Today, August 8th, 2011 is the celebration of Growth. By Design - the transformational mater Plan for Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens coming to an end.
In front of the beautiful glass John F. Wolfe Palm House, we saw Monarch Butterfly release (all female), we had wonderful music performed by ProMusica Chamber Orchestra with a dramatic backdrop of colorful illumination.
The concert features Mozart's Divertimento No. 11 in D Major, K. 251, Pergolesi's Sinfonia to L'Olimpiade and Haydn's Symphony No. 48 in C Major (Maria Theresa). All three works were written for festive occasions, perfect for tonight's celebration of growth and harvest. They feature instruments with great projection, including resonating trumpets and drums in Pergolesi and Haydn. I wondered why there is oboe but no clarinet; there is a concertmaster for violin I but merely principals for other instruments. Einnob pointed out no saxophone, either, which made me shut my mouth then. Now it came to me the reason might be saxophone was a later invention, not known to neither Mozart nor Haydn.
The programming and selected order of tonight's works were chosen to offer a variety of moods to accompany the James Turrell lighting exhibit, though I have to say the mood was not always festive and happy. The blue light came first, followed by green, then pink or purple. Sometimes it looked distant, boring, and cold, sometimes it was bright and up-lifting. There were more times with simple one or two colors. I thought of my life in Columbus, Ohio and realized such kind of life is what I long for and have enjoyed.
The kids are kids. They enjoyed the hide-and-seek and tap game first with lots of running and sweating, then music in the background.
Thanks, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanic Gardens.
Monday, August 8, 2011
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