After a day of rest, it's back to work, rehearsing for our upcoming concerts! We were grateful to the Delhi Music Society for the use of their largest room to unpack gear and rehearse for many hours. A great pleasure also to again take up preparing for the premiere of Carlos Marecos' fantastic work written for us, "7 Instantes from Rural Portugal" for flutes, recorders and piano. Marecos is famous for sensuous melodies and harmonies—effortless mastery, really—and we are sure the audience will love the work as much as we already do! Lots of other works, covering five centuries of music, on the program too, so we think there will be something, hopefully many things, on the program for everyone!
More photos of the day!
Powell Flutes, unpacked and ready to go, plus a lovely Soubeyran traverso!
Just a few of the many recorders to be used for the program…
A lovely Bõsendorfer piano owned by the Delhi Music Society. Ivory tops of keys nailed down due to humidity causing the glue to "melt".
Masks to protect against the smoke (receding, fortunately) in Delhi—better safe than sorry.
Best news of the day: Hotel Concierge with our delayed luggage! Whew!