Sunday, October 5, 2008

Barcelona Duet de Guitarra

Joan surprised me last night with tickets to see The Barcelona Guitar Duo. Xenia Axelroud & Joan Benejam have played together at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, one of the most famous concert halls in the world. Here is a link to a webpage I found of the duo. You can listen to their music by clicking the red box under thie photo. They were absolutely amazing, they played Operas and compositions meant for an entire orchestra on just two guitars. The concert was held in the church in Lloret, it was peaceful, beautiful and something I hope everyone has a chance to experience. At the end of the concert, they played a last song on one guitar. Xenia sat on her stool, Joan stood behind and they both played the same guitar. It was amazing. Joan and I would love to see them again but next week Lloret is having another group of Spanish guitar players so we will probably go to that concert as well. It was really refreshing going out on Saturday night to do something else other than go to dinner or go out with Joan's friends.

Tomorrow is a big day, I meet the two children I'm teaching English to and giving the presentation to the boss. I need to be reviewing it and memorizing what I need to know but I can't bring myself to read through it all again. Wish me well, I am very nervous!

I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

-Hoping everyone has a great Monday.

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