[Car tune] Waltz Op.8 #4

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... they're all around you, they all have a ton of metal doing great speed, and evidently this is the first time they've done it ..."



"Waltz Op.8 #4" by Agustin Barrios
Performance by Jason Vieaux, guitar.

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[Car tune] Milonga

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... sure, that person passed you on the right, and it was the center divider, and they were doing 45 miles per hour and everyone else is doing 1, you know what just, someone will catch up with them eventually, take a deep breath, relax ..."



"Milonga" by Jorge Cardoso
Performance by Milos Karadaglic, guitar.

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[Car tune] Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle Op 68/5

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... help you relax your way through the afternoon commute, I mean, it is so relaxing, your head's gonna explode, it's that relaxing, I'm sorry, again, I really should not watch those Sunday shows ..."



"Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle Op 68/5" by Edvard Grieg
Performance by Emil Gilels, piano.

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[Car tune] Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... and because it's Friday, the freeways are just as always, unicorns and rainbows ..."



"Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus" by Giacomo Puccini
Performance by Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.

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[Car tune] Chacona

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... and now it's of course going to be the kind of traffic folks coming back in from out of town, so if you happen to get stuck in any of that, here's your cure ..."



"Chacona" by Antonio Martin y Coll
Performance by Juan Carlos Rivera, vihuela.

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Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Went to the Pacific Symphony's final summer concert on Saturday.

An all-Russian concert ending with Tchaikovsky's 1812, we always look forward to this concert to close each year's summer.  :)



I had to pull up the two kids and our dinner up to the lawn seats.

(Monyo helped push the wagon up the last climb.)

Check one, the professionals setting up the fireworks.

Check two, The canons.

Check three, dinner, we are so ready!  :)



Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with Olga Kern at the piano.

We got a hot tip from Carl, they will be performing here next year as well!

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Introduction and Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Igor Stravinsky:  Suite from The Firebird
Sergei Rachmaninoff:  Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49

After the concert, we watched Ormie to wait for the firework site to clear.

The kids didn't make it to the end...

They still fit nicely in the wagon.  :)

[Car tune] Mazurka Op 59/1 in a

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... after all, just let them cut in, just let them do it, forget it ..."



"Mazurka Op 59/1 in a" by Frederic Chopin
Performance by Martha Argerich, piano.

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[Car tune] Sea Fever

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... because, yup, that person is an idiot, and they got a ton of metal around them, so give them a few car lanes, relax ..."



"Sea Fever" by John Ireland
Performance by Julian Lloyd Webber, cello, John Lenehan, piano.

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