A Relaxing Sunday Evening

Rain, cooler air, an afternoon nap, a game, and then time for dinner at 8:30.

We went out, as we often do on Sundays, and on the way we stopped by Piazza del Popolo to mail a letter. We found that last night's stage had been reconfigured for classical music (the presence of musicians and a harpsichord were giveaways) and inquired what time the concert would start. 9:30? Perfect!

We walked the one block to Cavour, we're seated out on the patio at a table with a great view of the valley, and had a wonderful, leisurely dinner. About 9:45 we departed and returned to the piazza for the "9:30" concert. Notice that we did not feel any great hurry since 9:30 was the earliest possible time they would think about getting organized. One caffé later the concert started promptly at 10:00.

Someone with a camera (Jeremy) will have to give the the visuals, but I can tell you that it was perfect to listen to the open-air concert on a cool evening, with stars overhead, in a casual setting (dogs, children, people coming and going quietly as they pleased, a café doing business). There were about 600 chairs, and it looked like most of them were full, with more people standing along the sides and at the back.

A couple of chamber music pieces and a half dozen guitar features later it was midnight and the audience and the musicians mutually agreed that it was time to call it an evening.

Michael