Chamber Music in Trosa (Trosa Kammarmusik) had a concert this afternoon. Mirinda had alerted me to the fact when it was decided that I wouldn’t be going to Gotland. The concert featured Natalya Pasichnyk on piano and Christian Svarfvar on violin. I booked a seat and went. It was fantastic.
The music was Ukrainian (apart from a Mozart warm up piece) and, between each piece, Natalya told a story. I assume it was about the composer and the music she was about to play. Obviously, it was all in Swedish. The few words I could work out were ‘Putin’ and ‘Ukraine’ following the Mozart.
Anyway, the whole point of the concert was to highlight little known Ukrainian composers and their works and that was achieved beautifully. From Mykola Lysenko’s dumka-shumka to the Karpatisk rhapsody of Myroslav Skoryk, it was all brilliant. I, and the 19 others in the audience, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Mind you, the programme promised an interval that didn’t happen. There were also a few pieces that weren’t played either. Still, we had 90 minutes of beautiful music, including a spirited encore.
The next concert is on September 30 and features a pianist and soprano. I really, really want to go. I might take Fi, given Mirinda will be at Swedish class.
And, of course, because it started at 4pm, I was home in plenty of time to throw the tennis ball for Emma. Though, we had gone for a walk to the top of the hill behind us earlier in the day.
The weather was glorious all day and it would have been a shame to miss out on it.
And the weather on Gotland was just as gorgeous, though, possibly a bit too windy for swimming.
Delighted there’s some live classical music in Trosa even if I can’t make it. You’ll just have to learn Swedish