Thames f