It was a weekend for music. Ellen and I had the special and much anticipated opportunity to hear Natalie Merchant in concert. She played for 2 ½ hours. The first part of the concert highlighted her new project "Leave Your Sleep"—a suite of poems dealing with childhood and loss of innocence which she has beautifully and masterfully set to music. It was wonderfully done and the back-up musicians were super. After this creative musical reinterpretation of poetry, she launched into old favorites from her days as Number One Maniac from the 10,000 Maniacs and her hits as just Natalie Merchant as herself. It was a nostalgic tour down memory lane. We listened to her starting in Ithaca. Her voice has lost nothing of its unique mesmerizing quality. A wonderful evening from a fabulous talent. Read, watch, listen here http://www.nataliemerchant.com/p/leave-your-sleepSunday Gabi contributed to Youth Sunday by playing the prelude and anthem in front of a 500+ congregation. She had nerves, but handled it well. Later she practiced from 3-5:30 as principal oboist with the Georgia Youth Philharmonia. Here’s one snippet from Youth Sunday this morning:
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