Fabulous Baroque Music

Fabulous baroque music.... Was fortunate enough to be given a complementary seat at the Coriole music festival for the 1st concert on Saturday night and for the third concert on Sunday night..what bliss to hear such fabulous live music by wonderful talented professional singers and players. I had never heard anything by Stradella or by Pergolesi so to hear his Stabat Mater sung by two very competent sopranos and an even more competent baroque ensemble was pure sadness and delight if that is possible.... On Sunday morning we visited and Open Garden on Mosquito hill road which was interesting with its numerous garden beds and little rooms.There was a couple playing live music on a keyboard and an instrument I had not seen before with a very beautiful clear and bell like sound.It turned out to be an American mandolin which is almost like a guitar without the long fingerboard.I had thought it sounded like a balailaka No cello lesson today as I felt my tutor needed time to recover from the very strenuous playing at Coriole over the whole weekend. Made some knitwoven wrist warmers on Saturday ,they were fun to do